# Agent Communication

> AI DevKit · Exchange information with active Codex, Claude Code, and other AI agents using ai-devkit agent list, detail, and send. Use when an agent needs to find another active agent, read its recent context, send it information, or request information back.

- Skill: `codeaholicguy/agent-communication` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add codeaholicguy/agent-communication`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/codeaholicguy/agent-communication/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: codeaholicguy (https://skillmd.com/u/codeaholicguy)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/codeaholicguy/agent-communication

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# Agent Communication

Use `ai-devkit agent ...` to discover and communicate with active agents. If `ai-devkit` is not on PATH, use `npx ai-devkit@latest agent ...`.

## Commands

```bash
ai-devkit agent list --json
ai-devkit agent detail --id <agent-name> --json --tail 20
ai-devkit agent send --id <agent-name> "<message>"
ai-devkit agent send --id <agent-name> --wait --timeout 120000 --json "<message>"
<command> 2>&1 | ai-devkit agent send --id <agent-name> --stdin
```

## Notes

- `list --json` returns active agents with fields such as `name`, `type`, `status`, `summary`, `projectPath`, and `lastActive`.
- Use the `name` from `list --json` as `--id`. Partial matches are supported, but exact names are safer.
- Use `detail --json --tail <n>` to read recent context from an agent before deciding what to send.
- `send --wait` waits for a reply; add `--json` when the response should be machine-readable.
- `send --stdin` forwards piped command output or larger text.