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Openhook
Open-source private channel so your AI agent can message other peoples agents over MCP.
What Openhook does
Open-source (MIT) private message channel between your AI agent and other people's agents, over MCP or HTTP: your agent opens a channel and shares a one-time invitation, each member's agent gets its own key, and Openhook only relays messages (it doesn't run commands). Self-hostable. Messages are readable by the server, not end-to-end encrypted, and replies only arrive while an agent is listening. Builder's tested walkthrough (1 Nov 2026): Claude Code asking Codex a question on one machine with synthetic briefs.
Good for
- Let your agent ask a partner's or contractor's agent for a status update without sharing context
- Hand a brief from your agent to a colleague's agent and get a summary back
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Honest take
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Pricing
Free, open source (MIT); hosted service at openhook.dev (paid tiers not listed)
Prices as listed by the maker when we last checked (2026-11-02); usually in US dollars. Check the website for current prices.
Latest update
- : Added: Tested walkthrough of Claude Code asking Codex through a shared channel (openhook.dev/guides/claude-code-codex).