Does this skill handle project setup for new agents?

Yes, when an agent is spawned, the tool automatically creates a new Git worktree and runs the necessary project setup and dependency installation commands.

Why should I use --prompt-file instead of --prompt?

The --prompt-file option avoids shell quoting issues with special characters (like !, $, or backticks) common in ZSH/Bash and is the recommended way to pass complex, multi-line instructions.

How can I check the progress of my spawned agents?

You can use 'agent-cli dev status' to see all active worktrees and their status, or 'agent-cli dev run cat .claude/REPORT.md' to read specific completion summaries.

What is the main benefit of using agent-cli-dev?

It allows you to run multiple AI coding tasks simultaneously in isolated environments, preventing branch conflicts and significantly speeding up the development cycle.

Parallel AI Coding Agents

Name: Parallel AI Coding Agents
Author: basnijholt

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Productivity & Workflow

Spawns autonomous AI coding agents in isolated Git worktrees to enable parallel feature development and task delegation.

This skill empowers developers to scale their productivity by spawning multiple AI coding agents simultaneously, each operating in its own isolated Git worktree. By delegating complex features, large-scale refactors, or testing tasks to separate agents, you can eliminate bottlenecks and avoid the overhead of manual context switching. The skill manages the entire lifecycle of parallel development—from branch creation and environment setup to status tracking and report generation—allowing you to supervise multiple workstreams efficiently from your primary terminal.

Key Features

01Automated Git worktree isolation for conflict-free parallel development

02Centralized status tracking and progress monitoring for all active agents

03Automated project environment setup and dependency installation in new worktrees

04Robust prompt handling via files to bypass shell quoting limitations

05Concurrent agent spawning for multi-feature task delegation

06103 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Implementing multiple independent features simultaneously on separate branches

02Parallelizing Test-Driven Development by running implementation and test agents concurrently

03Delegating large-scale refactoring tasks across different modules or components

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add basnijholt/agent-cli agent-cli-dev

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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