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title: Coder Agent Relay adds Claude Code for self-hosted execution
description: Coder’s Agent Relay now lists Claude Code so cloud sessions can execute in self-hosted workspaces; still closed early access.
date: 2026-09-15T15:09:15.773Z
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# Coder Agent Relay adds Claude Code for self-hosted execution

> Coder’s Agent Relay now lists Claude Code so cloud sessions can execute in self-hosted workspaces; still closed early access.

Coder has added Claude Code to Agent Relay, its self-hosted execution layer for cloud coding agents. A September 15, 2026 announcement frames the work as a follow-on after Cursor. Coder’s docs are stricter on status: Agent Relay is early access, in closed preview with select customers, and the Claude Code path is the same. It is not general availability.

The split is the product. Agent Relay changes where a cloud agent’s tool calls run. Orchestration and inference stay with the provider. Coder is not a proxy for Anthropic’s models, has no access to model selection or token usage, and is not a self-hosted Claude Code control plane. Developers keep the claude.ai/code or Claude Desktop client. Anthropic keeps the agent loop and inference. Coder provisions the workspace that reads files and runs commands.

A developer starts a Claude Code session targeting a self-hosted runner pool mapped to a Coder organization and workspace template. Agent Relay claims the pending work, asks the Coder control plane to provision an ephemeral workspace from that template, and a Claude Code self-hosted runner inside the workspace registers with the session and executes tool calls. When the session ends, the relay tears the workspace down. Anthropic calls this worker model self-hosted environments. Coder’s docs say those environments are in public beta on Anthropic Team or Enterprise plans, and you need a licensed Coder deployment.

That is the opening for regulated teams that already blocked vendor-hosted coding agents: keep the Claude Code client, put execution behind the same templates, networking, and governance as the rest of the Coder fleet, and get logs that correlate the session and user to the workspace. The GlobeNewswire release says the integration is built on those self-hosted environments, and that shops already running Agent Relay need no new deployment and no fresh security review because the workspace model, egress policy, and audit trail already exist. Treat that as a vendor claim. Access is still design-partner early access.

The relay daemon ships as the public image `ghcr.io/coder/agent-relay`, with a matching Helm chart. Configuration still needs a provider credential and a compatible template. Coder tells you to talk to your account team before you deploy.

Read Coder’s Agent Relay for Claude Code docs for the session flow and requirements, then ask your account team or sales@coder.com whether your organization is in the closed preview.

## Sources

- [Agent Relay](https://coder.com/docs/@main/ai-coder/agent-relay)
- [Agent Relay for Claude Code](https://coder.com/docs/@main/ai-coder/agent-relay/claude-code)
- [Coder Brings Claude Code to Agent Relay \(GlobeNewswire via Benzinga\)](https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/26/09/g61788825/coder-brings-claude-code-agent-relay-unlocking-agentic-development-world-s-most-regulated-enterprise)