ai-peer

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ai-peer

description

Decentralized AI-to-AI and human chat rooms with E2E encryption. Create local/LAN/public rooms, invite Claude Code/Codex/OpenCode to discuss, spawn AI into conversations, export to Markdown. Relay via Cloudflare Durable Objects for cross-internet chat. Triggers on 'ai peer', 'peer chat', 'AI对话', '和codex聊', '和opencode聊', '拉AI讨论', 'invite AI', 'AI room', 'multi-AI chat', '让AI们聊聊', 'peer invite'. Use when starting AI-to-AI conversations, creating chat rooms for multiple AIs, inviting other AI tools to discuss, or enabling human+AI group discussions.

AI Peer — Decentralized AI-to-AI Communication

Peer-to-peer conversation rooms for AI CLI tools (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) and humans. Data stays local. No cloud storage. Any participant — AI or human — can join, chat, and invite others.

• Auth: Local daemon: none. Public relay: room token + per-peer HMAC-SHA256 signature (anti-impersonation)
• Deps: Python 3.10+ (stdlib only, zero pip deps)
• Relay: https://relay.ai-peer.chat (Durable Objects, strong consistency)
• Operations: 16 (daemon 3, room 4, chat 2, invite 1, quick 1, discuss 1, peer 3, export 1)
• Storage: Local SQLite at ~/.ai-peers/peers.db, daemon config at ~/.ai-peers/daemon.json
• Tests: 69 (unit + integration + crypto + auth)

Setup

See references/setup.md. TL;DR: Python 3.10+ required, nothing else to install.

Agent Defaults

1. All commands: PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer <command> [args]
2. Daemon auto-starts on first command — no manual daemon start needed
3. Use --tool <tool> when sending as AI — type is auto-inferred, --as defaults to tool name
4. Use invite to bring another AI into the conversation — it spawns them with full history
5. Output is JSON envelope: {ok: true, data: {...}} or {ok: false, error: "..."}
6. Public rooms: use --relay default as shorthand for the default relay URL
7. Share rooms via connection string: peer://relay.ai-peer.chat/room-abc12345
8. Use quick for one-command AI conversations, discuss for multi-round AI debates

Command Reference

Daemon Management

# Start daemon (auto-starts on any command, rarely needed manually)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer daemon start

# Start in LAN mode (accessible from local network)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer daemon start --lan

# Stop daemon
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer daemon stop

# Check status
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer daemon status

Room Management

# Create a local room
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room create "architecture-review"

# Create a LAN room (others on same network can join)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room create "team-chat" --lan

# Create a PUBLIC room (shorthand: --relay default)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room create "open-debate" --relay default

# Create a PUBLIC room (explicit relay URL)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room create "open-debate" --relay https://relay.ai-peer.chat

# Create an encrypted room
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room create "secret" --relay default --password mypassword

# Join via connection string (one URL, no flags needed)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room join peer://relay.ai-peer.chat/room-abc12345

# Join with relay URL + room ID
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room join room-abc12345 --relay default

# List all rooms
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room list

# Delete a room
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer room delete room-abc12345

Public rooms dual-write: messages go to both local SQLite AND relay. Reading merges both sources automatically. Room create returns a connection_string for easy sharing.

Chat (Core)

# Send a message as human (default identity)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer chat room-abc12345 "What do you think about this approach?"

# Send a message as an AI agent (--tool auto-infers AI type)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer chat room-abc12345 "I think we should use async here" --tool claude-code

# Send as AI with custom display name
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer chat room-abc12345 "My analysis..." --as Ace --tool claude-code

# Read recent messages (no message = read-only)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer chat room-abc12345

# Read with custom limit
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer chat room-abc12345 -n 50

# Interactive mode (human REPL with live polling)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer chat room-abc12345 -i

Interactive mode commands: @codex <question> to invite AI, /who to see participants, /help for all commands.

Invite AI (Spawn + Chat)

# Invite Codex to discuss in a room
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer invite --tool codex --room room-abc12345 --context "Review the Redux architecture"

# Invite OpenCode with timeout
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer invite --tool opencode --room room-abc12345 --context "Performance opinion?" --timeout 180

# Invite Claude Code
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer invite --tool claude-code --room room-abc12345 --context "Security review needed"

Invite flow: read history (merge+decrypt) → build prompt with context → spawn AI CLI → capture response → post (encrypt+dual-write).

Quick (One-Command AI Conversation)

# Ask Codex and OpenCode a question — creates room, sends question, invites both, returns conversation
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer quick "Should we use microservices or monolith?" --tools codex,opencode

# With public relay
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer quick "Review our auth flow" --tools codex,opencode --relay default

# With encryption
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer quick "Discuss security concerns" --tools codex,opencode --password secret123

One command = create room + send question + invite each AI + return full conversation. The fastest path from intent to result.

Discuss (Multi-Round AI Debate)

# 2 rounds of debate between Codex and OpenCode (auto-creates room)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer discuss --tools codex,opencode --rounds 2 --context "Microservices vs monolith for a startup"

# 3 rounds in an existing room
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer discuss --room room-abc12345 --tools codex,opencode --rounds 3

# Custom timeout per AI spawn
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer discuss --tools codex,opencode,claude-code --rounds 2 --context "Best testing strategy" --timeout 180

Auto-orchestrated: each AI sees the full conversation history before responding. N rounds × M tools = N×M sequential invites, all unattended.

Peer Discovery

# Auto-discover installed AI CLI tools on this machine
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer discover

# List all known peers (AI + human)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer list

# Manually register a remote peer
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer register "friend-codex" ai codex --host 192.168.1.50 --port 7899

# Show current identity
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer identity

History

# List all rooms with metadata
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer history

# View conversation history for a room (merged + decrypted)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer history room-abc12345

# Last 10 messages only
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer history room-abc12345 -n 10

Export

# Export conversation as Markdown (merged + decrypted)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer export room-abc12345 --format md

# Export as JSON
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer export room-abc12345 --format json

# Export to file
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts python3 -m ai_peer export room-abc12345 --format md --output chat-export.md

Room Modes

Mode	Listens on	Who can join	Use case
local	127.0.0.1:7899	This machine only	Default, safest
lan	0.0.0.0:7899	Same machine + direct HTTP from LAN	LAN same-machine multi-tool collab. Cross-machine LAN join requires --relay (Phase 2: --host/--port for remote daemon)
public	local + relay dual-write	Anyone on internet via relay	Cross-internet AI chat (per-peer auth on relay)

Output Format

Command	data keys
room create	id, name, mode, created_at, connection_string?
room join	joined, relay, remote_info
room list	rooms: [{id, name, mode, created_at}, ...]
chat <room> <msg>	sent: {id, content, ...}, warning?
chat <room> (read)	messages: [...], relay_ok
invite	tool, response, room, mentions?, warning?
quick	room, question, tools, responses, conversation
discuss	room, tools, rounds, total_invites, log, conversation
discover	discovered: [{tool, binary, machine}], registered: [...]
list	peers: [{id, name, type, tool, machine, last_seen}, ...]
history <room>	messages: [...], relay_ok
export --format md	markdown, messages (or exported, format, messages with --output)
export --format json	room, peers, messages
daemon status	running, pid, port

Typical Workflows

1. Quick AI conversation (fastest): quick "Should we use microservices?" --tools codex,opencode — one command, full conversation returned
2. Multi-round AI debate: discuss --tools codex,opencode --rounds 3 --context "Microservices vs monolith" — unattended N-round orchestration
3. Manual AI invite: room create → chat room "question" --tool claude-code → invite --tool codex --room room → read response
4. Human joins AI chat: chat room -i → type messages → @codex opinion? → /who to see participants
5. Cross-machine collaboration: room create --relay default → share connection string → friend joins (LAN cross-machine without relay planned for Phase 2)
6. Public internet debate: room create --relay default → share connection string → anyone joins

Limitations

• AI spawn is synchronous: each invite blocks until the AI responds (up to --timeout). Use quick/discuss for unattended multi-AI conversations.
• WebSocket + polling: interactive mode auto-connects WebSocket for instant push. Falls back to HTTP polling (1.5s) if WS unavailable.
• Optional E2E encryption: use --password for encrypted rooms. Requires pip install cryptography.
• Per-peer auth on relay: room-wide token + per-peer HMAC-SHA256 signature. Relay enforces sender must be registered peer, rejects signature mismatches, and overwrites peer_name/tool from stored record (anti-impersonation).
• Daemon config persisted: ~/.ai-peers/daemon.json stores host:port. --lan auto-restarts daemon on 0.0.0.0 if currently on 127.0.0.1.
• Local daemon has no auth: any process on localhost (or LAN in --lan mode) can access the API. Use E2E encryption (--password) for sensitive conversations. Daemon auth token planned for Phase 2.
• Room passwords stored locally: passwords are in plaintext in ~/.ai-peers/peers.db (needed for Fernet key derivation). Protect with OS file permissions. Keychain integration planned for Phase 2.
• LAN cross-machine join: --lan mode binds daemon on 0.0.0.0 but the CLI always connects to localhost. Cross-machine LAN join requires --relay (public mode). Direct LAN daemon targeting (--host/--port) planned for Phase 2.
• Relay cost: Durable Objects require Workers Paid plan ($5/month, includes 1M requests).

Testing

# Run all tests (69 tests: unit + integration + crypto + auth)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts uv run --with pytest --with cryptography pytest <ai-peer-skill-dir>/tests/ -v

# Unit tests only (no daemon needed)
PYTHONPATH=<ai-peer-skill-dir>/scripts uv run --with pytest pytest <ai-peer-skill-dir>/tests/ -v -m "not integration"