agentk8 1.0.2

Multi-Agent Claude Code Terminal Suite - Orchestrate multiple Claude agents for software development and ML research

AGENT-K

Multi-Agent Claude Code Terminal Suite

Orchestrate multiple specialized Claude agents for software development and ML research. Inspired by Boris Cherny's parallel Claude workflow.

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│  AGENT-K v1.0                                   │
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You: Implement user authentication with JWT

[Orchestrator] Breaking down task...
  → Engineer: Implement JWT auth module
  → Tester: Write auth tests
  → Security: Review for vulnerabilities

[●] Orchestrator  Coordinating
[◐] Engineer      Writing src/auth.py...
[ ] Tester        Waiting
[ ] Security      Waiting

You: _

Features

• Multi-Agent Orchestration: Coordinate specialized agents working in parallel
• Two Modes: Software Development and ML Research & Training
• Interactive Chat: Works like claude but with a team of specialists
• Visual Mode: tmux-based multi-pane view of all agents
• Scout Agent: Real-time web/GitHub/paper search to stay current
• Date Awareness: Agents know their training data may be outdated

Agents

Development Mode (Default)

Agent	Role
Orchestrator	Breaks down tasks, coordinates agents
Engineer	Implements code, debugging, refactoring
Tester	Writes tests, validates implementations
Security	Reviews for vulnerabilities, OWASP checks
Scout	Searches web/GitHub for current best practices

ML Mode (--mode ml)

Agent	Role
Orchestrator	Manages ML project lifecycle
Researcher	Literature review, SOTA analysis
ML Engineer	Model implementation, training
Data Engineer	Data pipelines, preprocessing
Evaluator	Metrics, benchmarking, experiments
Scout	Searches arXiv, HuggingFace, Papers With Code

Installation

Quick Install (Recommended)

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/de5truct0/agentk/main/install.sh | bash

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew tap de5truct0/agentk
brew install agentk

npm

npm install -g agentk

pip

pip install agentk

From Source

git clone https://github.com/de5truct0/agentk.git
cd agentk
make install

Requirements

• bash 4.0+
• jq (JSON processing)
• claude (Claude Code CLI) - Install here
• tmux (optional, for visual mode)

Usage

Start Interactive Session

agentk                    # Dev mode (default)
agentk --mode ml          # ML mode
agentk --visual           # With tmux panels

One-Shot Mode

agentk -c "Build a REST API for user management"

Session Commands

Command	Description
/status	Show all agent states
/logs <agent>	View agent output
/kill <agent|all>	Stop agent(s)
/focus <agent>	Talk directly to agent
/unfocus	Return to orchestrator
/visual	Toggle tmux view
/help	Show all commands
/exit	End session

Scout Commands

Command	Description
/search <query>	Web search
/github <query>	Search GitHub
/papers <topic>	Search papers (ML mode)
/libs <task>	Find best libraries
/sota <topic>	State-of-the-art

ML Commands

Command	Description
/experiment <name>	Start experiment
/metrics	Show metrics
/tensorboard	Open TensorBoard
/huggingface <query>	Search HF Hub

Visual Mode

┌───────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┐
│  ORCHESTRATOR │   ENGINEER    │    TESTER     │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┤
│   SECURITY    │     SCOUT     │    [MAIN]     │
└───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┘

How It Works

1. You enter a request in the interactive session
2. Orchestrator analyzes the task and breaks it into subtasks
3. Specialist agents are spawned as Claude subprocesses
4. Agents work on your project files in the current directory
5. Results are aggregated and reported back to you

Each agent runs as a separate claude CLI instance with a specialized system prompt, coordinated through file-based messaging.

Configuration

Create ~/.agentk/config.sh to customize:

# Use a different model
export AGENTK_MODEL="claude-3-opus-20240229"

# Set log level
export LOG_LEVEL="debug"

# Custom workspace location
export AGENTK_WORKSPACE="/path/to/workspace"

Project Structure

agentk/
├── agentk                # Main CLI
├── lib/
│   ├── core.sh          # Core utilities
│   ├── ui.sh            # Pretty output
│   ├── ipc.sh           # Inter-process communication
│   ├── spawn.sh         # Agent spawning
│   └── visual.sh        # tmux integration
├── modes/
│   ├── shared/
│   │   └── scout.md     # Scout agent prompt
│   ├── dev/             # Dev mode agent prompts
│   └── ml/              # ML mode agent prompts
└── workspace/           # Runtime data (gitignored)

Known Limitations

See KNOWN_ISSUES.md for a full list. Key limitations:

• File conflicts: Multiple agents modifying same file
• Cost: Each agent is a separate API call
• Context isolation: Agents don't share real-time context
• Rate limiting: Parallel agents may hit API limits

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please read the contributing guidelines first.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Run tests: make test
5. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by Boris Cherny's Claude Code workflow
• Built for the Claude Code community
• Powered by Anthropic's Claude

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AGENT-K - Because one Claude is good, but a team of Claudes is better.