# fleet-manager

A skill that reads every claude-code pane in tmux, labels what each agent is doing, and sends replies or new instructions back into the pane.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 336
- Author: harperreed
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/harperreed/dotfiles/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills-archive/fleet-manager/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/fleet-manager

## What it does

The skill runs a loop. It calls `list_panes` with no filters, keeps the claude-code panes, and pulls recent context from each one with `get_pane_conversation` at count 10. Every pane then gets a label: Working, Needs input, Stuck, Idle or Done. The judgement comes from reading the conversation, not the status line.

You get back a compact table: pane number, project name, status, and a five-word note on what the agent is up to. A closing line tells you how many panes are waiting on a human and how many look stuck. From there you pick the move — answer a question with `send_to_pane`, redirect a stuck agent, hand work to an idle one, or call `stop_pane` on a finished one.

Say “handle it” or “you decide” and the skill acts on its own. It answers only when the context makes the answer clear, offers stuck agents a different route, and never halts a working agent. The `control` daemon has to be running and the MCP server registered, otherwise the tools aren't there and the skill points you at `control daemon start --background` and `~/.claude/settings.json`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill fleet-manager -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill fleet-manager -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill fleet-manager -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install harperreed/dotfiles fleet-manager
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill fleet-manager -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/harperreed/dotfiles --path .claude/skills-archive/fleet-manager
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill fleet-manager -a opencode
```

### 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/harperreed/dotfiles/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills-archive/fleet-manager/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot which tmux agents are waiting on a reply
- catch an agent looping on the same error
- hand a fresh task to an idle pane
- stop an agent that already finished
- get one table summarising the whole fleet

## Example prompts
- Check on my agents
- What needs attention?
- Send to the tracker pane: switch to local tests instead

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