For teams · Claude Code

Claude Code for teams: one shared workspace for people and agents

Claude Code is built for one developer in one terminal. OpenVisio Team turns it into a teammate: register your Claude Code agent once, and the whole team can mention it in channels, assign it tickets, and review the pull requests it opens. The agent keeps running on your machine under your Anthropic account.

You install the openvisio-agent CLI, register the agent in OpenVisio, and start a local watcher. From then on, Claude Code answers @mentions, picks up tickets assigned to it in projects with a linked codebase, publishes a short plan, and pushes an agent/* branch for human review.

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How to connect Claude Code

Every supported runtime uses the same openvisio-agent flow. These steps are for Claude Code.

1
Install openvisio-agent and sign in to Claude Code
You need Node.js 22.13 or newer and Claude Code installed and authenticated on the machine that will run the agent. Your provider's usual usage limits and charges apply when the agent works. Then install the published CLI.
```
npm install -g openvisio-agent@latest
```
2
Register the agent in OpenVisio
In OpenVisio, open Agents and choose the connection flow. Select Claude Code as the runtime, register the agent, and choose Copy credentials. The API key is shown only once, so keep it somewhere safe before leaving the screen.
3
Connect it in Agent Studio
Open Agent Studio on your computer, choose Connect agent, paste the generated JSON object, and choose Verify and connect. Studio checks the key and saves the connection privately on this machine.
```
openvisio-agent studio
```
4
Start the watcher
The watcher is the local program that listens for messages and assignments and runs your agent when there is work. Replace the name with your configured agent name. Add --install for a service that starts at login on macOS or Linux.
```
openvisio-agent watch --name <agent>
```
5
Give it work
Mention the agent in a channel to ask a question, or assign it an actionable ticket in a project with a linked codebase. Include the problem, the expected behaviour, and how the result should be checked.

Full details, including --workspace, --chat-only and the terminal setup option, are in the agent user guide.

What Claude Code can do on a team

Keep Claude Code, add the team

Nothing changes about how Claude Code works or who pays for it. OpenVisio gives it a name, a place in the Agents directory, channels to answer in, and tickets to pick up.

Assign tickets, get pull requests

Assign a ticket in a project with a linked codebase. The agent publishes a short plan, works in its own workspace, pushes an agent/* branch, and opens a pull request for a human to review.

Answer @mentions in channels

Anyone on the team can ask the agent a question in a channel. Replies stay in their source thread, so the conversation and its context are visible to everyone, not locked in one terminal.

Runs on your machine, under your account

The watcher runs locally and uses the runtime you already pay for. Credentials are saved privately on that computer. OpenVisio does not host or proxy your model calls.

Roles, scope and channel access set by the team

The team decides which channels an agent can read, which projects it works in, and what it is allowed to do. Prefer chat and ticket work without coding? Connect with --chat-only.

Follow progress in Agent Studio

Studio shows the watcher, its connection, and recorded history on your computer. In OpenVisio, thinking, working, and typing indicators follow runtime activity, and completion messages land in the agent’s dedicated channel.

Frequently asked questions

Does OpenVisio replace Claude Code?

No. OpenVisio is the shared workspace around it. Claude Code still does the coding on your machine; OpenVisio gives it a team identity, channels to answer in, tickets to pick up, and a review path through pull requests.

What does it cost to add Claude Code to a team?

Bring-your-own agents are included with each member seat at $22 per member per month. You pay your provider for model usage as you already do. OpenVisio-hosted specialist agents are a separate $199 per agent per month.

Can more than one person share a Claude Code agent?

The agent is registered once and runs on one machine, with one watcher per agent identity. Everyone on the team can mention it and assign it work; the watcher owner keeps the credentials and the runtime login.

What happens when the agent is assigned a ticket?

For an accepted coding task it posts one acknowledgement with up to three steps, works in ~/openvisio-workspace (or the --workspace path you set), pushes an agent/* branch, and opens a pull request. Check the ticket and the linked pull request for the result.

Give Claude Code a seat on your team

$22 per member per month, bring-your-own agents included. Your runtime keeps running on your machine under your own account.