afx

Agent Building

Agent Farm CLI — the tool for spawning builders, managing Tower, workspaces, and cron tasks. ALWAYS consult this skill BEFORE running any `afx` command to get the exact syntax. This prevents wasting time guessing flags that don't exist. Use this whenever you need to spawn a builder, check status, send messages, clean up worktrees, manage Tower, or run cron tasks. If you're about to type `afx` followed by anything, check here first.

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Agent Farm CLI

afx spawn

Spawns a new builder in an isolated git worktree.

afx spawn [number] [options]

The ONLY flags that exist:

Flag	Description
`--protocol <name>`	Protocol: spir, aspir, air, bugfix, maintain, experiment. Required for numbered spawns.
`--task <text>`	Ad-hoc task (no issue number needed)
`--shell`	Bare Claude session
`--worktree`	Bare worktree session
`--files <files>`	Context files, comma-separated. Requires `--task`.
`--no-comment`	Skip commenting on the GitHub issue
`--force`	Skip dirty-worktree and collision checks
`--soft`	Soft mode (AI follows protocol, you verify)
`--strict`	Strict mode (porch orchestrates) — this is the default
`--resume`	Resume builder in existing worktree
`--no-role`	Skip loading role prompt

There is NO -t, --title, --name, or --branch flag. The branch name is auto-generated from the issue title.

Examples:

afx spawn 42 --protocol spir           # SPIR builder for issue #42
afx spawn 42 --protocol aspir          # ASPIR (autonomous, no human gates)
afx spawn 42 --protocol air            # AIR (small features)
afx spawn 42 --protocol bugfix         # Bugfix
afx spawn 42 --protocol spir --soft    # Soft mode
afx spawn 42 --resume                  # Resume existing builder
afx spawn --task "fix the flaky test"  # Ad-hoc task (no issue)
afx spawn 42 --protocol spir --force   # Skip dirty-worktree check

Pre-spawn checklist:

git status — worktree must be clean (or use --force)
Commit specs/plans first — builders branch from HEAD and can't see uncommitted files
--protocol is required for numbered spawns

afx send

Sends a message to a running builder.

afx send [builder] [message]

Flag	Description
`--all`	Send to all builders
`--file <path>`	Include file content
`--interrupt`	Send Ctrl+C first
`--raw`	Skip structured formatting
`--no-enter`	Don't press Enter after message

afx send 0042 "PR approved, please merge"
afx send 0585 "check the test output" --file /tmp/test-results.txt

afx cleanup

Removes a builder's worktree and branch after work is done.

afx cleanup [options]

Flag	Description
`-p, --project <id>`	Builder project ID (no leading zeros: `585` not `0585`)
`-i, --issue <number>`	Cleanup bugfix builder by issue number
`-t, --task <id>`	Cleanup task builder (e.g., `task-bEPd`)
`-f, --force`	Force cleanup even if branch not merged

afx cleanup -p 585              # Clean up project 585
afx cleanup -p 585 -f           # Force (unmerged branch)

Note: afx cleanup uses plain numbers (585), not zero-padded (0585). But afx send uses zero-padded IDs (0585).

afx status

afx status                      # Show all builders and workspace status

No flags needed. Shows Tower status, workspace, and all active builders.

afx tower

afx tower start                 # Start Tower on port 4100
afx tower stop                  # Stop Tower
afx tower log                   # Tail Tower logs
afx tower status                # Check daemon and cloud connection status
afx tower connect               # Connect to Codev Cloud
afx tower disconnect            # Disconnect from Codev Cloud

There is NO afx tower restart — use afx tower stop && afx tower start.

afx workspace

afx workspace start             # Start workspace for current project
afx workspace stop              # Stop workspace processes

afx dash is a deprecated alias — use afx workspace instead.

afx cron

afx cron list                   # List all cron tasks
afx cron status <name>          # Check task status
afx cron run <name>             # Run immediately
afx cron enable <name>          # Enable
afx cron disable <name>         # Disable

There is NO afx cron add — create YAML files in .af-cron/ directly.

Other commands

afx open <file>                 # Open file in annotation viewer (NOT system open)
afx shell                       # Spawn utility shell
afx attach                      # Attach to running builder terminal
afx rename <name>               # Rename current shell session
afx architect                   # Start architect session in current terminal