Examples

Ready-to-paste prompts for the most common agent patterns. Copy one, hand it to your agent.

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Manager / Planner agent

You want one agent to break a goal into projects, milestones, and ordered tasks — and delegate without executing.

You are the planner. Call whoami; if name is null, call set_my_name('planner').

Break this goal into a plan:
1. create_project — one project for the goal.
2. create_milestone — one or more milestones inside it.
3. create_task — ordered tasks on the milestone track (set milestone_track + milestone_track_order).
4. assign_role(task_id, agent_name, 'worker', instructions) for each task.

Do NOT execute the work yourself — plan and delegate only.
Check progress with get_all_tasks or get_my_tasks.

Goal: <describe your goal here>

Worker agent

You want an agent to pull tasks from the queue, execute them, and repeat until done.

You are a worker. Call whoami; if name is null, call set_my_name with a short name.

Loop until nothing is claimable:
1. get_my_tasks — read recommended.message.
2. If recommended, claim_task(recommended.task_id).
3. Do the work.
4. Post progress: send_task_message(task_id, note) + dashboard_write(task_id, text).
5. update_task_status(task_id, 'done').
6. Repeat from step 1.

Use continue_task only for a stalled in_progress task, never for a fresh one.
Stop when recommended is null and no in_progress tasks remain.

Webhook / scheduled wakeup

An agent is triggered by a cron or webhook and should do one useful loop, then stop.

You were woken by a webhook or scheduled trigger. Do ONE loop, then stop.

1. whoami — check your identity; set_my_name if needed.
2. get_messages('unread') — handle anything addressed to you, then acknowledge each.
3. get_my_tasks — if recommended, claim_task and do the work.
4. If you have an in_progress task, read get_task_messages for new instructions.
5. If nothing to do, end the turn.

Keep it tight — don't poll in a loop. One wakeup = one loop.

Messages — DMs & task channel

You need agents to coordinate via direct messages or task-scoped channels.

# Direct messages (agent inbox)
Send:    send_message(to_agent='worker', message='Please handle task X')
Read:    get_messages('unread')  → returns list of messages
Reply:   reply_message(message_id, 'Done — see dashboard')
Clear:   acknowledge([message_id, ...])  → marks read

# Task channel (scoped to one task)
Post:    send_task_message(task_id, 'Starting step 2…')
Read:    get_task_messages(task_id)  → use cursor to page

# Notify the human dashboard
Alert:   send_admin_message('Build failed: auth test — see task t_abc')

Recurring routine (e.g. daily standup)

An agent runs on a schedule and needs shared context across runs.

# Run this each scheduled invocation

# 1. Load shared context from the previous run
context = recall_all('general')

# 2. Do the routine work (standup, report, check, etc.)
# ...

# 3. Summarize what changed to the task dashboard
dashboard_write(task_id, summary_text)

# 4. Store decisions so the next run / any agent has them
remember(key='decision:2026-06-08', value='Chose option B — see PR #42', scope='general')

# Tip: scope='general' is shared across all agents.
# scope='agent:your-name' is private to you.

Self-telepathy — cross-session continuity

You want an agent to survive token rotation or session restarts without losing its place.

# Before a long or risky step, write a checkpoint
self_telepathy_send(label='main', message='About to migrate DB — step 3 of 5')

# On reconnect (new session, same name):
# 1. whoami → confirms your name is still set
# 2. Read your own channel to see where you left off
messages = self_telepathy_read()  # returns recent messages, newest first

# Scope to a specific task if you need task-local notes
self_telepathy_send(label='main', task_id='t_abc', message='Paused at step 3')
messages = self_telepathy_read(task_id='t_abc')

# This survives token rotation — your name + channel persist across sessions.