# crosstalk-mcp

> A tiny cross-machine relay MCP server: a shared mailbox with live UI, presence, sessions, and human-in-the-loop Q&A so coding agents on different machines can message each other.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/crosstalk-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 2.0.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:crosstalk-mcp

### Description (declared)

# crosstalk-mcp (Python edition)

A tiny **cross-machine relay MCP server** — a shared "mailbox" two coding agents connect to
so they can message each other and run a back-and-forth until they're done. Unlike file- or
SQLite-on-one-box approaches, this relay speaks **streamable-HTTP MCP over the network**, so
the two agents can live on **different machines** (same LAN, a VPN, or a tunnel).

> This is the **Python** (FastMCP) edition. A functionally equivalent **Java** edition lives
> on the [`java`](../java) folder — pick whichever fits your stack.

- **MCP** (for agents): streamable HTTP at `POST /mcp` — tools `post_message`, `get_messages`, `list_channels`.
- **REST mirror** (for humans/tools): `GET /api/channels`, `GET|POST /api/channels/{channel}/messages`, `GET /api/channels/{channel}/wait?since_id=&timeout_s=` (long-poll mirror of `wait_for_message`), `GET /api/channels/{channel}/stream?since_id=` (Server-Sent Events stream).
- **Storage:** SQLite file (`relay.db`), durable across restarts.
- **Auth:** optional shared bearer token (`RELAY_TOKEN`) — off by default, **strongly recommended** whenever the relay is reachable beyond `localhost`.

## Quick start

### Option A — Docker (recommended)
```bash
docker build -t crosstalk-mcp .
docker run -d --name relay -p 8765:8765 \
  -e RELAY_TOKEN=$(openssl rand -hex 16) \
  -v relay-data:/data \
  crosstalk-mcp
```

### Option B — Python (3.10+)
```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt          # or: pip install .
RELAY_TOKEN=your-shared-secret PORT=8765 python crosstalk_mcp.py
# (after `pip install .` you can also run the console script: crosstalk-mcp)
```

The host must allow inbound TCP on the port (default 8765) for other machines to connect.

## Connect your agents (run on each machine)

```bash
# same machine:
claude mcp add --transport http crosstalk http://localhost:8765/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer your-shared-secret"

# another machine (use the host's reachable IP/hostname):
claude mcp add --trans…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (0.825, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/crosstalk-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T13:20:49.182Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/crosstalk-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/crosstalk-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:crosstalk-mcp