| name | paseo |
| description | Paseo reference for managing agents and worktrees. Load whenever you need to create agents, send them prompts, or manage worktrees. |
Paseo is a daemon that supervises AI coding agents on your machine. Control it through tools or a CLI.
Worktrees
create_worktree — same target union as create_agent.workspace.source.worktree.target:
- From a PR:
{ target: { kind: "checkout-pr", githubPrNumber: 503 } }.
- Branch off a base:
{ target: { kind: "branch-off", worktreeSlug: "foo", branchName: "fix/foo", baseBranch: "main" } }.
- Checkout an existing branch:
{ target: { kind: "checkout-branch", branch: "feat/bar" } }.
Returns { branchName, worktreePath, workspaceId }. Pass cwd to target a specific repo.
In branch-off, worktreeSlug controls the worktree path slug and branchName controls the git branch. If branchName is omitted, Paseo defaults it from worktreeSlug. The returned branchName is authoritative; checkout and PR flows may return a branch name that differs from any requested slug.
list_worktrees — current repo (or pass cwd).
archive_worktree — { worktreePath } or { worktreeSlug }. Removes worktree and branch.
Agents
create_agent — required: relationship, workspace, title, provider (claude/opus, codex/gpt-5.4, …), initialPrompt. Common: notifyOnFinish, settings, labels. Returns { agentId, … }.
Initial runtime settings live under settings: modeId, thinkingOptionId, and provider-specific features. For Codex fast mode, pass settings: { features: { "fast_mode": true } } when creating the agent.
To create a new worktree and launch an agent in it, use create_agent.workspace.source.kind = "worktree". Use create_worktree separately only when you need a worktree without launching an agent, or when you need a split flow; in a split flow, pass the returned workspaceId to create_agent with workspace: { kind: "existing", workspaceId }.
Agent relationships
relationship controls parentage only:
{ kind: "subagent" } — child under your subagents track. Use for advisors, committee members, planners, implementers, auditors, loop workers, and any agent whose lifetime belongs to your task.{ kind: "detached" } — root/sibling agent. Use for handoffs and fire-and-forget delegations the user may continue after you are archived.
workspace controls placement only:
{ kind: "current" } — same workspace as the caller, with optional cwd.{ kind: "existing", workspaceId: string, cwd?: string } — attach to an existing workspace, usually from create_worktree.{ kind: "create", source: { kind: "directory", path?: string } } — new workspace rooted at a directory.{ kind: "create", source: { kind: "worktree", cwd?: string, target: { kind: "branch-off", worktreeSlug?: string, branchName?: string, baseBranch?: string } } }{ kind: "create", source: { kind: "worktree", cwd?: string, target: { kind: "checkout-branch", branch: string } } }{ kind: "create", source: { kind: "worktree", cwd?: string, target: { kind: "checkout-pr", githubPrNumber: number } } }
Agent-scoped create_agent defaults notifyOnFinish to true. Set it to false only for truly fire-and-forget agents.
send_agent_prompt — { agentId, prompt }. Use for follow-ups to an existing agent. Agent-scoped prompt calls default to background: true and notifyOnFinish: true; top-level calls default to blocking with no callback. For a synchronous follow-up, pass background: false and use the returned result.
update_agent — { agentId, name?, labels?, settings? }. Use settings for runtime changes on an existing agent: modeId, model, thinkingOptionId, and provider-specific features. For Codex fast mode, pass settings: { features: { "fast_mode": true } }.
list_agents — filter by cwd, statuses, sinceHours, includeArchived.
archive_agent — { agentId }. Interrupts if running, removes from active list.
Provider discovery
list_providers — compact provider availability and modes.
list_models — full model list for one provider. Use only when you need model IDs or thinking options; the list can be large.
inspect_provider — compact provider capability and feature inspection. Required: provider; pass cwd when you are not in an agent-scoped session. Optional: settings with draft model, modeId, thinkingOptionId, and features.
Only set feature IDs returned by inspect_provider. For Codex fast mode, look for fast_mode and pass settings: { features: { "fast_mode": true } } to create_agent or update_agent.
Schedules and heartbeats
create_schedule — starts a new agent on a cron cadence. Required: prompt, cron, provider. Optional: timezone, name, cwd, maxRuns, expiresIn. Use when the recurring work should live in fresh agents.
create_heartbeat — sends you a prompt on a cron cadence. Required: prompt, cron. Optional: timezone, name, maxRuns, expiresIn. Use for reminders, PR/build babysitting, and status checks that should return to this conversation.
Models
claude/sonnet (default), claude/opus (harder reasoning), codex/gpt-5.4 (frontier coding), claude/haiku (tests only).
Orchestration preferences
User-specific configuration at ~/.paseo/orchestration-preferences.json. Before any Paseo skill chooses a provider or creates an agent, it must read this file. Reading means an actual file read, not relying on these examples or defaults. Never hardcode a provider string in another skill — resolve through this file.
Two parts:
providers — map of role categories to provider strings. Pass straight to create_agent's provider field.preferences — freeform string array. Read on startup; weave into agent prompts contextually.
Categories: impl, ui, research, planning, audit. Skills pick the category that matches the role they're launching.
{
"providers": {
"impl": "codex/gpt-5.4",
"ui": "claude/opus",
"research": "codex/gpt-5.4",
"planning": "codex/gpt-5.4",
"audit": "codex/gpt-5.4"
},
"preferences": [
"Claude Opus is the right choice for anything artistic or human-skill-oriented: copywriting, naming, UX copy, visual design, styling. Codex is the workhorse for mechanical work."
]
}
If the file is missing, use sensible defaults and tell the user once.
Waiting
Agents take time — 10–30+ minutes is routine. Favor asynchronous workflows.
For agent-scoped create_agent and background send_agent_prompt, leave notifyOnFinish omitted or set it to true unless the work is truly fire-and-forget. You will get notified when the target agent finishes, errors, or needs permission. You must not call wait_for_agent on a notify-on-finish agent. Move on to other work. The notification arrives on its own.
Don't poll list_agents or get_agent_status to "check on" a running agent. The notification will tell you.
CLI parity
The paseo CLI is a thin wrapper over the same daemon. Same surface:
paseo run --provider codex/gpt-5.4 --mode full-access --worktree feat/x "<prompt>"
paseo send <agent-id> "<follow-up>"
paseo ls
paseo worktree ls
paseo schedule create --cron "*/15 * * * *" "ping main build"
Discover with paseo --help and paseo <cmd> --help.
If paseo isn't on PATH but the desktop app is installed, the bundled CLI is at:
- macOS:
/Applications/Paseo.app/Contents/Resources/bin/paseo
- Linux:
<install-dir>/resources/bin/paseo
- Windows:
C:\Program Files\Paseo\resources\bin\paseo.cmd
The desktop app's first-run hook (installCli) symlinks this to ~/.local/bin/paseo (macOS/Linux) or drops a .cmd trampoline (Windows) and adds ~/.local/bin to PATH via shell rc files. If that didn't take, offer to symlink it — don't do it silently.
Ops and debugging
Daemon-client architecture: the daemon owns agent lifecycle, state, and the WebSocket API. Tools, CLI, mobile, and desktop apps are all clients.
| Default |
|---|
| Listen address | 127.0.0.1:6767 (override PASEO_LISTEN) |
| Home | ~/.paseo (override PASEO_HOME) |
| Daemon log | $PASEO_HOME/daemon.log |
| Agent state | $PASEO_HOME/agents/<id>.json |
| Worktrees | $PASEO_HOME/worktrees/ (or worktrees.root in config.json) |
| PID file | $PASEO_HOME/paseo.pid |
| Health | GET http://127.0.0.1:6767/api/health |
Debug order:
tail -n 200 ~/.paseo/daemon.log.paseo daemon status for liveness.curl -s localhost:6767/api/health if the CLI itself is suspect.
Never restart the daemon without explicit user approval — it kills every running agent, including, often, the one asking.
