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Developer Access Overview

Control your BrainRoad agent programmatically with API keys, REST endpoints, MCP integration, and real-time event streaming.

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Programmatic Access to Your Agent

BrainRoad gives you four ways to interact with your agent beyond the dashboard:

Public REST API — Start, stop, check status, and query billing with API key authentication
MCP Integration — Connect Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client to your agent’s 90+ methods
Event Streaming (SSE) — Subscribe to real-time events as your agent works
WebSocket RPC — Direct access to the full OpenClaw protocol with all methods and events

All of these are available from the Developer Access page in your dashboard (sidebar → API).

Your agent uses two separate authentication tokens:

Credential	What it controls	Where to find it
Gateway Token	Your agent itself — send messages, manage channels, run tools, access all 90+ OpenClaw methods via WebSocket RPC or MCP	Dashboard → API → Gateway Connection
API Key (`brk_` prefix)	BrainRoad infrastructure — start/stop agent, check status, query billing, subscribe to events	Dashboard → API → API Keys section

Gateway Token is generated when your agent is provisioned. It gives full access to your agent’s capabilities.

API Keys are created by you in the dashboard. You can have up to 10 active keys, name them for tracking, and revoke any key instantly.