# agent-manager-skill

Runs multiple CLI agents concurrently inside isolated tmux sessions. It handles background task dispatch, log inspection, and cron scheduling.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 415 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/agent-manager-skill
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agent-manager-skill

## What it does

This skill gives Claude Code control over background processes on your machine. Each helper runs inside its own tmux session, driven by Python scripts located in `agent-manager/scripts/main.py`. Agent configurations live in the `agents/` folder.

You can verify dependencies using the `doctor` command, inspect active processes, and spin up specific workers such as `EMP_0001`. The CLI feeds task descriptions into sessions via `assign` and tracks live terminal feeds with `--follow`. Because sessions run detached, cron jobs can trigger them repeatedly.

Without `python3` and `tmux` installed locally, none of the execution scripts work. You also need to clone `https://github.com/fractalmind-ai/agent-manager-skill.git` into your workspace before launching agents.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill ai-research/agent-manager-skill
```

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill agent-manager-skill -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/agent-manager-skill/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/agent-manager-skill/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/agent-manager-skill/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/agent-manager-skill/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates agent-manager-skill
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/agent-manager-skill/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/agent-manager-skill
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/agent-manager-skill/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/agent-manager-skill

## When to use it
- Dispatch background workflows to isolated tmux terminal sessions
- Stream live agent output using `--follow` log monitoring
- Feed instructions directly to workers with the `assign` command
- Trigger periodic assistant tasks through standard cron schedules

## Example prompts
- Run agent-manager doctor and display all configured agents
- Start agent EMP_0001 and monitor the output stream
- Assign the maintenance workflow from teams/fractalmind-ai-maintenance.md to EMP_0002

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