# herdr-fleet

Runs coding agents in parallel across herdr panes under different clausona profiles (multiple Claude Code or Codex accounts, or API models like DeepSeek).

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 57
- Author: larcane97
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/larcane97/clausona/tree/HEAD/plugins/herdr-fleet/skills/herdr-fleet/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/herdr-fleet

## What it does

herdr-fleet orchestrates coding agents across separate herdr terminal panes. Each worker operates in an isolated git worktree under `~/.herdr/worktrees/` and runs on an assigned clausona profile. This splits tasks across several Claude Code accounts or redirects work to models such as DeepSeek and GLM.

The workflow requires the `fleet-core` skill as a base. It creates branches named `fleet/<task>`, launches workers via `herdr pane run`, and answers folder trust prompts with `herdr agent send-keys`. Task instructions are handed off through `.fleet-brief.md`, while replies from Claude Code are fetched via `last-reply.mjs`.

The skill stops immediately if `HERDR_ENV` is not set to `1` or if `herdr status` reports an inactive server. Running outside a herdr pane is blocked, and the project repository must have a configured git remote.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add larcane97/clausona --skill herdr-fleet -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add larcane97/clausona --skill herdr-fleet -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add larcane97/clausona --skill herdr-fleet -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install larcane97/clausona herdr-fleet
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add larcane97/clausona --skill herdr-fleet -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/larcane97/clausona --path plugins/herdr-fleet/skills/herdr-fleet
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add larcane97/clausona --skill herdr-fleet -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/larcane97/clausona/tree/HEAD/plugins/herdr-fleet/skills/herdr-fleet/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- distribute heavy coding work across multiple accounts or API models
- isolate parallel agent modifications into separate git worktrees in herdr
- handle interactive folder trust prompts across multiple panes automatically
- track worker progress and send briefs from a single control session

## Example prompts
- split this across my accounts in herdr
- run these on DeepSeek in herdr
- launch parallel workers in herdr for these tasks

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: herdr-fleet
description: Run several coding agents in parallel in herdr panes, each under its own clausona profile (another Claude Code or Codex account, or an API model such as GLM or DeepSeek), then watch them, check their work and retire them. Use when the user works in herdr and wants work spread across accounts or models, when one account's limits would slow a fan-out, or says "split this across my accounts in herdr", "run these on DeepSeek in herdr".
---

# herdr fleet on clausona profiles

herdr runs agents in panes and shows their state in its sidebar. clausona puts each pane's agent on
the profile you choose.

## 0. Load the shared rules

Load the `fleet-core` skill first and follow it; this skill only adds the herdr steps. In Claude
Code, invoke it with the Skill tool. If that fails, or you run in Codex, read the first of these
files that exists, where `<base>` is this skill's base directory:

- `<base>/../../../fleet-core/skills/fleet-core/SKILL.md`
- `<base>/../../../../fleet-core/*/skills/fleet-core/SKILL.md` (if several versions match, read the
  highest)

If none exists, stop and tell the user to install it: `claude plugin install fleet-core@clausona`
in Claude Code, or `codex plugin add fleet-core@clausona` in Codex.

## 1. Before anything

Stop and tell the user what is missing if any of these fails.

1. You run inside a herdr pane: `HERDR_ENV` is `1` (`test "${HERDR_ENV:-}" = 1`; in PowerShell,
   `$env:HERDR_ENV -eq '1'`). herdr's CLI talks to the session of the pane it runs in. Do not
   control herdr from outside it. In Codex, `HERDR_ENV` is also unset when Codex hides the
   environment (`fleet-core`, Shells). If it does, do not tell the user they are outside herdr:
   tell them to start Codex again in this pane with `-c shell_environment_policy.inherit=all`.
2. `herdr status` shows a running server. Before a command group's first use, run the group alone
   (`herdr worktree`, `herdr workspace`, `herdr agent`, `herdr pane`) to see its current syntax.
   Never run bare `herdr`: it starts the interface.
3. The repo has a remote: workers push their branches.

herdr commands print JSON. Read ids and paths from it; never guess them. herdr runs on macOS, Linux
and Windows, and the commands below are the same on each.

## 2. Starting a worker

For each task, after `fleet-core` picked its profile:

1. **Worktree.** `herdr worktree create --cwd <repo> --branch fleet/<task> --label "<task> · <profile>" --no-focus`.
   Keep the label to 20 characters or fewer, with a short task word such as `docs · ds-flash`:
   herdr's agents list cuts longer labels, and the profile at the end is what shows which account
   runs where. Record `.result.workspace.workspace_id`, `.result.root_pane.pane_id` and
   `.result.worktree.path`. The worktree lands under `~/.herdr/worktrees/`.
2. **Start.** `herdr pane run <pane> "clausona run <profile> -- <args>"`, with the arguments from
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