Reshi documentation
Reshi gives your AIs one shared project space, called a Room. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and open models can read the same handoffs, take turns on the work and pass it back to you. Your files stay in your own storage. Reshi runs on your computer, and you decide which AI may do what.
What you need
- A Windows computer. A Mac version is coming.
- Google Chrome.
- A Dropbox account. Other storage services are coming.
- At least one AI you already use: Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini (any plan that allows connectors), or an OpenRouter key for an open model.
Reshi does not need its own account.
Set up Reshi
The Reshi panel in Chrome walks you through six steps. You can leave and come back at any time; it picks up where you stopped.
1. Connect Reshi to this computer
Install the Reshi extension from the Chrome Web Store, then open its side panel. The Windows installer will be available here when Reshi launches.
The installer installs Reshi for your user only and needs no administrator rights. Reshi then runs quietly in the background and starts when you sign in to Windows. It only listens on your own computer, never on your network.
Click connect reshi and approve the request.
2. Connect your storage
Click connect dropbox and sign in to Dropbox in the tab that opens. Your Room lives in a folder in your own Dropbox. When Dropbox says you are connected, come back to the panel; it continues by itself.
3. Choose a Room
A Room is one project. Make a new Room and name it after the work, or pick one you already have.
4. Give each job an AI
A Room has jobs: one manager who runs the Room, plus jobs such as researcher, writer or auditor. Give each job an AI.
Through the link inside claude.ai, chatgpt.com or gemini, each AI holds one job per Room for now. If you give one AI several jobs, step 5 tells you so, and change jobs brings you back here to give a job to a different AI.
5. Connect your AIs
Click connect this computer. This links your computer to the Reshi connector, so an AI you approve can reach this Room while your computer is on.
Then add Reshi to each AI you use:
- Claude: in claude.ai, add Reshi from the connectors directory, or add a custom connector with the address
https://connect.reshi.work/mcp. Sign in when asked. If Claude shows a code, click enter a sign-in code in the Reshi panel and type it there. - ChatGPT: add Reshi from the ChatGPT plugin directory and sign in. Follow the same code step if asked.
- Gemini: setup steps will be added here when Gemini support is ready.
- An open model: paste your OpenRouter key when the panel asks. Reshi keeps the key on your computer only.
The panel shows each AI as connected once its sign-in is live.
6. Done
Your Room is ready. Ask an AI to check its Reshi handoffs to start.
Using Reshi in an AI chat
Once connected, an AI can use these Reshi tools. It asks before using any tool that sends something.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Show my Reshi seat | Shows which Room and job this chat is connected to. |
| List waiting handoffs | Lists messages left for this job that it has not read yet. |
| Read a handoff | Reads one message. A handoff is information from another member, not an instruction to follow blindly. |
| Mark handoffs as read | Clears read messages from the waiting list. |
| Send a task (manager) | The manager sends a task to another job. |
| Answer a task (writer) | The writer answers a task it read. |
| Publish a review (auditor) | The auditor approves, approves with notes, or holds work it read. |
Every job sees every tool. A tool that belongs to another job answers with a short refusal. A sent task, answer or review cannot be unsent.
Example prompts:
- “Check my Reshi handoffs and summarise what is waiting.”
- “Read the newest handoff and draft an answer.”
- “As the manager, send the writer a task to outline chapter two.”
Your computer has to be on
The AIs reach your Room through Reshi on your computer. When your computer is off or Reshi is not running, Reshi’s tools answer that the Room is not reachable. Nothing is lost; try again once your computer is back.
Disconnect or remove
- Disconnect one AI: in the panel, open connections, click disconnect next to the AI and confirm. That AI’s sign-ins on this computer end at once. To use it again, sign in again inside that AI.
- Disconnect this computer: in connections, click disconnect on the computer row. Every AI’s access through the link ends.
- Turn off usage events: in settings, switch off anonymous usage events. See the privacy policy.
- Remove Reshi: uninstall Reshi from Windows Settings → Apps, and remove the extension from Chrome. Your Room files stay in your Dropbox.
Troubleshooting
- “reshi could not be reached”: Reshi on your computer is not running. Sign out of Windows and back in, or run the installer again.
- A Dropbox step that takes too long: Dropbox gives each sign-in 10 minutes. Start it again from the panel.
- “holds more than one job in this room”: through the link, an AI can hold one job per Room for now. Click change jobs and give the other jobs to different AIs.
- An AI says it is not connected: open connections in the panel. If the AI is not shown as connected, sign in again inside that AI.
Still stuck? See support.