Babysitter agent-coordination

Coordinate Crew (persistent) and Polecat (transient) agents using Gas Town's hook-based work distribution and GUPP principle.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/methodologies/gastown/skills/agent-coordination" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-agent-coordination && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: library/methodologies/gastown/skills/agent-coordination/SKILL.md

Agent Coordination

Overview

Coordinate multi-agent work using Gas Town's role hierarchy: Mayor assigns, Crew persists, Polecats execute transiently, and hooks drive the GUPP principle ("If there is work on your Hook, YOU MUST RUN IT").

When to Use

Assigning beads to agents
Managing agent handoffs
Nudging stuck agents
Coordinating Crew and Polecat workers
Setting up hook hierarchies

Agent Types

Crew: Long-lived, named agents for persistent collaboration
Polecats: Transient workers with persistent identity but ephemeral sessions
Dogs: Deacon helpers for infrastructure tasks

Hook Hierarchy

Three-tier hook system (base -> role -> rig+role):

Base hooks: Apply to all agents
Role hooks: Apply to agents in a specific role
Rig+Role hooks: Apply to agents on a specific rig in a specific role

Key Commands

```
gt agents
```
- List available agents
```
gt feed
```
- Feed work to an agent's hook
```
gt handoff
```
- Hand off work between agents
```
gt nudge
```
- Nudge a stuck agent
```
gt seance
```
- Revive a dead agent session

Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process:

methodologies/gastown/gastown-orchestrator

(assign-workers step)