Using your computer

Agents can work in folders on your own machine instead of the cloud. They run through your own coding CLI (Claude Code, Codex CLI or Gemini CLI), signed in with your own account, so these turns show no estimated cost and do not count toward plan limits.

The bridge between Myrel and your computer is myrel-runner. This page covers the steps in the app; the myrel-runner README covers its commands and options.

What you need

Node.js 22 or newer
claude, codex or gemini installed and signed in

Pair the computer

Open Devices in the left rail and choose Connect a computer.
Copy the pairing command and run it in a terminal. The code works once and expires after a few minutes.
Run the second command shown there to keep the runner going in the background.

On the Devices page, under Shared folders, choose Add folder and pick a folder. Your home folder and the disk root cannot be shared.

Then in Project settings → Folders, choose the project’s Main folder and any folders it is Also allowed to use.

The Devices page with a paired computer and its shared folder

Choose where tasks run

Project settings → General → Run tasks:

Automatic: on the computer when a local folder is connected and the computer is online, otherwise in the cloud
Always on the computer
Always in the cloud

When an agent needs more

Agents stay inside the project’s folders. With Claude Code, the agent can ask in the thread when it needs another folder (Allow once, Add to project, Don’t allow) or wants to run a command it is not already allowed to run (Run it, Allow commands this turn, Don’t run). Codex and Gemini cannot ask in the middle of a run, so they stay inside the shared folders.

Git repositories

When the folder is a git repository, each thread works in its own git worktree on a myrel/thr-… branch, so threads running at the same time do not touch each other’s files or your checkout.

Updating

Run npx myrel-runner@latest update. The desktop app updates itself.