coord
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Use when starting any coding task in a repository whose AGENTS.md contains a coord block (markers `<!-- coord:begin -->`) - coordinates parallel agent sessions by claiming files before editing, reordering work on conflicts, and making task-scoped commits
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- jircdev/crew-plugintheir own version, first seen Oct 8, 2026
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We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
4 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
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- Very specific: line 23
Write what a colleague would need: "refactor login flow (auth.ts, session.ts)" beats "fix stuff".
- Very specific: line 33
Wait and retry: if the contested file is your only remaining work, check coord status between your other steps.
- Very specific: line 35
Co-edit deliberately: only when the edits cannot interfere (e.g.
- Distinctive: line 39
Never work around a refusal by editing without a claim — that recreates the exact conflict this protocol exists to prevent.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Coordinating Parallel Edits with coord
Multiple agent sessions may be editing this repository right now. coord is
the shared ledger that keeps you from stomping each other. The protocol is in
AGENTS.md; this skill is how to use it well.
Golden path
coord task start "<one-line description>"→ remember the id (e.g. T12).coord claim -t T12 <paths>before creating or editing anything.- Edit, test as usual. Claim more paths as your plan grows.
coord commit -t T12 -m "<message>"(never plaingit commit -a/git add -A).coord task done T12the moment the task is finished.
Writing useful task descriptions
Other sessions decide how to reorder their work based on your description. Write what a colleague would need: "refactor login flow (auth.ts, session.ts)" beats "fix stuff". Mention the subsystem, not just the verb.
When a claim is refused (exit code 2)
The output tells you who holds the path, for which task, since when. Do NOT edit the file anyway. In order of preference:
- Reorder: claim and work on your non-conflicting files first, then re-claim the contested path later — the holder may be done by then.
- Wait and retry: if the contested file is your only remaining work,
check
coord statusbetween your other steps. - Co-edit deliberately: only when the edits cannot interfere (e.g. you
append to a changelog they touched), re-claim with
--force. This is recorded and visible to both sessions.
Never work around a refusal by editing without a claim — that recreates the exact conflict this protocol exists to prevent.
Claim granularity
- Claim files for surgical changes; claim a directory when you will rework most of it (this blocks all files beneath it).
- Over-claiming starves other sessions; claim what you will actually touch.
- More claims later is cheap:
coord claim -t T12 <new-path>any time.
Stale tasks
coord status marks tasks whose session died as STALE. Their files are safe
to claim — you will see "taken over from stale T<n>" in the output. If you
crashed and restarted, start a fresh task; do not reuse the dead task's id.
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