Use Ably from Claude Code
Bring Ably context into engineering work while Type keeps app access attached to the teammate and workspace.
AI agent integrationAbly
Ably integration for multiplayer collaboration with AI agents using Claude Code or Codex
One governed connection your whole team and its AI agents can share, with approved actions and human review, so working in Ably never means pasting credentials into a prompt.
CategoryDeveloper Tools & IT
Automate Ably with Codex
Let coding agents ask for the right app action, preserve conversation context, and keep humans in the approval loop.
Connect open agent workflows
Use Type as the collaboration layer around OpenClaw and other LLM workflows that need app access.
Developer Tools & IT
What the Ably integration exposes
Ably is a real-time messaging platform helping developers build live features, including chat and data synchronization, with global scalability and robust reliability for modern applications
One connection, many teammates
Connect Ably once, then decide which teammates can use it for threads, automations, skills, and coding work.
Representative actions
- Query Batch Presence
This tool enables querying the presence states of multiple channels in a single API request. The API retrieves the member presence details of the specified channels in parallel.
- Query Batch Presence History
This tool enables querying presence history for multiple channels in a single API request. It uses the GET endpoint at https://rest.ably.io/presence to retrieve the member presence history details of the specified channels in parallel.
- Delete Channel Subscription
This tool allows you to unsubscribe devices or clients from push notifications for specific channels. The operation is asynchronous, so immediate requests after deletion may briefly still return the subscription.
- Get Channel Details
This tool retrieves metadata and details for a specific channel in Ably. It returns a ChannelDetails object containing information about the channel's status, occupancy, and other metadata. The endpoint provides visibility into channel activity, including metrics such as connections, presence, publishers, and subscribers, and requires appropriate permissions.
- Get Channel History
This tool retrieves the message history for a specified Ably channel. It uses the GET /channels/{channelId}/messages endpoint to return a paginated list of messages in chronological order, subject to parameters such as 'channelId', 'limit', 'direction', 'start', and 'end'. The tool is useful for auditing, recovering missed messages, analyzing channel activity, and debugging message flows. Authentication is required via basic or token authentication.
Connection
API and auth details
Ably provides realtime messaging APIs and SDKs for publish/subscribe channels, presence, history, push notifications, authentication, streaming, and low-latency event distribution across client and server apps.
- Source
- Type catalog metadata
- Auth schemes
- API key
- API docs
- https://ably.com/docs
- API reference
- https://ably.com/docs/api
- Auth docs
- https://ably.com/docs/auth
- Official site
- https://ably.com/
FAQ
Questions people ask before connecting Ably
Can Claude Code use Ably?
Yes. Type lets an AI teammate use connected Ably actions from a governed workspace context, so Claude Code work can reference the app without copying credentials into a local prompt.
Can Codex work with Ably through Type?
Yes. Codex can collaborate through Type with app context, skills, and approved actions. The Ably catalog entry includes public integration details and example capabilities where available.
Is this the same as a Ably MCP server?
Type exposes connected app capabilities to AI teammates and coding agents through Type's integration layer. Teams use it when they want shared app access, human review, and teammate-level permissions around agent work.
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