How do I install the Gossipcat skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add gossipcat-ai/gossipcat in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Gossipcat safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Gossipcat?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Gossipcat free to use?

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Who published Gossipcat?

gossipcat-ai (@gossipcat-ai) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Gossipcat by gossipcat-ai — Agent Skill

Name: Gossipcat
Author: gossipcat-ai

Gossipcat

Use when installing or setting up gossipcat multi-agent orchestration (parallel review, consensus, adaptive dispatch) in Claude Code or Cursor. Installs the gossipcat MCP server and hands off to gossip_status() for all live rules.

gossipcat-ai Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Install gossipcat

gossipcat is an MCP server (a running relay + tool server + native-agent dispatch), not a set of prompt rules. This skill installs the server. Once it is connected, all operational rules — dispatch, consensus, signals — load live from gossip_status() and stay in sync with the running server. This skill does not carry them.

Steps

Detect the host. Check the environment:
- echo $CLAUDECODE prints 1 → Claude Code.
- echo $CURSOR is set, or you are running inside Cursor → Cursor. If unclear, ask the user which one they use.
Ask the user: global or project-local install?
Run the matching commands.

Global (works for both Claude Code and Cursor):
```
npm install -g gossipcat
claude mcp add gossipcat -s user -- gossipcat
```
The claude mcp add step is required for global installs — the postinstall step cannot write a usable .mcp.json for a global install, so you must register the server manually. (Cursor users: add { "mcpServers": { "gossipcat": { "command": "gossipcat" } } } to ~/.cursor/mcp.json instead of claude mcp add.)

Project-local (run inside the target project):
```
npm install --save-dev gossipcat
```
The postinstall step writes .mcp.json into the project root automatically — no claude mcp add needed. Open the IDE in that project.
Reconnect. If you added the server mid-session, run /mcp (Claude Code) or restart the IDE so the gossipcat tools load.
Verify and hand off. Call gossip_status(). It returns the dashboard URL, the agent roster, and the full live operator playbook. Print the dashboard URL for the user, then tell them: "Set up a gossipcat team for this project."

All dispatch rules, the consensus workflow, and signal discipline are delivered by gossip_status() at runtime — they are kept in sync with the installed server version and are intentionally NOT duplicated in this skill.

---name: gossipcatdescription: Use when installing or setting up gossipcat multi-agent orchestration (parallel review, consensus, adaptive dispatch) in Claude Code or Cursor. Installs the gossipcat MCP server and hands off to gossip_status() for all live rules.---# Install gossipcatgossipcat is an **MCP server** (a running relay + tool server + native-agent dispatch),not a set of prompt rules. This skill installs the server. Once it is connected, **alloperational rules — dispatch, consensus, signals — load live from `gossip_status()` andstay in sync with the running server.** This skill does not carry them.## Steps1. **Detect the host.** Check the environment: - `echo $CLAUDECODE` prints `1` → **Claude Code**. - `echo $CURSOR` is set, or you are running inside Cursor → **Cursor**. If unclear, ask the user which one they use.2. **Ask the user: global or project-local install?**3. **Run the matching commands.** **Global** (works for both Claude Code and Cursor): ```bash npm install -g gossipcat claude mcp add gossipcat -s user -- gossipcat ``` The `claude mcp add` step is **required** for global installs — the postinstall step cannot write a usable `.mcp.json` for a global install, so you must register the server manually. (Cursor users: add `{ "mcpServers": { "gossipcat": { "command": "gossipcat" } } }` to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` instead of `claude mcp add`.) **Project-local** (run inside the target project): ```bash npm install --save-dev gossipcat ``` The postinstall step writes `.mcp.json` into the project root automatically — no `claude mcp add` needed. Open the IDE in that project.4. **Reconnect.** If you added the server mid-session, run `/mcp` (Claude Code) or restart the IDE so the gossipcat tools load.5. **Verify and hand off.** Call `gossip_status()`. It returns the dashboard URL, the agent roster, and the full live operator playbook. Print the dashboard URL for the user, then tell them: *"Set up a gossipcat team for this project."*> All dispatch rules, the consensus workflow, and signal discipline are delivered by> `gossip_status()` at runtime — they are kept in sync with the installed server version> and are intentionally NOT duplicated in this skill.

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