Using CrazyToad

Cloud machines

Run agent panes on your own Linux machine so this computer stays fast.

  • Connectsover SSH
  • Needsbash and git
  • PanesClaude Code, Codex
  • Sign-inon the machine
CrazyToad — Cloud machines
S9 · cloud-machines

What it is

  • Any Linux machine you can reach over SSH: a VPS, a home server, a spare box.
  • The machine needs bash and git.
  • Panes you start there use its CPU and memory, not this computer’s.

Add a machine

  1. Add machine — open Cloud machines and choose Add machine.
  2. Fill it in — address, port (22 by default) and user. The name is optional; leave it blank to use the machine’s own name.
  3. Pick an SSH key — a stored one, or paste a private key. It’s kept in CrazyToad’s key vault on this computer.
  4. Test & add — CrazyToad checks the connection before it saves the machine.

Each machine shows up as Cloud · <name>. Rename or remove it any time.

Install and sign in the agent CLIs

  • Install the agent CLIs on the machine itself.
  • Each machine lists Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok CLI and OpenCode, and shows which are installed and signed in.
  • Claude Code and Codex get a one-click Sign in. A dialog shows the sign-in link (plus a code for Codex), and you finish in your browser.
  • The login lives on that machine. Your login on this computer isn’t copied over.

Start a pane there

  1. Open the launcher — start a new pane in Agents.
  2. Pick Claude Code or Codex — those two can run on another machine today.
  3. Choose Runs on — This computer or Cloud · <name>. The row appears once you’ve added a machine.
Note
Background agents run on this computer for now. If the CLI on the machine is signed out, the Runs on row offers Sign in right there.