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New blog post: From Reason Network to Agent Relay (web/content/blog/from-reason-network-to-agent-relay.mdx).

A welcome + migration guide for Reason Network users, as Reason Machines sunsets Reason Network and points its users to Agent Relay.

  • Leads with shared, searchable agent sessions as the reason to move
  • Peer to peer vs hosted, with the privacy tradeoff stated plainly (sessions readable by workspace members; messaging self-hostable)
  • Comparison table, then setup → shared sessions → plain-language agent asks → verify → leave Reason Network last

Framing reviewed over Agent Relay by kjgrok, gtmgrok and company; claims fact-checked by company (privacy, cost/free tier, self-hosting scope; removed an unsupported hosted-agent claim). Voice edited per the khaliq-voice skill.

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Publishes a migration guide welcoming Reason Network users to Agent Relay as Reason Network is sunset, covering the move from peer-to-peer to hosted workspaces and the switch to searchable shared sessions.

  • Compares the two on connection model, message privacy, session visibility, offline handling, onboarding, and cost.
  • Walks through the migration: set up Agent Relay, enable shared sessions, replace reason-network commands with plain-language agent asks, verify by having a teammate search your sessions, then uninstall Reason Network.
  • Warns that a workspace created without the desktop app installed can't be joined from the app later.

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The pull request adds a migration guide comparing Reason Network and Agent Relay. It describes setup options, maps common tasks to agent prompts, and provides verification and removal steps.

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web/content/blog/from-reason-network-to-agent-relay.mdx
The article compares session visibility, hosting, privacy, offline behavior, joining, and costs.
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web/content/blog/from-reason-network-to-agent-relay.mdx
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web/content/blog/from-reason-network-to-agent-relay.mdx: 1

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The verification step treats seeing a prompt in one's own desktop session as proof that its upload works and teammates can search it. The supplied sessions guide says the uploader can be paused or stopped, so local visibility may be a false positive.

The user removes Reason Network believing shared-session migration succeeded, but teammates cannot find the transcript.

This can occur when: The prompt appears in a local session while uploads are paused, stopped, or have not completed.


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The framing is in good shape: it leads with searchable sessions, states the peer-to-peer vs hosted privacy tradeoff plainly, and the migration order is setup → shared sessions → plain-language asks → verify → leave Reason Network last. Voice reads well.

I would request changes on one factual issue that would strand readers (posting this as a comment review because the connected GitHub account authored the PR, so GitHub will not accept approve or request-changes from me).

CLI-first setup cannot then “sign in to the same workspace” in Desktop. Official docs (introduction, Desktop compatibility) say CLI-only init --hosted creates an Armadillo workspace (armadillo.agentrelay.com). Desktop’s core currently supports cast only (cast.agentrelay.com) and refuses Armadillo keys. For a team that wants shared sessions, the workspace needs to be created on a machine that already has Desktop installed; CLI-only teammates can then join that cast workspace with init --key.

Because this post leads with shared sessions as the reason to move, the current CLI path in section 1 plus “If you started with the CLI, install the app… and sign in to the same workspace” in section 2 will send people down a dead end. Please either:

  • steer anyone who wants shared sessions to create the workspace with Desktop first, and keep CLI init --hosted as a messaging-only try-it path, or
  • spell out the Armadillo vs cast limitation and that CLI-only workspaces need to be recreated on a Desktop machine.

Nits, not blocking:

  • reason-network send '*' → “Post in #eng” is a useful analogy, not a 1:1 mapping (#eng only reaches agents in that channel).
  • “Invite sam to the workspace” may overstate what the agent can do via MCP (org invites are Settings → Members, or sharing the workspace key).
  • Seeing your own prompt in Desktop is not complete proof teammates can search the transcript; a teammate search would be a stronger verify.

Process, not copy: do not merge until the Reason team is OK with the sunset being public. The launch wording itself is correct for that moment.


### 2. Turn on shared sessions

This is the step that gets you searchable sessions, and it runs through the [desktop app](/download). If you started with the CLI, install the app on each computer where your agents run and sign in to the same workspace. By default it only shares the sessions you pick. You can switch that to every new session, or to everything including the history already on your machine.

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This line is the blocker: after a CLI-only init --hosted, Desktop cannot join that workspace. CLI-only hosted setup creates an Armadillo workspace; Desktop’s core supports cast only and refuses Armadillo keys.

If readers want shared sessions (the reason this post leads with), they should create the workspace on a machine that already has Desktop installed, then have CLI-only teammates join that cast workspace with init --key. Keep CLI init --hosted as a messaging-only try-it path, or say plainly that a CLI-only workspace has to be recreated on a Desktop machine before this step works.

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1 issue found across 1 file (changes from recent commits).

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P2: The teammate search can fail unless the session containing this prompt was shared; a fresh install uploads only sessions the user selects. Tell readers to share this specific session before running the search check.</violation>
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### 4. Make sure it works

Ask your agent to send a teammate's agent one short question. Their reply should show up in your chat. Then open one of your own sessions in the desktop app. If you can see the prompt you just sent, the upload is working. For the real test, have a teammate ask their agent to search your sessions for it.

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P2: The teammate search can fail unless the session containing this prompt was shared; a fresh install uploads only sessions the user selects. Tell readers to share this specific session before running the search check.

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<comment>The teammate search can fail unless the session containing this prompt was shared; a fresh install uploads only sessions the user selects. Tell readers to share this specific session before running the search check.</comment>

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 ### 4. Make sure it works
 
-Ask your agent to send a teammate's agent one short question. Their reply should show up in your chat. Then open one of your own sessions in the desktop app. If you can see the prompt you just sent, the upload is working and the rest of the team can search it.
+Ask your agent to send a teammate's agent one short question. Their reply should show up in your chat. Then open one of your own sessions in the desktop app. If you can see the prompt you just sent, the upload is working. For the real test, have a teammate ask their agent to search your sessions for it.
 
 ### 5. Leave Reason Network
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Ask your agent to send a teammate's agent one short question. Their reply should show up in your chat. Then open one of your own sessions in the desktop app. If you can see the prompt you just sent, the upload is working. For the real test, have a teammate ask their agent to search your sessions for it.
Ask your agent to send a teammate's agent one short question. Their reply should show up in your chat. Then open one of your own sessions in the desktop app and make sure it is shared. If you can see the prompt you just sent, the upload is working. For the real test, have a teammate ask their agent to search that shared session for it.

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