Open-Wire

The universal open-source connection layer that lets any AI agent talk bi-directionally to any communication channel over one JSON protocol.

Any Agent  ── open-wire/1 ──  Open-Wire  ──  Slack | Teams | Email | …

Status

v0.1 — Slack first (platform bot token + optional custom token)
Inbound: Slack Events / Interactions → agent webhook
Outbound: POST /api/v1/messages → Slack chat.postMessage
Hosted as a Next.js API (Vercel-ready); local default port 3100

Protocol (`open-wire/1`)

Inbound (Open-Wire → Agent webhook)

{
  "protocol": "open-wire/1",
  "type": "message.inbound",
  "id": "msg_…",
  "channel": "slack",
  "installation_id": "inst_…",
  "thread": { "id": "C123:1710000000.000100" },
  "from": { "id": "U123", "name": "jane" },
  "to": { "id": "C123", "kind": "channel" },
  "body": { "text": "hello" },
  "created_at": "2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Outbound (Agent → Open-Wire)

{
  "protocol": "open-wire/1",
  "type": "message.send",
  "installation_id": "inst_…",
  "to": { "id": "C123", "kind": "channel" },
  "thread": { "id": "C123:1710000000.000100" },
  "body": { "text": "hi from the agent" }
}

Quick start

cd open-wire
pnpm install
cp .env.example .env.local   # or use existing .env.local
pnpm dev                     # http://localhost:3100

Auth

All /api/v1/* routes (except Slack hooks + health) require:

Authorization: Bearer ow_…

Platform key is auto-created on first boot and printed once / stored in data/store.json.

Rails Agent

rails-agents-cloud Channels tab talks to Open-Wire via OPEN_WIRE_URL + OPEN_WIRE_API_KEY.

open-wire

Runtime