Agent Management

Agent Management

Use ai-devkit agent ...; if unavailable, use npx ai-devkit@latest agent ....

Workflow

• List agents: ai-devkit agent list --json.
• Identify self: compare your current session id to sessionId from list --json
• Inspect before acting: ai-devkit agent detail --id <name> --json --tail 20.
• Reuse idle agents when suitable; otherwise start one with agent start.
• Send self-contained assignments. Track each agent's task and last instruction.
• Verify completed work before reporting it done. Use $agent-communication for agent-to-agent updates.

Commands

ai-devkit agent list --json
ai-devkit agent detail --id <name> --json --tail 20
ai-devkit agent start --type codex --name <name> --cwd <path>
ai-devkit agent send --id <name> "<single-line instruction>"
ai-devkit agent send --id <name> --wait --timeout 120000 --json "<single-line instruction>"
ai-devkit agent send --group <group> "<single-line instruction>"
ai-devkit agent sessions --cwd <path> --type codex --json --limit 20
ai-devkit agent rename <old-name> <new-name>
ai-devkit agent kill <name>

Use exact names from list --json. Partial matches are convenient but risk sending work to the wrong agent.

Assignment Rules

• Do not send instructions to yourself unless intentional.
• Prefer task names like auth-review, ui-tests, or docs-pass.
• Include objective, scope/files, constraints, validation command, expected output, and whether to stop or continue.
• Assign non-overlapping files or sequence dependent work.
• Use groups only for broadcasts that truly apply to every member.
• Ask before killing agents you did not start, destructive actions, production/shared-system actions, or product decisions.

Example:

ai-devkit agent send --id auth-review "Review auth middleware in /repo. Do not edit files. Report security findings with file/line references, ranked by severity."