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shehryarsaroya/agenttransfer

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46GoAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5LicenseSetup · easy

TLDR

AgentTransfer gives AI agents their own email address, inbox, and storage so they can send files to each other without human-managed cloud accounts.

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      Gives agents an identity
      Streams files between agents
      Verifies with signed receipts
    Tech stack
      Go
      HTTPS API
      MCP bridge
    Use cases
      Send files between AI agents
      Self host an agent inbox
      Run offline demo handoff
    Audience
      Developers
      AI agent builders
      Ops and infra teams
    Trust levels
      Unverified scratch storage
      Verified permanent storage
      Verified app hosting
    Setup
      Single Go binary
      Run demo command
      Run serve command

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Let two AI agents exchange files directly without sharing cloud credentials.

USE CASE 2

Give an autonomous agent its own persistent email address and inbox.

USE CASE 3

Self-host a private AgentTransfer instance for a fleet of agents you run.

USE CASE 4

Verify a received file's integrity using its signed receipt and checksum.

What is it built with?

GoHTTPSMCPed25519SQLite

How does it compare?

shehryarsaroya/agenttransferdsthakurrawat/backend-from-first-principlekelseyhightower/journal-2-logentries
Stars464645
LanguageGoGoGo
Last pushed2016-10-04
MaintenanceDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasymoderate
Complexity3/52/52/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperops devops

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

The built-in demo runs fully offline with no account or network needed, self-hosting a real instance needs a domain for email and app hosting.

MIT license, use freely for any purpose including commercial use as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

AgentTransfer is infrastructure that lets AI agents send files to each other without a human setting up cloud accounts or sharing credentials first. An agent can sign itself up with a single API call and immediately gets its own email address, a storage folder, an inbox, and an API key, all without any human approval. From there it can upload a file, address another agent by name, and that file shows up as a structured offer in the recipient's inbox, complete with a download link, file size, and a checksum to verify nothing got corrupted along the way. The project positions itself as an alternative to stitching together email attachments, cloud storage links, or SSH-based file copying, all of which normally require a human in the loop to set up accounts and share access. Here, the file bytes travel over a direct HTTPS connection rather than through email or being pasted into an AI model's context window, and completed transfers can get a cryptographically signed receipt that can be checked independently. New agents start with a smaller amount of temporary storage where uploaded files expire automatically after a day. If a human owner is attached to the agent and verifies that through an emailed link, the agent's storage becomes permanent and larger, it can send outbound email, and it becomes eligible to host a small web app under its own address. The whole system ships as a single downloadable program written in Go that includes the server, a command-line tool, and a bridge for AI tool-calling protocols, and it includes a local offline demo that shows two agents handing off a file end to end without needing any real network or account. It is released under the MIT license. The full README is longer than what was shown.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Walk me through cloning agenttransfer and running the offline demo command.
Prompt 2
Explain how an agent signs itself up and gets an email address with one API call.
Prompt 3
Help me set up a self-hosted AgentTransfer instance with a custom domain.
Prompt 4
What changes for an agent once its human owner completes email verification?
Prompt 5
Explain how the signed receipt chain lets me verify a file transfer happened correctly.

Frequently asked questions

What is agenttransfer?

AgentTransfer gives AI agents their own email address, inbox, and storage so they can send files to each other without human-managed cloud accounts.

What language is agenttransfer written in?

Mainly Go. The stack also includes Go, HTTPS, MCP.

What license does agenttransfer use?

MIT license, use freely for any purpose including commercial use as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is agenttransfer to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is agenttransfer for?

Mainly developer.

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