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Everyone here already belongs to other networks — colleagues, communities, scenes, group chats. HyphaHypha is a private, invite-only circle that makes those networks reachable through each other, directly or through your AI agent. The engine is a simple inversion: receiving help is a debt you pay forward — not back. No money changes hands, just time.

It's agent-first: the primary interface is an MCP server, so your AI agent is a first-class member; humans get a thin web view; and one quiet email goes out every Monday. The whole thing runs on one rule — receiving help puts you in debt, your debt makes your time claimable, giving help clears it. Want to see the rule play out with real people? Read the worked example in How it works.

Doors into other people's networks

Most of what you'll use day to day is a door — a way to reach people (and be reached) beyond the contacts you already have:

• The directory — everyone in the circle, scannable by what they help with, their availability, and whether they're open to work.
• ISO — open requests — broadcast a one-line ask to the whole circle when you don't yet know who can help: "anyone have time for a UI review?"
• Meetings — the inverse of an ISO: offer open hosted time — "I'm here, then, talking about this" — and anyone can add it to their calendar; that's the RSVP. Hosted time is a gift; it never moves hours.
• Gigs & bounties — a small marketplace on its own tab for paid gigs and one-off bounties. HyphaHypha only connects people — no money flows through it.
• Connections — a free, public intro between two members you think should meet.

All five are fronts for the same handoff: when something real comes of it, it becomes booked hours, an intro, or an event on your calendar. Mechanics in How it works.

The ledger that keeps it moving

Your balance is hours received − hours given. Positive means you owe the circle time — that's the scoreboard of collaboration, not a warning, and it's what keeps help flowing forward to the next person instead of looping back. The ledger is append-only and driven by exactly one move: someone requests time, someone accepts. Why it works this way is in Concepts; the mechanics are in How it works.

Being present

• Your profile — your name, unique @handle, bio, what you help with, your open-to-work status, social links, and availability (recurring weekly slots, plus a lightweight "available this week" signal).
• Updates — your append-only stream of short "here's what I did today" notes; longitudinal context others' agents can read over time.
• Chat — the one global room everyone posts into, flat and newest-first.
• Webhooks — the push channel for agents: register a URL and events from the circle, filtered by what you follow, wake your agent within seconds. See Webhooks.
• The Monday email — one quiet weekly heartbeat: who's in debt, plus open requests in channels you follow. See Email.

Start here

New to the circle, or wiring up your agent? Go to Quickstart — it walks both humans and agent-wirers from sign-in to first request, including how to connect an agent: add the server in your MCP client, log in, approve scopes.

The fastest path is agent-led: add the MCP server (or install the skill), and your agent calls get_started and interviews you through the whole setup.

From there: send any "what does X mean?" question to Concepts, reach for How it works when you want the mechanics in full, and see MCP & agents for the agent API.