agency-messaging

# Skill: Agency Messaging You can discover every agent in this agency and exchange async messages with them or with the human owner. Messages are non-blocking: the sender continues working immediately, and the recipient reads the message on their next wakeup. The agency workspace is at: `$AGENCY_DIR` --- ## Discover Agents ```bash agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR list agents agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR show agent <project> <agent> ``` ### Recipient address format - **Human owner**: `human` - **Any agent**: `<project>/<agent>` — e.g. `cc-connect/pm`, `cc-connect/qa-reviewer` --- ## Send a Message ```bash # Single recipient agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox send \ --from <your-address> \ --to <recipient-address> \ --subject "<subject>" \ --body "<body>" # Group send — repeat --to for multiple recipients agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox send \ --from cc-connect/pm \ --to cc-connect/dev-claude --to cc-connect/qa-reviewer --to human \ --subject "Sprint kick-off" \ --body "New sprint starts Monday. See backlog for tasks." ``` **Examples:** ```bash # PM → dev-claude: extra context agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox send \ --from cc-connect/pm --to cc-connect/dev-claude \ --subject "Issue #205 extra context" \ --body "Only reproduces with UTF-8 filenames. Reproduce: echo '测试' > test.txt" # PM → human: async progress update agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox send \ --from cc-connect/pm --to human \ --subject "Backlog updated" \ --body "Added 3 new issues (P2). No action needed, just FYI." # PM → QA: heads-up agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox send \ --from cc-connect/pm --to cc-connect/qa-reviewer \ --subject "PR incoming for #205" \ --body "dev-claude is working on it. Expect a PR within the hour." ``` --- ## Reply to a Message ```bash agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox reply <msg-id> \ --from <your-address> \ --body "<reply text>" ``` --- ## Forward a Message ```bash # Forward to a single recipient agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox fwd <msg-id> \ --from <your-address> \ --to <recipient-address> # Forward to multiple recipients with a note agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox fwd <msg-id> \ --from cc-connect/pm \ --to cc-connect/dev-claude --to cc-connect/qa-reviewer \ --note "Please coordinate on this." ``` The forwarded message includes the original sender, subject, and body. Subject is auto-prefixed with `Fwd:`. --- ## Read Messages ```bash # Your unread messages (also auto-injected into your wakeup prompt) agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox messages --recipient <your-address> # Filter by sender agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox messages --recipient <your-address> --from human # All messages including already-read agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox messages --recipient <your-address> --all # Show archived messages agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox messages --recipient <your-address> --archived # Mark all as read after listing agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox messages --recipient <your-address> --mark-read ``` --- ## Per-Message Status Management ```bash # Mark a single message as read agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox read <msg-id> --recipient <your-address> # Archive (hides from normal listing, retrievable with --archived) agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox archive <msg-id> --recipient <your-address> # Permanently delete agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox delete <msg-id> --recipient <your-address> agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox rm <msg-id> --recipient <your-address> ``` --- ## When to Use Messaging vs. Confirm-Request | Situation | Use | |-----------|-----| | Need human to make a decision before you continue | `task confirm-request` (non-blocking, archived) | | Sending info or a heads-up, no reply needed immediately | `inbox send` (non-blocking) | | Coordinating context between agents asynchronously | `inbox send` (non-blocking) | | Broadcast to multiple participants at once | `inbox send --to A --to B --to C` | | Forwarding a message to someone else | `inbox fwd` | | Replying to a message someone sent you | `inbox reply` | --- ## Common PM Messaging Patterns ```bash # 1. Broadcast sprint kick-off to all agents agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox send \ --from cc-connect/pm \ --to cc-connect/dev-claude --to cc-connect/qa-reviewer --to cc-connect/biz-dev \ --subject "Sprint W14 kick-off" \ --body "Focus this week: <priorities>. See backlog for assigned tasks." # 2. Notify dev of approved task agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox send \ --from cc-connect/pm --to cc-connect/dev-claude \ --subject "New task approved: <task-title>" \ --body "Human confirmed. Priority: P<N>. Key context: <notes>" # 3. Escalate stale task to human agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox send \ --from cc-connect/pm --to human \ --subject "Task stale: <task-title>" \ --body "Task <id> has been in_progress for >2 days. May need intervention." # 4. Forward a customer report from human to dev agencycli --dir $AGENCY_DIR inbox fwd <msg-id> \ --from cc-connect/pm --to cc-connect/dev-claude \ --note "Customer reported this bug. Please investigate." ```