aimgr coordinates AI account credentials across the three-machine pool.
The shared source of truth is Redis on agents at Amir's Mac Studio over Tailscale. Local tool files are projections only:
- Redis URL for remote clients:
redis://amirs-mac-studio:6380 - Redis URL on
agents@amirs-mac-studioitself:redis://127.0.0.1:6380 - fallback Tailnet IP:
redis://100.96.80.106:6380 - local config:
~/.aimgr/config.yaml - local-only adjunct state:
~/.aimgr/local-state.json - legacy
~/.aimgr/secrets.json: backup artifact only; runtime commands ignore it
The Redis cutover is intentionally breaking and non-reverse-compatible. Runtime credential coordination no longer has file ownership, SSH authority pulls, or promote-back flows.
Configure each machine to point at the same Redis primary and key prefix:
Remote clients use the Tailscale hostname:
aim redis configure \
--url redis://amirs-mac-studio:6380 \
--key-prefix aimgr:v1: \
--primary-host agents@amirs-mac-studio \
--transport tailscaleThe Redis host itself, agents@amirs-mac-studio, connects to its own container over localhost:
aim redis configure \
--url redis://127.0.0.1:6380 \
--key-prefix aimgr:v1: \
--primary-host agents@amirs-mac-studio \
--transport tailscaleCheck the attachment:
aim redis config
aim redis ping
aim redis snapshotUse aim redis export --out <snapshot.json> for a reviewable backup. A reviewed snapshot can seed a
new Redis prefix with aim redis import --in <snapshot.json>. Generic import accepts Claude policy-only
candidate records, but rejects Claude credential and identity material. Complete Claude credentials
enter Redis through contained aim login <label>, or through the per-label leased
aim claude capture-native and aim claude import-native boundaries.
Normal account maintenance:
aim <label>
aim login <label>
aim login <label> --manual-callback-stdioScheduled OAuth maintenance on the M3:
aim auth maintain
cd ~/workspace/aimgr
bash scripts/install-auth-maintainer.sh
bash scripts/install-auth-maintainer.sh --uninstallRedis administration and repair:
aim redis configure --url <redis-url> [--key-prefix <prefix>] [--primary-host <host>] [--transport tailscale]
aim redis config
aim redis ping
aim redis snapshot
aim redis export --out <snapshot.json>
aim redis import --in <snapshot.json>
aim label rebind <label> --provider <provider> --confirmStatus:
aim status
aim status --json
aim status --compactTarget projections:
aim rebalance openclaw
aim rebalance hermes
aim auth write hermes <label> --auth-file <abs-path>
aim codex use [label]
aim codex watch [--once] [--interval-seconds <sec>] [--rotate-below-5h-remaining-pct <pct>]
aim hermes watch [--once] [--interval-seconds <sec>] [--rotate-below-5h-remaining-pct <pct>]
aim claude inventory [--json]
aim claude status [account...] [--fresh] [--verbose] [--json]
aim claude usage [account...] [--fresh] [--verbose] [--json]
aim claude list [count] [--json]
aim claude resume <row-or-thread-id-or-name> [--account <label>] [--switch-account fable|opus]
aim claude run (opus|fable) [--resume]
aim claude run <label> (opus|fable) [--resume]
aim claude run <label> [-- <claude args...>]
aim claude capture-native <label> [--source-home <dir>] [--source-config-dir <dir>]
aim claude export-live --out <file> [--source-home <dir>]
aim claude import-native <label> --in <file>
aim pi use
# Explicit provider bindings; omitted providers remain unchanged
aim pi use --codex <auto|label|off> --claude <fable|opus|label|off>
aim pi status
aim pi uninstall [--provider <openai-codex|anthropic>]
aim prime use --codex <auto|label|off> --claude <fable|opus|label|off>
aim prime run codex
aim prime run claude
aim prime resume <path-or-id> [--rotate]
aim prime status
aim prime uninstall [--provider <openai-codex|anthropic>]aim prime run codex|claude selects the account and model, then starts a new
Prime session directly. Use aim prime resume <path-or-id> when you want an
existing session instead.
aim pi use keeps its bare behavior: it selects the next-best pooled Codex
label, resolves it to one exact identity, and installs a non-secret external
descriptor for new root sessions. aim prime use uses the same descriptor
owner. Explicit --codex and --claude selections may name an exact label;
Codex also accepts auto, Claude accepts the existing fable/opus ranking,
and off performs the same guarded local removal as uninstall. An omitted
provider is unchanged.
AIM remains the only managed refresh-token authority. Pi and Prime invoke the
machine-only aim credential-helper directly with bounded JSON over stdin and
receive only an access token in memory. Target auth.json, AIM local state,
status, backups, argv, and environment never receive an AIM-managed access or
refresh token. The exact label and opaque AIM identity fingerprint are
non-secret and may be persisted by a harness to keep a root session tree
stable across resume and subagents. Ordinary target changes apply to a new root
tree; a loaded Prime root changes labels only through an explicit successful
aim prime resume <session> --rotate handoff.
Plain aim prime resume <path-or-id> delegates to Prime's ordinary pinned resume
path without changing AIM account state. Add --rotate after the active
account is rate limited: AIM reads the session's provider, model, exact binding,
and identity fingerprint; selects the next-best eligible different label for
that provider; and asks Prime to compare-and-swap the binding inside that exact
already-live root. AIM writes no target auth or selection history. After Prime
confirms the handoff, AIM attaches the same root through ordinary resume. An
inactive or busy root, stale expected binding, failed handoff, or lack of an
eligible alternate exits without attaching or mutating the saved session.
AIM-managed Pi and Prime homes also receive one global session-identity
extension. Its below-editor banner always shows title, AIM account, git branch,
and cwd. Prime sessions show the full canonical session UUID on a dedicated
second row, so the exact aim prime resume <session-id> selector remains visible
even if daemon commands stop working. Unnamed sessions derive a compact title
from the first request; Prime may improve that fallback once from its existing
persisted agent recap. Each new session chooses a colored title pill and stores
that color in the session JSONL, so reloads, exact resumes, and continuity forks
retain the same visual identity. A manual /name or /rename remains
authoritative.
An explicit AIM provider selection replaces that provider entry immediately. If
it displaces native auth, AIM keeps one private backup at a deterministic path
so turning the provider off can restore direct native use. The backup is passive:
there is no ownership receipt, exact-descriptor guard, or pending-transition
state. aim pi uninstall and aim prime uninstall restore the backup when the
live entry is AIM-managed; an already-native or foreign live entry is left
untouched and never blocks the command.
status always reports local ownership even when Redis is unavailable. A
loaded harness may use an already cached, unexpired access token only until its
five-minute freshness skew; new bindings and refresh-due calls fail closed
until Redis returns. Managed providers never fall through to native stored
auth, environment keys, or another label. Reauthenticate the exact AIM label
for reauth_required; for identity_conflict, update the target and start a
new root tree.
This boundary prevents accidental persistent secret copies and competing refresh writers; it is not isolation from another process running as the same OS user, which can invoke the helper with the user's authority.
The label-free Claude presets select only unlocked readable accounts. fable
ranks by Fable/Sonnet usage and uses five-hour usage as its tie-break;
opus ranks by the shared five-hour usage.
Claude resume uses the session's recorded account by default. Add
--account <label> to fork onto an exact account; combine it with
--switch-account fable|opus to override the resumed model preset. Session
names are exact, case-insensitive matches and must be quoted when they contain
spaces; ambiguous names require a row number or thread ID.
aim claude inventory is the instant account-coverage view for Redis-backed Claude labels. It reads
the configured AIM Redis credential records once and makes zero Anthropic, BrowserOS, Keychain,
native-file, or Claude CLI calls. Candidate-only policy records remain visible as non-ready rows;
complete, expired, incomplete, blocked, and identity-conflicting records remain distinguishable.
Local Claude directories and browser profiles are projections or enrollment surfaces, never account
names or inventory authority.
aim claude status and its exact aim claude usage alias accept only canonical Anthropic labels in
the shared Redis store. Invalid labels fail before external I/O. Unknown labels fail after the one
Redis read and before any provider request. Candidate-only, incomplete, or expired credentials are
reported locally and never sent to Anthropic.
The usage commands are browserless and cookie-free: they do not inspect browser state, invoke a
model, rotate credentials, or fall back to claude.ai. A normal run reuses the strictly allowlisted
provider-usage section in AIM's existing ~/.aimgr/redis-cache.json. An uncached run makes exactly
one no-retry OAuth usage GET per selected ready account, with at most three requests in flight;
--fresh bypasses a fresh success entry while preserving the one-request-per-account limit.
Transient failures are briefly backed off, and usage observed within the prior hour may be shown
only when clearly marked stale. The cache is written atomically with owner-only (0600) permissions.
Human output uses an account column, and JSON uses accounts[].label plus missingAccounts.
Neither schema nor the provider-usage cache contains tokens, authorization headers, raw Redis
credentials, email addresses, account or organization UUIDs, identity/policy objects, native paths,
Keychain identifiers, browser-profile names, raw provider errors, or full provider responses.
Only canonical labels, closed plan metadata, credential/auth states, rate-limit percentages and
resets, bounded timestamps, cache age, and fixed error classifications are exposed.
Claude access-token expiry is not the same thing as subscription inactivity. credential_expired
means the stored access credential needs maintenance; stale_auth means Anthropic rejected it.
Neither state by itself proves that billing was cancelled. Initial login or genuine reauthentication
may use the approved BrowserOS/native protocol, but a complete identity-checked native bundle must
then be captured into Redis. After capture, Redis is the authority and each managed Claude home is a
disposable per-label projection. Claude capture, import, login, and run share one per-label lease. A
strictly newer, same-identity local rotation is published back with Redis compare-and-swap during
managed runs and at exit. Stale or divergent local projections are overwritten from Redis and never
quarantine an account. Genuine reauthentication is shown as NEEDS YOU with aim login <label>.
Each normal managed launch also inherits the machine's complete user-level
Claude MCP definitions, personal skills, enabled user plugins, and user hooks
at launch time. AIM passes field-only MCP/hook overlays through Claude's native
options; credentials, sessions, project trust, and unrelated user settings
remain label-isolated.
Sakana Fugu / Fugu Ultra are API-key accounts (no OAuth). Configure one account name plus its API key per Sakana subscription. Keys are stored only in the shared Redis credential store; status/list output shows a redacted fingerprint, never the raw key:
aim sakana add <account-name> [--key <api-key>] [--tier standard|pro|max|payg] [--subscription <name>] [--notes <text>]
aim sakana use <account-name>
aim sakana list [--json]
aim sakana show <account-name>
aim sakana remove <account-name>Provide the key with --key, by piping it on stdin (echo "$KEY" | aim sakana add pro1), or
interactively when prompted. The raw key is never echoed back and never written to local-state.json.
aim sakana use <account-name> preserves unrelated ~/.codex/.env lines, updates only
SAKANA_API_KEY, writes the file as 0600, and records only a redacted local receipt.
Browser binding policy:
aim browser show <label>
aim browser set <label> --mode aim-profile [--seed-from-openclaw <profileId>]
aim browser set <label> --mode chrome-profile --user-data-dir <abs-path> [--profile-directory <name>]
aim browser set <label> --mode agent-browser --profile <abs-path> --session <name>
aim browser set <label> --mode manual-callbackRedis records own shared credential truth:
- credentials: provider, label, credential, identity, shared browser/reauth/pool policy, health, and audit provenance
- meta: Redis coordination schema metadata
~/.aimgr/local-state.json owns local-only facts:
- active target metadata
- OpenClaw assignments and exclusions
- Codex/Pi/Claude/Hermes local history
- local concrete browser bindings
Local target files are derived outputs:
- Codex:
~/.codex/auth.json - Claude:
~/.claude/.credentials.jsonand~/.claude.json - Pi:
~/.pi/agent/auth.json(non-secret external descriptors for managed providers) - Prime:
~/.prime/agent/auth.json(non-secret external descriptors for managed providers) - AIM rollback:
~/.aimgr/backups/harness-auth/(one private displaced native entry per target/provider) - Hermes: explicit
auth.jsonpaths - OpenClaw: configured agent auth stores and session metadata
Run syntax checks:
npm run lintRun tests:
npm testRun coverage:
npm run test:coverageIn this Codex shell, prefer:
env -u CODEX_HOME npm testbecause an inherited CODEX_HOME can point tests at the real Codex home instead of a temp home.