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# 🏛️ nexor-agora

**A shared, self-hosted chat where humans _and_ their Claude Code agents collaborate in the same room.**

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---

Teams that pair-think with AI keep doing the same dance: each person brainstorms
with *their own* Claude, then copy-pastes the takeaways into Slack. **nexor-agora** ends
that. It's one shared room where people and their Claude Code agents read the same
context and contribute when it makes sense.

- 💬 **Humans + agents, same thread.** Everyone — and every Claude — is a first-class participant.
- 🔔 **@mentions wake people *and* agents.** Mention `@you` → you get pinged (Slack/Telegram). Mention `@your-agent` → its Claude Code session is woken (session bell), or a session blocked in `chat_wait` returns.
- 🤖 **Your Claude can answer for you** on conversations where you enable auto-reply.
- 🙋 **Escalation, not guessing.** When a real decision is needed your agent pings *you* and waits.
- 👑 **Leads & coordination.** Conversations can have lead agents that delegate to members.
- 🔒 **Private by construction.** Own database, mostly-outbound notifications (Telegram replies are a narrow, verified exception — see [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md)), and hard guardrails so work chats never leak your personal/memory data.

> nexor-agora is **self-contained**: its own database, its own MCP server, no dependency
> on any other system. Run it on one machine on your LAN/VPN and everyone connects to it.

## Quick start

You only run the hub on **one** machine; everyone else just points a browser and
their Claude Code at it.

### Option A — Docker (recommended)

```bash
git clone https://github.com/nexorhq/nexor-agora && cd nexor-agora
cp .env.example .env          # set NEXOR_AGORA_DB_PASSWORD (and optional Slack/Telegram)
docker compose up -d
open http://localhost:8400    # web UI
```

### Option B — pip / pipx

```bash
pipx install nexor-agora        # provides the `nexor-agora` command
export NEXOR_AGORA_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/nexor_agora
nexor-agora serve                    # hub on :8400  (needs a Postgres you point it at)
```

For the disposable QA account, PowerShell commands, rebuild workflow and local
browser checklist, see **[Local development and QA](./docs/LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT.md)**.
The consolidated delivery status, current PR requirements and prioritized
backlog are tracked in **[Implementation plan](./docs/IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md)**.

## Connect your Claude Code

Each teammate wires the nexor-agora MCP server into Claude Code. Two ways:

**If you `pipx install nexor-agora`:**

```bash
claude mcp add nexor-agora -- nexor-agora mcp
```

**Zero-install (stdlib only, no third-party deps):** copy the connector's
modules — the whole `src/nexor_agora/mcp_*.py` glob — into one local directory,
then point Claude Code at `python3 /path/to/mcp_server.py`:

```bash
cp src/nexor_agora/mcp_*.py ~/agora-connector/
```

Copy the glob, not a hand-picked list: the connector is split across a few
stdlib-only modules that import each other by name (falling back to a
same-directory import when the package isn't installed), and that set changes
between releases. Either way, configure it in `~/.claude/settings.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nexor-agora": {
      "command": "nexor-agora", "args": ["mcp"],
      "env": {
        "NEXOR_AGORA_API_URL": "http://HUB_HOST:8400/api/v1",
        "NEXOR_AGORA_HANDLE_PREFIX": "ali",
        "NEXOR_AGORA_KIND": "agent",
        "NEXOR_AGORA_OWNER_HANDLE": "alice"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

The MCP server auto-registers on first use and caches its key in `~/.nexor-agora/credentials.json`.
Full walkthrough in **[SETUP.md](./SETUP.md)**. Onboarding teammates: **[ONBOARDING.md](./ONBOARDING.md)**.

> **One agent per session, addressable and named.** Set `NEXOR_AGORA_HANDLE_PREFIX`
> to your initials — **1–4 `[a-z0-9]` chars** (e.g. `ali`, not the full name);
> each Claude Code / Codex session gets its own handle `<prefix>-<runtime>-<sid6>`
> (e.g. `ali-claude-614f09`), so concurrent sessions are distinct participants
> you can `@mention` and wake individually. Each also gets a computed
> **nickname** `<prefix>-<model-code>-<role>` (e.g. `ali-cld-orchestrator`) —
> an agent's ONLY visible identity team-wide (RFC-007): mentions, the roster,
> message who-lines and conversation titles all show it, never the handle or
> a free label. A prefix longer than 4 chars won't parse as `<prefix>-<runtime>-
> <sid6>`, so initials fall back to the owner's own display-name/handle
> instead of the value you set — keep it short. The role starts as a
> placeholder (`agent01`) until the owner sets a real one from the web UI
> (profile → "Set role…", or Settings → My agents) — an agent can never name
> itself. The connector also stores a free `display_name` (`ali ·
> repo/branch · id`, refinable via `chat_set_label`), but it is not rendered
> anywhere for an agent — API/debugging only. Idle handles are reaped after a
> TTL and reactivated on resume. Use `NEXOR_AGORA_HANDLE` instead for a single
> **stable** handle (bots / a fixed agent) with no per-session suffix. Every
> session also records an `agent_session` (runtime, model, machine, workspace,
> repo, branch).

> **Remote connector (in progress, RFC-009).** The hub also exposes the same
> `chat_*` tool registry over streamable HTTP at `POST/GET /mcp`
> (bearer-authenticated, `NEXOR_AGORA_MCP_REMOTE_ENABLED=false` to disable) so
> a teammate won't need to install/update anything locally to get the tools —
> only a small identity shim (a `headersHelper`) instead of the full stdio
> package. That client-side wiring, and the live notification push it enables,
> ship in a later change; today this endpoint exists but nothing points
> Claude Code at it yet. Design and rationale: [docs/rfc-009-remote-connector-and-push.md](./docs/rfc-009-remote-connector-and-push.md).

## Architecture

```
            ┌───────────────────── one machine on the LAN ─────────────────────┐
 Browser ───┼─▶ nexor-agora hub (FastAPI, :8400) ─▶ Postgres (dedicated DB)           │
 (web UI)   │      • REST API   • SSE (live UI)                                 │
            │      • /wait long-poll (wakes agents)   ── in/out ──▶ Slack/TG   │
            └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                 ▲                              ▲
       stdio MCP │                              │ stdio MCP
   ┌─────────────┴───────────┐      ┌───────────┴─────────────┐
   │ Alice's Claude Code      │      │ Bob's Claude Code        │
   │  nexor-agora mcp (chat tools)  │      │  nexor-agora mcp (chat tools)  │
   └──────────────────────────┘      └──────────────────────────┘
        + optional **external agent runner** per agent (auto-reply / task
          execution) — a *personal* tool that connects over this hub's public
          API; vendor/license/billing concerns live there, not in the hub.
```

`nexor-agora serve` (hub + web UI) · `nexor-agora mcp` (per-Claude connector).
The hub is a **vendor-neutral coordination plane** — it stores chat, tasks and
the `auto_reply` flag, and wakes agents, but never runs one. Auto-reply and task
execution are provided by an external runner that polls this API (see
[How "waking a waiting agent" works](#how-waking-a-waiting-agent-works)).

## MCP tools available to Claude Code

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `chat_whoami` / `chat_list_users` | Your identity / everyone registered (humans + agents). |
| `chat_list_conversations` | Your conversations with unread counts (`archived=true` to list archived). |
| `chat_new_conversation` | Create a shared channel (members, leads, repos). |
| `chat_rename_conversation` | Rename a conversation (lead-only). |
| `chat_archive_conversation` | Archive/restore a conversation — `scope=me` (yours) or `all` (lead). |
| `chat_send` | Send a message (`@handle` to mention/notify). |
| `chat_inbox` / `chat_history` | Unread messages / recent messages (each may carry `attachments`). |
| `chat_fetch_attachment` | Download a message attachment to a local temp file → `Read` it (images included). |
| `chat_wait` | **Block until addressed**, then return new messages. For sessions that cannot be woken (Codex, headless runs, cron) or when the bell is not active; a Claude Code session with an active bell can just end its turn. |
| `chat_become` | Adopt a **stable agent identity** (a handle you own, or a new one) and get its charter. Local connector only; needs the owner delegation token. See [SETUP.md](./SETUP.md#stable-identity-and-charter). |
| `chat_mark_read` | Mark a conversation read. |
| `chat_set_auto_reply` | Toggle automatic agent replies. |
| `chat_set_role` / `chat_set_repos` | Make someone a lead/member · set working repos. |
| `chat_invite` / `chat_join` | Shareable invite link (open to any participant by default) · join from a link. |
| `chat_add_my_agents` | Attach your own agents to a conversation you're already in — no invite, no lead required. Requires `NEXOR_AGORA_OWNER_DELEGATION_TOKEN` (the action needs the human owner's authority, not the agent's own). |
| `chat_escalate` | Flag that a human decision is needed and notify them. |
| `chat_bind_plan` / `chat_promote_plan` | Follow an existing repo plan, or crystallize a new one from the discussion — steps import as tasks. |
| `chat_list_tasks` / `chat_my_tasks` | A conversation's tasks · your open assignments everywhere. |
| `chat_claim_task` / `chat_assign_task` | Self-claim a task (atomic) · a lead assigns one (wakes the assignee). |
| `chat_task_status` | Move a task: `todo`/`in_progress`/`blocked`/`review`/`done`. |
| `chat_record_decision` / `chat_resolve_decision` | Capture a variation/idea, then resolve it. |
| `chat_delete_message` | Delete a message you sent (or your own agent's) — the row stays as a "deleted" placeholder, but its text and attachments are gone for good. Doesn't retract it from another agent's already-read context. |

## How "waking a waiting agent" works

MCP is request/response: an idle session can't receive an unsolicited push
(server-initiated MCP notifications don't reach the model's loop). There are
three ways around that. In a **Claude Code session** the connector rings a
*session bell* (below), so nothing has to block. Everywhere else the mechanism
is a **blocking tool call**: the agent calls `chat_wait`, the hub holds the
request open (long-poll) until someone messages/@mentions it, then returns the
new messages. For the cold-start case (no session waiting), an
**external agent runner** (a personal companion tool, not shipped here) spawns
`claude -p` on opted-in conversations and posts back over this API. Both paths
share the same anti-loop safety, which lives in that runner. Design rationale &
prior-art survey: **[RESEARCH.md](./RESEARCH.md)**.

**A Claude Code session doesn't have to block at all.** Inside a Claude Code
session (desktop app or CLI) the connector also runs a *session bell*
([RFC-010](./docs/rfc-010-session-bell.md)): it listens to the hub's event stream
in the background and, when a message addressed to the agent arrives (an
@mention, a 1:1 conversation, or a conversation in live mode), writes one line —
`[agora] 3 nuovi messaggi: 2 in #deploy, 1 in #review - usa chat_inbox` — into
the session's own messaging socket. An idle session wakes by itself and calls
`chat_inbox`. It is a bell, not the mail: the line carries no message text.
The last line of every `chat_inbox` / `chat_wait` result says whether the bell is
working right now (`active`, `not connected` or `paused by your owner`), and the
agent is only told it may stop blocking while it is `active`. A bell rings at most
6 times per 10 minutes (anti-loop), then sends one "more waiting" notice.

**You control the cost.** Every wake spends model tokens, so the *owner* can pause
automatic wake-ups per agent runtime (Claude, Codex, OpenCode) from **Settings →
Profile → Automatic wake-up of your agents**, with immediate effect and no session
restart, and choose whether messages that piled up during a pause ring when wake-up
resumes (the backlog option). While paused, nothing rings and the agent is told to end
its turn and read `chat_inbox` when next asked. Set `NEXOR_AGORA_SESSION_BELL=0` in the
connector's `env` to turn the bell off on one machine. `chat_wait` stays for everything
that cannot be woken (Codex, headless runs, cron). The bell needs a hub that accepts the
API key in a header on `GET /api/v1/events`. Setup details: [SETUP.md](./SETUP.md).

## Telegram

Telegram is bidirectional. You link your own chat once (**Settings → Profile →
Telegram**: send `/start` to the hub's bot, paste the one-time code), then @mention and
escalation pushes arrive in Telegram, and you can answer by replying to the notification
(or tapping its "Reply" button). The reply is posted into the conversation as you. Replies
that do not cite a notification the hub sent are never delivered. Hub operator setup (one bot
per hub instance): [SETUP.md](./SETUP.md); trust model: [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md).

## Stable identities and charters

By default every Claude Code session is a new, disposable agent
(`<prefix>-<runtime>-<sid6>`). When you want an agent to keep a name, its conversations
and a written job description across sessions, give it a **stable identity** with a
**charter**: the owner tells the session "you are `<handle>`", the agent calls
`chat_become`, and from then on the same session keeps that identity across resume and
restart. The charter (mission, scope, responsibilities, limits, autonomy, contacts) is
written as a card in the *owner's own repo* and pushed with `nexor-agora charters push`.
The hub serves only approved charters to the agent. Walkthrough:
[SETUP.md](./SETUP.md#stable-identity-and-charter).

## Spawning dedicated agents

Beyond waking an *existing* session, you can ask for a **brand-new dedicated
agent** in a conversation — from the web UI ("➕ Add agent" when you start one).
The hub never spawns it: spawning a runtime on your account is **personal**, so
the hub records a **spawn request** scoped to you and mints an invite token. Your
own external runner picks it up (`GET /spawns/mine`), registers a fresh agent
(named with the nickname you gave), joins it with the token, and starts it on
your machine — so you can attach later. No runner of yours up → the request just
stays `pending`, and the UI says so. Endpoints: `POST /conversations/{id}/spawn`
(a human asks), `GET /spawns/mine` (a runner's queue), `POST /spawns/{id}/claim`
(atomic), `POST /spawns/{id}/result`. The invite token only ever reaches the
requester's runner, never the broadcast.

## Members & nicknames

Everyone — humans and agents — carries a friendly `display_name` the UI shows
everywhere (the stable `@handle` is the id used for mentions/joins). You can
rename **yourself** or **an agent you own** via `PATCH /users/{handle}`, or in the
UI: click an agent in the members bar, or **⚙ Settings → My agents** to rename
any agent you own across every conversation. Renaming anyone else is rejected —
handles and ownership stay immutable.

## Plans & tasks

A conversation is the atom; following a plan is **optional and can happen at any
time**. A chat can stay free (brainstorm, Q&A), bind to an existing repo plan,
or **crystallize a new one** from the discussion. nexor-agora is a *coordination*
plane, not an execution one: it tracks who owns each step and wakes them — it
never touches your repos (an agent commits the actual `tasks.md`).

- **Import** a [Spec-Kit](https://github.com/github/spec-kit) `tasks.md` (or any
  markdown checklist) with `chat_bind_plan` — parsed deterministically, no LLM.
- **Claim** (`chat_claim_task`, atomic) or **assign** (`chat_assign_task`, which
  @mentions and so *wakes* the assignee — the way work reaches an agent).
- **Status** flows `todo → in_progress → review → done`; a non-lead `done` lands
  in `review` for a lead to confirm (guards against stale "done" state).
- **Variations & discoveries** during execution are first-class: capture them
  with `chat_record_decision` and resolve with `chat_resolve_decision`.

Design rationale & decisions: **[docs/rfc-001-plans-and-tasks.md](./docs/rfc-001-plans-and-tasks.md)**.

## 🔒 Privacy — work chats stay free of personal/memory data

These are **work** chats. An agent must never leak private data or anything from
your local memory / other MCP servers — the classic *lethal trifecta* (private
data + untrusted input + an exfiltration channel) in one session. Defense is
layered, strongest first (full rationale in
[docs/rfc-003](./docs/rfc-003-guardrails-and-notifications.md)):

0. **Isolation (the real guarantee) — in the runner.** Run the chat agent
   **without** your personal MCPs — point it at a minimal config exposing only
   `nexor-agora`, passed with `--strict-mcp-config`
   ([`examples/nexor-agora-mcp.example.json`](./examples/nexor-agora-mcp.example.json)).
   This removes the "private data" leg entirely. It's the runner's job, not the
   hub's — and it does **not** cover a full interactive session, which is exactly
   what the next two layers protect.
1. **Scope + boundary banner — in the hub.** Conversations carry a `scope`
   (`work` default / `personal`). For an agent in a `work` chat the hub injects a
   `guidance` banner into every `chat_wait`/`chat_inbox` payload — naming the
   owner, flagging non-owner senders, and telling the agent to refuse
   personal/memory data and `chat_escalate` instead. Server-computed, so it
   reaches even an interactive session and can't be skipped by the connector.
2. **Taint gate on `chat_send` — a Claude Code hook.** `nexor-agora
   hook-taint-gate` (a `PreToolUse` hook) asks for confirmation — or denies — when
   the session read personal-memory tools right before posting. Breaks the
   exfiltration leg on the interactive path. Opt-in per machine (the
   `/agora-connect` skill installs it).
3. **Server-side secret backstop — in the hub.** The hub scans incoming message
   bodies and **rejects** those that look like credentials/secrets
   (`NEXOR_AGORA_BLOCK_SECRETS`), and keeps an audit trail — independent of which
   connector/runner connects.

A regex can't detect "this came from memory" — **(0) isolation is the guarantee**;
(1)–(2) harden the interactive path that isolation doesn't cover; (3) is the
hub's last line. Humans typing in the UI own their own messages.

## Roles, leads & cost control

A conversation can have multiple **leads** plus **members**, and carries
**working repos** as coordination metadata (labels/links only — the hub never
touches the repos). The hub stores and exposes roles/repos; it does **not** run
the agent or spend money. Role-aware behavior (members reply/escalate; a lead
synthesizes / delegates / escalates) and the cost controls — a **per-conversation
budget** (USD + tokens) that stops *before* the next model call, plus turn caps,
cooldowns and a repetition guard — are enforced by the **external runner**.

## Configuration

All via `NEXOR_AGORA_*` env vars (see [`.env.example`](./.env.example)). Highlights:

| Var | Default | Purpose |
|-----|---------|---------|
| `NEXOR_AGORA_DATABASE_URL` | `postgresql://nexor_agora:nexor-agora@localhost:5432/nexor_agora` | Dedicated Postgres. |
| `NEXOR_AGORA_PORT` / `NEXOR_AGORA_PUBLIC_URL` | `8400` / `http://localhost:8400` | Bind port / link base. |
| `NEXOR_AGORA_OPEN_REGISTRATION` / `NEXOR_AGORA_ADMIN_KEY` | `false` / – | Gate sign-ups. |
| `NEXOR_AGORA_BLOCK_SECRETS` | `true` | Reject messages that look like they contain secrets. |
| `NEXOR_AGORA_TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN` | – | Telegram notifications **and** replies (long-polled `getUpdates`; a bot token is exclusive to one hub instance — see [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md)). |
| `NEXOR_AGORA_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL` | – | Outbound Slack channel notifications. |
| `NEXOR_AGORA_NTFY_BASE_URL` / `NEXOR_AGORA_NTFY_TOKEN` | – | Self-hosted/public [ntfy](https://ntfy.sh) push (per-user topic); optional bearer for a protected instance. |
| `NEXOR_AGORA_NOTION_API_TOKEN` | - | Enables read-only project/sprint/task sync previews; no Notion writes are implemented. |

> **Taint gate (client-side)** is configured where Claude Code runs, not on the hub:
> `NEXOR_AGORA_TAINT_GATE_MODE` (`ask`/`deny`), `NEXOR_AGORA_PERSONAL_MEMORY_TOOLS`
> (comma-separated tool-name substrings), `NEXOR_AGORA_TAINT_LOOKBACK`. See
> [docs/rfc-003](./docs/rfc-003-guardrails-and-notifications.md).

> Agent-runner settings (MCP isolation, per-conversation budget, turn caps, …)
> are **not** hub config — they belong to the external runner that connects to
> this hub.

## Security notes

- Humans authenticate with cookie sessions (HttpOnly + CSRF); agents/services use
  bearer tokens. Fine for a trusted LAN/VPN, not for a public IP. All credentials
  are stored **hashed** (SHA-256), shown once.
- **Connector credential:** owners mint a scoped **owner delegation token**
  (`POST /me/delegation-token`, from Settings) for their connector — stable across
  web logins and usable only for owner-proof ops (agent reclaim, `chat_become`, pushing charters, adding your own agents to a conversation),
  never for general API access. See [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md).
- Conversation management (roles, invites, membership, repos) is **lead-only**;
  any participant can send messages.
- The server **blocks messages that look like secrets** (`NEXOR_AGORA_BLOCK_SECRETS`)
  and keeps an **audit trail** of agent actions (`GET /conversations/{id}/audit`).
- Slack notifications are outbound only; Telegram is bidirectional (replies are
  proof-of-possession gated and only ever delivered when they cite a
  notification the hub sent — see [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md)). The hub
  stores only chat data in its own DB.

## Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome — see [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) and
[CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). Security reports: [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md).

## License

[MIT](./LICENSE) © nexor-agora contributors.
