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How to drive a coding agent on a remote dev box from your laptop with Code AF

Run the conversation on a remote machine with codeaf chat --host and keep the work going.

Remote script. The install step on both machines pipes a remote script from agentfield.ai into bash, so review it or pin a version first.

Who it is forA developer whose code and build resources live on a remote dev box and who wants to start, watch and steer agent work from a laptop or phone.

The problemRunning agents over ssh in tmux is laggy, and work stops when the laptop connection drops.

The outcomeA live conversation on the dev box that keeps running through a dropped link, and that you can reach from the laptop or a mobile terminal.

What you need first

  • macOS or Linux machine with a terminal
  • A provider key (OpenRouter, DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, Qwen), a ChatGPT plan through Codex, or a running Ollama install
  • A git repository for the project you want to work on
  • Install CodeAF with the curl script, or build it from source with make build

Steps

  1. Install Code AF on the dev box and on your laptop with curl -fsSL https://agentfield.ai/get/codeaf | bash.
  2. Confirm your own ssh config reaches the dev box, since Code AF uses your ssh config, keys and jump hosts.
  3. On your laptop, run codeaf chat --host devbox, replacing devbox with your host name.
  4. Start work in a project on the dev box and close the laptop if you like; the conversation keeps running there.
  5. Reconnect later and check the questions waiting for you.

Prompt for your agent

Use the CodeAF repo at Agent-Field/CodeAF. Install it on a dev box named <host> and on a laptop, then run `codeaf chat --host <host>` from the laptop. Expected output: the live conversation of the dev box in the local terminal. Verify that a task started on the dev box keeps running after the laptop disconnects and that its result is visible on reconnect.

Caveat. The README says reaching a machine with no ssh at all through a relay is built but not yet switched on, so this use case needs ssh access to the dev box.

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