| name | ide-agent-kit |
| description | Filesystem message bus and webhook relay for multi-agent IDE coordination. Use when agents need to share events, poll Ant Farm rooms, receive GitHub/GitLab webhooks, coordinate tasks across sessions, or run scheduled jobs. Local-first with zero network by default. Trigger on cross-agent messaging, webhook ingestion, room polling, cron scheduling, or tmux command execution. |
| version | 0.4.0 |
| metadata | {"openclaw":{"requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]","env":"[Truncated]"},"homepage":"https://github.com/ThinkOffApp/ide-agent-kit","install":["[Truncated]"]}} |
IDE Agent Kit
Connect your IDE coding agents into real-time teams through OpenClaw. Filesystem-based message bus, room polling, automation rules, and multi-model agent coordination. Zero dependencies.
Security Model
This skill operates in two tiers:
Core (local-only, no credentials needed):
- Local filesystem queue and receipt log — agents read/write files in the working directory
init, receipt tail, memory (local backend), keepalive — no network, no secretsserve binds to 127.0.0.1 only by default — receives webhooks, writes to local queue
Advanced (requires explicit opt-in and credentials):
sessions, gateway — talk to an OpenClaw gateway (requires openclaw.token in config)poll — connects to Ant Farm rooms (requires --api-key flag)emit, hooks create — POST data to external URLs you specifytmux run, exec — execute shell commands (restricted to an allowlist in config)
No advanced features activate without explicit configuration. The default init config has empty credential fields and a minimal command allowlist.
Network behavior
| Command | Outbound connections | Inbound connections |
|---|
init, receipt tail, memory (local), keepalive | None | None |
serve | None | localhost:8787 only (configurable) |
poll | Ant Farm API (HTTPS) | None |
sessions, gateway | OpenClaw gateway (localhost by default) | None |
emit | User-specified URL | None |
hooks create | User-specified webhook URL | None |
Command execution
tmux run and exec only run commands listed in tmux.allow in your config. Default allowlist: npm test, npm run build, pytest, git status, git diff. Commands not on the list are rejected.
exec adds an approval flow: commands go through exec request → human/agent exec resolve before running.
Quick Start
npm install -g ide-agent-kit
ide-agent-kit init --ide claude-code
Creates a local ide-agent-kit.json config. All credential fields are blank. Nothing connects to any server until you configure it.
Connectivity Modes
Four modes that compose freely. Only mode 1 is active by default.
1. Local Filesystem Bus (default)
Agents on the same machine communicate through a shared queue directory and receipt log. No network, no server, no API keys.
- Queue:
./ide-agent-queue.jsonl
- Receipts:
./ide-agent-receipts.jsonl
2. Webhook Relay Server (optional)
Receives inbound webhooks from GitHub/GitLab and writes them to the local event queue.
ide-agent-kit serve [--config <path>]
Binds to 127.0.0.1:8787 by default. Set github.webhook_secret in config to verify signatures. Does not make outbound connections.
3. Ant Farm Room Polling (optional)
Connects to Ant Farm rooms for cross-machine coordination.
ide-agent-kit poll --rooms <room1,room2> --api-key <key> --handle <@handle> [--interval <sec>]
Requires: --api-key flag (Ant Farm API key). Rate-limited, default 120s interval.
4. GitHub Events (optional)
When serve is running, point a GitHub webhook at your relay URL. Translates PR/issue/CI events into local queue events.
Requires: github.webhook_secret in config to verify inbound signatures.
Commands
Core (local-only, no credentials)
| Command | Description |
|---|
init [--ide <name>] [--profile <balanced|low-friction>] | Generate starter config |
receipt tail [--n <count>] | Print last N receipts |
watch [--config <path>] | Watch event queue, nudge IDE session on new events |
serve [--config <path>] | Start webhook relay server (localhost only) |
memory list|get|set|search | Manage agent memory (local file backend) |
keepalive start|stop|status | Prevent macOS sleep for remote sessions |
Advanced (requires credentials or explicit config)
| Command | Requires | Description |
|---|
sessions send --agent <id> --message <text> | openclaw.token | Send message to agent via gateway |
sessions spawn --task <text> | openclaw.token | Spawn a new agent session |
sessions list|history|status | openclaw.token | Query sessions |
gateway trigger|health|agents | openclaw.token | Gateway operations |
poll --rooms <r> --api-key <k> --handle <h> | Ant Farm API key | Poll rooms for messages |
emit --to <url> --json <file> | None (user specifies target) | POST event JSON to a URL |
hooks create --webhook-url <url> | None (user specifies target) | Create webhook forwarder |
tmux run --cmd <command> | Allowlisted commands only | Run command in tmux, capture receipt |
exec request|resolve|list | Allowlisted commands only | Execution approval workflow |
cron add|list|remove|run|status | openclaw.token | Scheduled task management |
Configuration
Generated by ide-agent-kit init. All credential fields default to empty.
| Field | Purpose | Default |
|---|
listen.host | Webhook server bind address | 127.0.0.1 |
listen.port | Webhook server port | 8787 |
tmux.allow | Allowlisted shell commands | [npm test, npm run build, pytest, git status, git diff] |
openclaw.token | Gateway auth (advanced commands) | empty |
github.webhook_secret | Verify GitHub webhooks | empty |
Data Access
| Path | Access | Purpose |
|---|
ide-agent-receipts.jsonl | append | Audit log of all agent actions |
ide-agent-queue.jsonl | read/write | Event queue |
ide-agent-kit.json | read | Runtime configuration (may contain secrets) |
memory/ | read/write | Local agent memory files |
Source & Verification
The npm package contains no install scripts (preinstall/postinstall). All code is plain ESM JavaScript. Verify with npm pack --dry-run before installing.
