Deploy and Host Claw Relay on Railway

Claw Relay is a secure relay that gives AI agents controlled access to a real Chrome browser. Token auth, scoped permissions, site allowlists, rate limits, and full audit logging — all enforced before anything touches the browser.

About Hosting Claw Relay

This template deploys Claw Relay with a bundled headless Chromium instance. On first deploy, it auto-generates secure tokens for agent auth and dashboard access (printed to logs). Set AGENT_TOKEN and ADMIN_TOKEN environment variables to use your own. Agents connect over WebSocket using the public Railway URL. The dashboard runs on a separate port for monitoring connected agents and reviewing audit logs.

Common Use Cases

Research agents that read documentation, status pages, or dashboards on a schedule
CI/CD agents that verify deployments render correctly in a real browser
Web automation workflows that require a real signed-in session
QA agents that click through user flows and report issues
Always-on browser access for remote AI agents without a local machine

Dependencies for Claw Relay Hosting

Node.js 22 (included in Docker image)
Chromium (included in Docker image)

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

Agents connect via WebSocket or MCP tools. Configure per-agent permissions in config.yaml:

agents:
  my-agent:
    token: "agent-token-here"
    scopes: ["read", "navigate", "interact"]
    allowlist: ["github.com"]
    rateLimit: 20

18 MCP tools available: navigate, snapshot, click, type, fill, hover, drag, scroll, evaluate, console, network, pdf, wait, batch, resize, and more.

Why Deploy Claw Relay on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying Claw Relay on Railway, you get an always-on browser relay your agents can reach from anywhere — no tunnels, no port forwarding, no local Chrome required.