Babysitter session-management

Manage agent sessions including initialization, handoffs, revival (seance), and persistent identity for Polecats and Crew agents.

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 "$T/library/methodologies/gastown/skills/session-management" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-session-management && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: library/methodologies/gastown/skills/session-management/SKILL.md

Session Management

Overview

Manage agent sessions in Gas Town: initialize new sessions, handle handoffs between agents, revive dead sessions (seance), and maintain persistent identity across ephemeral Polecat sessions.

When to Use

Initializing new agent sessions
Handing off work between agents
Reviving a dead or stuck agent session
Managing Polecat identity persistence across sessions

Session Operations

Init: Start new session with role and hook setup
Attach: Connect agent to Mayor for coordination
Handoff: Transfer work between agents with context
Seance: Revive a dead agent's session state
Resume: Continue from last checkpoint

Agent Session Types

Crew: Long-lived sessions, full state persistence
Polecat: Ephemeral sessions, persistent identity, state via hooks
Dog: Infrastructure sessions, minimal state

Key Commands

```
gt mayor attach
```
- Attach to Mayor coordination
```
gt handoff
```
- Hand off work to another agent
```
gt seance
```
- Revive dead session
```
gt prime
```
- Prime agent with context

Tool Use

Used within agent coordination and patrol monitoring processes.