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Agent Manager (tmux)

Start, stop, monitor and assign tasks to several local CLI agents running in tmux sessions.

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sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
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MIT
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What it does

This skill teaches an AI agent how to coordinate several command-line AI agents running side by side in tmux, a terminal multiplexer. When installed, the agent can list configured agents, start or stop them, check their logs, and send them tasks, but only after the user has authorised that specific action. The file itself does not include the manager program; it only describes commands that an external tool is expected to provide, and the upstream source it references could not be verified.

Great for

  • Developers already running several local CLI agents who want a helper to manage them
  • Teams experimenting with parallel agent workflows inside a tmux setup they control

Skip it if

  • People unfamiliar with tmux or the command line, since setup and troubleshooting require it
  • Anyone wanting automatic scheduling: the skill explicitly bundles no cron or scheduler, and running unattended agents can act without oversight
  • Unverified environments: the referenced installation URL was unavailable and the example commands are unconfirmed, so they may fail or run an unexpected script

Try asking

  • “List my configured local agents and show which tmux sessions are currently alive”
  • “Start agent EMP_0001 and follow its log output until I stop it”
  • “Assign the maintenance workflow in my teams file to agent EMP_0002 and monitor the output”
  • “Stop only the agent with the session name I give you, leaving other tmux sessions untouched”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Agent Manager (tmux)Install, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    agent-manager-skill.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip agent-manager-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip agent-manager-skill.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Run the doctor and list commands first and confirm the real script path before following any example
  • Give explicit authorisation for each start, assign or stop action, naming the target agent and session
  • Redact logs before sharing them, since agent output may contain secrets or private code

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.