SETUP · PRECONDITION
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Six steps.
One continuous thread.
One continuous thread.
Relay unlocks one step at a time — each opens the next when it's done. No forms to grind through, just the thread building itself.
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Signed in as Ada
ada@company.com
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Relay connected in Claude
mcp.relayctx.com
Step 1 · Receive
Your first relay
is waiting.
is waiting.
Receive the welcome Code in Claude. That's the whole first step — one Code, and Relay is live in your session.
Welcome Code
WELCM1
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Received · welcome relay
signal: welcome_relay_received → Step 2 unlocked
← Step 1
Step 2 · Relay
Now send one of your own.
Package a bit of context and relay it. You get a Code back — share it, and the other side receives exactly what you sent.
Your relay Code
K7P2QX
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Relay created · K7P2QX
signal: first_send → Step 3 unlocked
← Step 2
Step 3 · Stream
Give your context a home.
Open a Stream and add your first Item. A Stream keeps related relays and sessions together — one place your context accrues.
Items
Rate-limit decision
Relayed as K7P2QX · just now
✓
Stream has 1 Item
signal: stream_item_added → Step 4 unlocked
← Step 3
Step 4 · Handoff
Hand the session
forward.
forward.
Package this session into a handoff Code. Anyone — including future-you — can receive it and pick up with full continuity.
Session handoff Code
HD8F2K
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This is the unlock. Packaging your first handoff opens Steps 5 & 6.
← Step 4
Step 5 · Graph
See how it all connects.
Your Root Manifest maps every relay, Stream, and session as a graph. Walk one edge to see continuity in motion.
Root Manifest
Stream: Launch
Relay K7P2QX
Handoff HD8F2K
✓
Edge walked · Root → Stream
signal: edge_walked → Step 6 unlocked
← Step 5
Step 6 · Profile
Make it yours.
Your handle names your workspace and your public profile. Add a one-line bio and pick who can find you — then you're set up.
Your profile lives at relayctx.com/@ada.
Your personal workspace — pre-filled from your handle. Rename anytime.
My orgs
Anyone
Private
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You're set up.
Six steps, one continuous thread. Relay now moves your context across every session, agent, and person.
State · Gated
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Locked until
you hand off.
you hand off.
The context graph opens once you package your first session handoff. Steps 5 and 6 stay sealed until Step 4's signal fires.
Seed-on-demand: one step in-flight at a time. Each Code is chained by the previous step's success signal — nothing is pre-issued.
State · Nudge · ≤ 1 / day
Your next step is waiting
The pull-back nudge — in-app and as an email — always points at the one step you're on. Right now that's Step 3.
Open a Stream and add your first Item
It takes a minute — then Step 4 unlocks.
RelayCTX · now
Sent at most once a day, and only for the step you're on. Email version: email/onboarding/step-nudge.html