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Run npx skillmds@latest add nomadamas/cat-in-lattice 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.

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Is Cat In Lattice free to use?

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Who published Cat In Lattice?

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

Cat In Lattice by nomadamas — Agent Skill

Name: Cat In Lattice
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: nomadamas

Cat In Lattice

Start or reuse the Cat-In-Lattice tmux sidecar in a bottom pane. Use when the user explicitly asks for $cat-in-lattice, wants the cat companion opened below the current pane, or wants to send a notice through the installed local launcher.

nomadamas Updated Sep 17, 2026

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cat-in-lattice Skill

Use this only when the user explicitly invokes $cat-in-lattice or clearly asks to open the Cat-In-Lattice sidecar.

Goal

Open or reuse cat-in-lattice in a bottom tmux pane without stealing focus.
Reuse the existing pane instead of spawning duplicates in the same window.
Send notices with the same local launcher when the user asks for a banner/Slack announcement.

Workflow

If the request is only to open the cat sidecar, run:
- /Users/kwon/vscode/Cat-In-Lattice/scripts/cat-in-lattice-sidecar.sh start
If the user asks for a status check, run:
- /Users/kwon/vscode/Cat-In-Lattice/scripts/cat-in-lattice-sidecar.sh status
If the user asks to close it, run:
- /Users/kwon/vscode/Cat-In-Lattice/scripts/cat-in-lattice-sidecar.sh stop
If the user asks to broadcast a notice, run:
- /Users/kwon/vscode/Cat-In-Lattice/scripts/cat-in-lattice-sidecar.sh notice "<message>"

Rules

Prefer the bottom split launcher over running cat-in-lattice directly.
Do not create duplicate cat panes in the same tmux window.
Keep the current pane focused after launching the sidecar.
The sidecar script already knows the repo path and local install location; reuse it.

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