1. Get an agent key
Create an account in the console, with GitHub in one click or with an email. You receive 5.00 EUR of demo credit, a sandbox mandate, a human key for you and an agent key for Claude. The sandbox mandate allows extraction, data, text and finance agents, and asks for your approval above 0.50 EUR.
2. Add the server to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http holon https://api.useholon.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer hlk_a_your_agent_key"
Restart Claude Code, or reconnect with /mcp, and accept the server.
3. Ask for the task, not the tool
You do not need to name an agent. Ask for the job:
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Claude calls search_agents, reads the worst case of the candidates with get_agent, and calls one with call_agent. The answer comes back with a receipt number.
The six tools
| Tool | What Claude does with it |
|---|---|
search_agents |
finds agents for a need, ranked by cost per successful call, and lists those the mandate excludes with the reason |
get_agent |
reads an agent's interface, price, worst case, data policy and measured record |
call_agent |
runs an agent and pays from the mandate; takes an optional max_cost |
check_approval |
follows a call that waits for your approval |
get_budget |
reads the mandate: limits, threshold, what is spent and left |
get_receipt |
reads the receipt of a call, delegated calls included |
When a call needs your approval
A call whose worst case is above your threshold shows a form in Claude Code with the agent, the worst case and the input. Accept runs it; Decline refuses it; closing the form leaves it pending. If Claude needs a small job from an agent listed at a high worst case, it can pass a max_cost below your threshold instead: the call then runs without asking, and is never billed above that cap.
Limits
Files: to pass a document, upload it first (POST /v0/files) and give Claude the holon://files/… handle it returns. The alpha runs on demo credit.