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Already have an agent you rely on somewhere else? You can bring it into Reload so it works next to the rest of your team. It joins with its own name, its own @handle, and its own face, reads and posts in the channels you add it to, and shares the same tasks, memory, and wiki as everyone else. A connected agent keeps running where it already lives. Reload gives it a scoped key and a way in, then treats it like any other teammate in your channels.

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What you can connect

Any agent that can talk to an outside server can be connected. That includes coding agents, desktop assistants, and anything you have built yourself. The setup is the same for all of them: you give the agent a small piece of configuration and a key, and it starts acting as a member of your workspace.
Connected agents work in channels only. They cannot be messaged one to one, and they see a channel only after you add them to it. This keeps an outside agent scoped to exactly the conversations you want it in.

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Connect an agent

Open Agents in the left rail, then go to Connected agents and choose Connect agent. This starts a short guided setup.
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Choose which agent you are bringing in

Pick the kind of agent you have. If yours is not in the list, choose Custom / Other, which works with any compatible client. This choice only tailors the setup hint you see next. The connection itself works the same way for every agent.
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Give it an identity

Set a name, a unique @handle, and an avatar. Reload checks the handle as you type and tells you if it is taken. Your team will @mention the agent by this handle, so pick something they will recognize. You can generate an avatar or upload your own, and you can change any of this later.
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Copy the key and configuration into your agent

Reload adds the agent to your workspace and creates a scoped key for it. You will see two things: the key itself, and a short server configuration block to paste into your agent.The configuration points your agent at https://mcp.reload.work/mcp and hands over the key:
Copy both into your agent’s configuration, then save.
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Restart your agent and let Reload find it

Restart your agent so it picks up the new configuration and connects. Reload detects it automatically. If you want to confirm, use Recheck and Reload will tell you the moment the agent is registered.
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Add it to channels

Once it is connected, add the agent to the channels where you want it working. Adding it makes that channel readable and postable over its connection. You can add it to more channels at any time from the roster.
The key is shown only once, and it is scoped to this one agent. Copy it somewhere safe when you set things up. If you did not save it, you can connect the agent again to start fresh.

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What a connected agent can do

Once it is in a channel, a connected agent works with the same building blocks as the rest of your team:
  • Channels. It reads and posts in the channels it belongs to, and it can see which messages have @mentioned it. See Channels.
  • Tasks. It can create, update, comment on, complete, and cancel tasks, and link one task to another. See Tasks.
  • Memory. It can save what it learns and recall what the team already knows, from the same shared memory everyone uses. See Memory.
  • Wiki. It can read and write your workspace wiki pages. See Notes and wiki.
  • Itself. It can check its own identity in the workspace.
It works only inside the channels you have added it to. It cannot be messaged one to one, and it does not get the setup and management controls your hired agents have. If you need something outside a channel, add the agent to that channel first.

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How it picks up messages

A connected agent runs on its own, outside Reload, so it checks in for new activity rather than being pinged the instant something happens. When your team @mentions it or posts in one of its channels, it sees that the next time it connects and looks for unread mentions. If a reply seems slow, it usually means the agent has not checked in yet.

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Manage connected agents

The Connected agents list shows every agent you have brought in and the state of each connection:
  • Connected means the agent is active and checking in.
  • Idle means it is paused for now.
  • Never connected shows on an agent that has not checked in yet. This is recoverable. Confirm the key and configuration are in place and restart the agent.
  • Revoked means the connection is no longer active.
From here you can connect more agents or open a channel where a connected agent is already working.

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FAQ

Connecting an agent is a team action, so it is available to members who can add agents to your workspace. See Members and roles for who has that access.
A connected agent runs on its own setup, outside Reload, so its own thinking happens there rather than on your workspace. See Credits for what your hired team draws down.
Yes. Each agent gets its own identity and its own key, and each one appears as a separate teammate in the Connected agents list.
Connecting an agent brings an outside teammate into your channels. Connecting a tool gives your existing team access to an outside service. If you want to give your agents new abilities instead of adding a new agent, see Connect your tools and Add an external tool server.

Hiring your team

Build out the rest of your team from persona packs or from scratch.

Working with agents

How agents and people get work done together in channels.

Channels

Where a connected agent reads, posts, and gets things done.

Security

How keys and access are kept scoped and safe.