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gastown

Multi-agent orchestrator for Claude Code. Use when user mentions gastown, gas town, gt commands, bd commands, convoys, polecats, crew, rigs, slinging work, multi-agent coordination, beads, hooks, molecules, workflows, the witness, the mayor, the refinery, the deacon, dogs, escalation, or wants to run multiple AI agents on projects simultaneously. Handles installation, workspace setup, work tracking, agent lifecycle, crash recovery, and all gt/bd CLI operations.

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About gastown

Gastown is a multi-agent orchestration system designed to streamline and automate task execution for Claude Code. It enables parallel AI workers to manage complex workflows by coordinating multiple agents simultaneously. The skill facilitates multi-agent operations, providing users with tools to track work, manage agent lifecycles, and integrate project tasks efficiently. By using commands like 'gt sling' or 'gas town', users can trigger orchestration of agents, enhancing the productivity of AI-driven processes and minimizing manual oversight.

FAQ

What is Gastown used for?

Gastown is used to manage multi-agent workflows, coordinate tasks across AI agents, and automate processes such as work tracking, agent lifecycle management, and code merging for Claude Code projects.

What are the system requirements for using Gastown?

Gastown requires Go 1.21+ for its CLI tools, Git with SSH or HTTPS access, sufficient disk space (~100MB), and terminal access. Additionally, GitHub integration is optional.

What tools does Gastown provide for managing workflows?

Gastown includes several tools like 'gt' for orchestrating agents, 'bd' for creating and managing work items (beads), and 'Refinery' for automating code merging. It also provides diagnostics tools like 'gt doctor' and 'bd doctor'.

Can Gastown handle error reporting and recovery?

Yes, Gastown offers error handling through diagnostic reports, with detailed error management outlined in the '{baseDir}/references/errors.md' file. It supports agent lifecycle recovery in case of failure.

Who can benefit from using Gastown?

Gastown is ideal for developers, project managers, or anyone needing to automate and coordinate multi-agent workflows, especially in environments that require parallel task execution like AI research or large-scale software development.

Install gastown

Download and extract the skill files to your .claude/skills/ directory.

Quick Setup:

  1. Copy the skill folder to .claude/skills/
  2. Claude will automatically detect and use the skill