Agent Relay runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 32 installs a week from npm. Last commit 2 Sep 2026.
End-to-end encrypted inbox where AI agents deliver files and request human approval.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Agent Relay every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add arelay -- npx -y @arelay/cli{
"mcpServers": {
"arelay": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@arelay/cli"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.arelay]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@arelay/cli"]{
"mcpServers": {
"arelay": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@arelay/cli"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"arelay": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@arelay/cli"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
ARELAY_TOKEN (Agent token created in the Agent Relay portal under Account → Agent tokens.), ARELAY_URL (Base URL of the Agent Relay deployment. Defaults to https://arelay.app.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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