| name | agent-comm |
| description | Inter-agent communication for nanobot. Sends a message to another nanobot agent running in a different workspace and returns its response. Use when NPA-guy needs a second opinion, financial analysis from Ada, or wants to delegate a task to a specialized agent. |
Agent Communication Skill
Overview
Enables NPA-guy to communicate with other nanobot agents in different workspaces. Each agent has its own persona (SOUL.md), memory, and skills. Communication is synchronous — the caller sends a message, waits for the response, and gets clean text back.
How It Works
NPA-guy (this agent) Target Agent
| |
|-- call ask_agent(message, ...) ------>|
| |-- Loads its own SOUL.md, memory
| |-- Processes the message
| |-- Uses its own tools/skills
| <------------------------------ result |
|-- Receives clean response text |
|-- Continues with the result |
Uses nanobot agent -m "<message>" -w <workspace> -c <config> --no-markdown under the hood.
Tool: ask_agent
Use via scripts/ask_agent.sh through the shell tool.
Parameters
| Param | Required | Description |
|---|
message | Yes | The message/task to send to the target agent |
target_workspace | Yes | Absolute path to target agent's workspace directory |
target_config | Yes | Absolute path to target agent's config.json |
timeout | No | Timeout in seconds (default: 120) |
Usage
bash scripts/ask_agent.sh \
"<message>" \
"<target_workspace>" \
"<target_config>" \
[timeout_seconds]
Example: Ask Ada for financial analysis
bash scripts/ask_agent.sh \
"What is the current rental yield benchmark for condos near BTS Ari? Any macro factors affecting Bangkok condo prices?" \
"/Users/arsapolm/.nanobot-stocks/workspace" \
"/Users/arsapolm/.nanobot-stocks/config.json" \
120
Registered Target Agents
| Agent | Workspace | Config | Purpose |
|---|
| Ada | ~/.nanobot-stocks/workspace | ~/.nanobot-stocks/config.json | Financial analysis, macro context, market data |
| Sentinel | ~/.nanobot-sentinel/workspace | ~/.nanobot-sentinel/config.json | News monitoring, KB curation, market scanning |
| Reviewer | ~/.nanobot-reviewer/workspace | ~/.nanobot-reviewer/config.json | Critical review of investment theses |
When to Use
- Financial context: Ask Ada about macro conditions affecting real estate (interest rates, THB strength, economic outlook)
- News check: Ask Sentinel about recent news that might affect a specific area or property type
- Second opinion: Get independent analysis on a property deal
- Market data: Ask Ada for comparable financial analysis
Limitations
- Synchronous: Caller blocks until response arrives (up to timeout)
- Single-message: No multi-turn conversation — each call is stateless
- No streaming: Response arrives all at once after completion
- Shell timeout: nanobot's 60s shell timeout applies — for longer tasks, use the
spawn tool to run ask_agent.sh in the background
- Session isolation: Target agent does NOT see caller's conversation history
