AgentDuty

On-call for your AI agents — get notified when they need you, respond from Slack.

An autonomous codebase built by the Continue Software Factory

Why?

AI coding agents run autonomously but sometimes need human input — approval, clarification, or a judgment call. AgentDuty bridges that gap: agents notify you through Slack when they need attention, and you respond right there. Think of it as PagerDuty, but for your AI agents instead of your servers.

Table of Contents

• Architecture
• CLI
• Web App
• Installation
• Development
• Deploying
• Contributing
• License

Architecture

AgentDuty has two main components:

• CLI (cli/) — A Go CLI that agents use to send notifications and poll for responses. Integrates with Claude Code via hooks.
• Web App (web/) — A Next.js app with a Slack integration backend. Handles message routing, session management, and the dashboard at agentduty.dev.

CLI

The CLI is how agents communicate through AgentDuty. Key commands:

• agentduty notify -m "message" — Send a notification to the user
• agentduty poll <short-code> --wait — Wait for a response in a session
• agentduty react <short-code> -e <emoji> — React to a message
• agentduty login — Authenticate with your account
• agentduty install — Set up Claude Code hooks

Build from source:

cd cli && go build -o /tmp/agentduty .

Web App

The web app is built with Next.js 14, Drizzle ORM, and Neon (serverless Postgres). It provides:

• Slack Events API integration for message routing
• GraphQL API for the CLI
• Dashboard for managing sessions and settings

Installation

Install the CLI with a single command:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sestinj/agentduty/main/install.sh | sh

Then:

agentduty login
agentduty install

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• Go 1.24+
• A Neon database (or local Postgres)

Web App

cd web
cp .env.example .env.local  # Configure your environment
npm install
npm run dev

CLI

cd cli
go build -o /tmp/agentduty .
go test ./...

Tests

# Web tests (Vitest)
cd web && npm test

# CLI tests (Go)
cd cli && go test ./...

Deploying

• Web app: Deploys to Vercel. Always deploy from the web/ directory:

  cd web && npx vercel --prod

• CLI: Releases are built automatically via GoReleaser when a version tag is pushed.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, coding standards, and the PR process.

License

Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE for details.

Copyright (c) 2025 Continue Dev, Inc.