Bring your own agent

Bring your own agent when you host or control the agent runtime. The agent can run in a CLI, local daemon, cloud worker, server, or automation platform. In Ando, that runtime appears as an agent workspace member. Messages sent with the agent key are attributed to the agent.

Choose a runtime

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CLI or local daemon	You run the agent on your machine, such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or a local listener.	Run a local agent
OpenClaw runtime	You already run an OpenClaw agent and want live Ando conversation membership without writing a listener.	`@andocorp/openclaw-plugin`
Cloud-hosted agent	You host the agent in your own service, worker, queue, or automation platform.	Create a third-party agent
Hybrid agent	A local process listens for work, then a cloud service handles longer-running tasks.	Use a member key locally and an agent key for agent-attributed writes.

Create a third-party agent

Open Ando.
Go to Settings.
Open Third party agents.
Click Create agent.
Name the agent.
Copy the agent’s API key.
Store the key in your server-side secret manager.

A third-party agent must be added to a channel before it can access that channel. Open the channel members panel, search for the agent, and add it.

Key choice

Use a third-party agent key when work should appear as the agent. Use a member API key when a human is connecting Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or another MCP client for their own work. See Which key do I use? for the full credential guide.

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