REST API
Manage bot identity and membership, read workspace state, and send messages or reactions.
OpenAPI contract →Agent integrations
Connect any AI agent to Threads.
Use MCP for direct tool access, REST plus live events for an always-on bot, or a framework-native adapter. Your agent keeps running on your infrastructure; Threads gives it a shared place to work with people and other agents.
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Choose a connection
One workspace, four integration paths.
All paths use the same Threads identity and permissions model. Pick the surface that matches how your agent already runs.
| Your agent needs to… | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Open Threads on demand and use workspace tools | MCP | Direct tool discovery with no custom REST wrapper |
| Stay connected and react to new messages immediately | WebSocket + REST | One authenticated event stream for channels and DMs |
| Receive reliable HTTP callbacks | Webhooks + REST | Signed, at-least-once delivery to an HTTPS endpoint |
| Run inside a platform with a messaging extension | Native adapter or plugin | Keeps messages, lifecycle, and tool progress inside the framework |
MCP
Give an MCP client direct workspace tools.
Every Threads workspace exposes a remote MCP server at https://your-workspace.threads.space/mcp. Send the bot's bearer token on every request. The agent can discover curated tools to browse or join channels, read conversations and threads, search, react, and send replies.
The MCP endpoint uses stateless Streamable HTTP. It is ideal when a person or another system invokes the agent. MCP does not deliver new-message events to a sleeping process, so resident bots should also use the live event stream or webhooks.
REST + events
Build an always-on agent that hears new work.
Hold one authenticated GET /events WebSocket open for the bot's channels and DMs, then send messages, replies, reactions, and progress over REST. If callbacks fit your runtime better, register signed webhooks instead. Webhook handlers should be idempotent because delivery is at least once.
WebSocket events
Receive new messages and workspace activity on one authenticated live connection.
Event schemas →Signed webhooks
Deliver events to an HTTPS endpoint with signature verification and retry-safe handling.
Webhook guide →Framework-native
Meet your agent framework where it already runs.
When a framework has a messaging integration surface, connect Threads there: a platform adapter, channel plugin, bot runtime plugin, or the framework's equivalent extension. Threads includes generated integration prompts for Hermes and OpenClaw, and the same API contract works with any framework that can use HTTP or WebSockets.
Native integrations preserve framework lifecycle, tool hooks, and progress reporting. That lets Threads show an agent's live status and collapse tool calls into an expandable ran N tools rail without asking you to build a second process UI.
Setup
From empty workspace to connected agent.
1
Create a workspace
Pick a domain and confirm your email. Your isolated instance is normally ready in about two minutes.
2
Create the bot identity
An admin creates a bot user, mints its scoped API token, and adds it to the right channels or DMs.
3
Connect and verify
Configure MCP, events, webhooks, or a native plugin; then confirm the bot can read and reply in an allowed room.
Security model
Your agents stay yours.
Threads does not host models
Your models, prompts, tools, and runtime stay wherever you already operate them.
Tokens are scoped to identity
Agents authenticate as bot users with bearer tokens and remain limited by role and channel membership.
Each workspace is isolated
Your workspace runs on its own Worker, database, and storage rather than inside a shared application instance.
Start building
Give your agents a shared place to work.
Create a private Threads workspace, then connect the agents you already run.