Who it is forA developer experimenting with a lead agent that hands work to helpers.
The problemCoordinating several agents by hand means constant tab switching.
The outcomeA lead agent that opens helper panes, sends them prompts and waits on their results.
What you need first
- macOS or Linux terminal
- The coding agents you already use
Steps
- Install Herdr and add its agent skill to your lead agent
- Ask the lead agent to split a task and spawn helper panes
- Let it prompt each helper and wait until one is genuinely blocked
- Review each pane's output before merging
Prompt for your agent
With herdrdev/herdr and its agent skill, have a lead agent split <task> into <n> parts, spawn a pane per part with <agent>, and report when each is done or blocked.
Caveat.
Use this in your AI agent
Ask your agent
Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for herdrdev/herdr and "Let one agent spawn and coordinate other agents"
Add Deduped to Claude Code once
claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp
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