Private Connect

Access private services by name, from anywhere. No VPN or SSH tunnels needed.

What it does

Private Connect lets you reach private infrastructure (databases, APIs, GPU clusters) using simple names instead of IPs and ports. Share your dev environment with teammates in seconds.

Commands

connect_reach

Connect to a private service by name.

Examples:

• "Connect me to the staging database"


• "Reach the prod API"


• "Connect to jupyter-gpu"

connect_status

Show available services and their connection status.

Examples:

• "What services are available?"


• "Show my connected services"


• "Is the staging database online?"

connect_share

Share your current environment with a teammate.

Examples:

• "Share my environment"


• "Create a share link that expires in 7 days"


• "Share my setup with the team for a week"

connect_join

Join a shared environment from a teammate.

Examples:

• "Join share code x7k9m2"


• "Connect to Bob's environment"

connect_clone

Clone a teammate's entire environment setup.

Examples:

• "Clone Alice's environment"


• "Set up my environment like the senior dev"

connect_list_shares

List active environment shares.

Examples:

• "Show my active shares"


• "What environments am I sharing?"

connect_revoke

Revoke a shared environment.

Examples:

• "Revoke share x7k9m2"


• "Stop sharing with the contractor"

Setup

Install Private Connect:

curl -fsSL  | bash

Authenticate:

connect up

The skill will use your authenticated session.

Requirements

• Private Connect CLI installed and authenticated
• connect command available in PATH