# AI use cases for Flare (AlgoNoRhythm/Flare)

Repo: [AlgoNoRhythm/Flare](https://github.com/AlgoNoRhythm/Flare) | Use cases: 4 | Page: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/

Flare is a graph-first IDE for agentic coding that maps a codebase as a live graph, runs a terminal for agents like claude, codex or opencode, keeps a shadow history of changes, and holds a shared task board and chat for agents.

This file holds every use case of this repo. Each one starts with a "## " heading and ends with its URL.

- Hand an agent a task card with the graph context: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/hand-agent-a-task-card-with-full-context/
- Review and revert agent edits from shadow history: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/check-agent-changes-with-shadow-history/
- Keep two agents from colliding on the same files: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/coordinate-two-agents-in-channel/
- Keep Claude working through the board when it wants to stop: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/keep-claude-working-through-the-board/

## How to hand an agent a task card with the graph context with Flare

Repo: [AlgoNoRhythm/Flare](https://github.com/AlgoNoRhythm/Flare) | Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 30 minutes | Basis: From the README

Turn a piece of work into a board card and give the agent a brief with the dependency facts attached.

**Who it is for:** A developer who wants an agent to take a specific change and needs it to start from the map of the repo, not from a blank context.

**The problem:** Agents burn much of their context rediscovering which files a change touches and what depends on them.

**The outcome:** The agent starts from a brief that names the files and what the graph knows about them, and its progress shows up on the card.

### Steps

1. Open Flare on the project, either as the desktop app or in a browser served from the machine the agent runs on.
2. In the control panel, open Tasks and add a card for the work.
3. In the graph, select the relevant files, right-click and choose New task with these files to file the card from the selection.
4. Click Copy for agent on the card and paste the brief into a session started with `claude` or `codex` in Flare's terminal.
5. Watch the card move as the agent logs progress with task_update and moves it to review.

### Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
In the Flare board for <project>, call tasks_list for the first lane, then task_get on the card <task id> and carry out the brief it returns. Expected output: a progress note sent with task_update and the card moved to review. Verify that the card now shows the new status in the Tasks panel.
```

### Caveat

Flare's MCP tools and the Copy for agent brief are described in the README, but the README does not give install commands, so setup steps depend on the Flare download you use.

Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/

URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/hand-agent-a-task-card-with-full-context/

## How to review and revert agent edits from shadow history with Flare

Repo: [AlgoNoRhythm/Flare](https://github.com/AlgoNoRhythm/Flare) | Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 15 minutes | Basis: From the README

Compare what an agent changed in a file or tree and revert the parts you reject.

**Who it is for:** A developer who has just let an agent edit several files and wants to verify each change before keeping it.

**The problem:** Agent edits land across many files at once, and it is hard to see exactly what changed or undo part of it.

**The outcome:** You see each change burst against the earlier state and revert one file or the whole tree when a change is wrong.

### Steps

1. Keep Flare open on the repo while the agent runs in Flare's terminal so the graph updates as files change.
2. Watch the Activity lens to see which files changed most recently.
3. Select a changed file and open its shadow history to diff it against an earlier snapshot.
4. Revert that file, or the whole tree, to the snapshot you want to keep.

### Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
In the project <project>, open the shadow history for <file path> in Flare and compare the latest snapshot with the one before it. Expected output: a short plain-language list of what changed in that file. Verify the list matches the task card the agent was given before you keep the change.
```

### Caveat

The README says snapshots are kept in a local shadow history, so reverts only cover what Flare captured during the session and are not described as a replacement for version control.

Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/

URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/check-agent-changes-with-shadow-history/

## How to keep two agents from colliding on the same files with Flare

Repo: [AlgoNoRhythm/Flare](https://github.com/AlgoNoRhythm/Flare) | Difficulty: Advanced | Time: 60 minutes | Basis: From the README

Have agents announce the files they take in the Channel tab and check who wrote what.

**Who it is for:** A developer running two or more agents on one repo who has seen one agent overwrite another's work.

**The problem:** Agents each see a clean tree and do not know what others are already editing, so their changes get folded together.

**The outcome:** Agents announce their files before editing, you see contention and crossings in the Channel tab, and you can tell which announced files were actually written.

### Steps

1. Open the Channel tab in Flare and confirm each agent is in the room under its name, such as Claude 1, Claude 2 or Codex 1.
2. Tell each agent to post what it is taking with chat_post and kind taking, naming the files or folders, before it starts.
3. Tell each agent to read the room with chat_read when it finishes a piece of work.
4. Check the header count of files written this session that were announced first, and use the button to select the ones that were not.
5. Open a line about files to see what the speaker actually wrote afterwards and which other agent wrote the same files.

### Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
In the project <project>, before editing any file, call chat_post with kind taking and the paths you will change, then call chat_read when you finish. Expected output: a confirmed post and a short list of anything other agents said they were taking. Verify that no other agent has announced the same paths before you start editing.
```

### Caveat

Flare does not lock files, so the Channel only works if each agent actually posts and reads, and the README says a crossing is recorded in review rather than blocked.

Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/

URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/coordinate-two-agents-in-channel/

## How to keep Claude working through the board when it wants to stop with Flare

Repo: [AlgoNoRhythm/Flare](https://github.com/AlgoNoRhythm/Flare) | Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 30 minutes | Basis: From the README

Set the routine so the agent checks the board again instead of ending its session early.

**Who it is for:** A developer who leaves Claude running on a backlog and wants it to keep taking cards without being prompted.

**The problem:** An agent stops as soon as it runs out of obvious work, even when cards in the first lane are still waiting.

**The outcome:** The agent reads the board state, takes the next waiting card, and only ends when nothing is left to take.

### Steps

1. Open the ⚙︎ Routine wizard in Flare and switch on checking the board when the agent tries to stop.
2. Edit the working agreement in the wizard to add any house rules in your own words.
3. Add cards to the first lane of the Tasks board so there is work waiting to be picked up.
4. Start a session with `claude` in Flare's terminal and let it run.
5. Check the Tasks panel to see which cards moved to in-progress and which are still waiting.

### Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
In the project <project>, call working_agreement and report how many cards are waiting to be picked up and which card to take next. Expected output: those counts and the card name. Verify that the card is still in the first lane before you start it, and move it to in-progress when you claim it.
```

### Caveat

The README says the Stop hook is written to .claude/settings.local.json on your machine, so this use case only applies to Claude and is not committed to the repo.

Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/

URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/algonorhythm-flare/keep-claude-working-through-the-board/