Use this skill when an operator is coordinating multiple terminal coding agents and needs one durable control surface for session status, prompts, previews, worktrees, and diff review. agent-manager runs supported coding agents inside a private tmux server, keeps sessions alive after the manager closes, and provides a TUI for starting agents, answering blocked prompts, reviving dead sessions, and sending line-comment review feedback back into an agent pane.

## What the agent/operator does

1. Install agent-manager and ensure tmux is available.
2. Run agent-manager from a development machine.
3. Create sessions for Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Grok Build, Gemini CLI, or a custom configured CLI tool.
4. Use the session list and live pane preview to find waiting, running, or stuck agents.
5. Press space to send a prompt to the selected session or spawn a new agent in a selected group.
6. Use ctrl+r to review file diffs and send collected review comments back to the agent.
7. Use revive and worktree options to continue interrupted work without losing the session context.

## When to invoke

Invoke this instead of manually juggling terminal tabs when a user has several coding agents working at once, needs to answer permission prompts without attaching to every tmux pane, wants a quick status dashboard, or wants to review changes from agent sessions before integrating them. It is strongest for local engineering workflows where agents run as terminal CLIs and persistence matters.

## Scope boundary

This is not a general tmux tutorial or a generic agent platform listing. Keep the workflow scoped to local tmux-backed coding-agent supervision: launch sessions, monitor status, send prompts, revive sessions, use worktrees, and review diffs through agent-manager. Do not broaden it into hosted orchestration, autonomous team management, or unrelated terminal multiplexing.

## Requirements

– macOS, Linux, or Windows under WSL2.
– tmux.
– At least one supported coding-agent CLI, such as Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Grok Build, or Gemini CLI.
– Repository access for sessions that will inspect or modify code.

## Installation

Install with Homebrew on macOS or Linux using brew install yoanwai/tap/agent-manager, or download a release from the upstream GitHub releases page. Then run agent-manager from a shell.

## Verification notes

Source metadata was verified from the exact GitHub repository and README. As of this intake run, YoanWai/agent-manager had 154 GitHub stars, MIT license metadata, push activity on 2026-08-01 UTC, a same-day latest release, docs at agent-manager.dev, and README evidence for supported coding-agent CLIs, tmux session persistence, live status, grouped project tree, quick prompts, revive, worktrees, and full-file diff review.