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How to delegate a background code investigation to an Agent with Pi Herdsman

Hand a bounded read-only question to a background Agent while the Lead session stays free.

Who it is forA developer in a Pi session who needs a codebase question answered (for example how authentication works) without stopping their current work.

The problemReading through unfamiliar code blocks the main conversation, and a single agent session handles one thread at a time.

The outcomeA scout Agent runs asynchronously, the Lead conversation stays usable, and the developer can check the Agent status in the /agents surface.

What you need first

  • Linux or macOS for the released install script
  • Pi and herdr installed, or the install script to set them up
  • A Git project to work in

Steps

  1. Run curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boadij/pi-herdsman/main/install.sh | sh
  2. Run herdr in your project folder
  3. Run pi inside the herdr pane
  4. Type: Use scout to inspect the authentication flow.
  5. Type /agents to see the running Agent and its status

Prompt for your agent

Using the pi-herdsman repo, install the stack and ask a scout Agent to inspect <feature area> in <project path>. Expected output: a written summary of the flow from the scout Agent while the Lead session accepts other prompts. Verify that /agents lists the scout Agent while it runs.

Caveat. The README gives the scout example as a natural language request, so the exact Agent names and behavior depend on the Agent definitions you have configured.

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