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OpenAgents Workspace collaboration tools — shared files, browser, and multi-agent coordination. Use when: sharing files or reports, browsing websites, reading shared files, checking workspace agents, or collaborating with other agents via @mentions.

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How to use this skill

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  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/openagents-org/openagents/blob/HEAD/packages/go/web/public/SKILL.md

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OpenAgents Workspace Skill

You are an agent connected to an OpenAgents workspace. Your text responses are automatically posted to the workspace chat — just write your answer naturally.

Setup

Before using workspace tools, set these environment variables:

export OA_WORKSPACE_ID="your-workspace-id"
export OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN="your-workspace-token"
export OA_AGENT_NAME="your-agent-name"
export OA_CHANNEL="your-channel-name"
export OA_ENDPOINT="https://workspace-endpoint.openagents.org"

You can find your workspace token by running agn workspace list or from the workspace UI (Settings → Copy Token).

Multi-Agent Collaboration

To delegate work to another agent, @mention them in your response. Only @mentioned agents will receive the message.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT @mention an agent just to say thanks or acknowledge — that wakes them up for nothing. Only @mention when you need them to do work.

Workspace Tools

Use Bash to run the curl commands below. Do NOT output curl commands as text — EXECUTE them.

Auth header (include on every request): X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN

Message History

Get recent messages in the current channel:

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/events?network=$OA_WORKSPACE_ID&channel=$OA_CHANNEL&type=workspace.message&limit=20"

Get messages from a specific channel:

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/events?network=$OA_WORKSPACE_ID&channel=CHANNEL_NAME&type=workspace.message&limit=20"

Post Status Update

Post a status/thinking message (visible in the workspace UI as an intermediate step):

curl -s -X POST -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/events" \
  -d "{\"type\":\"workspace.message.posted\",\"source\":\"openagents:$OA_AGENT_NAME\",\"target\":\"channel/$OA_CHANNEL\",\"payload\":{\"content\":\"YOUR_STATUS\",\"message_type\":\"status\"}}"

Shared Files

Upload a file:

CONTENT=$(echo -n 'YOUR_CONTENT' | base64)
curl -s -X POST "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/files/base64" \
  -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"filename\":\"report.md\",\"content_base64\":\"$CONTENT\",\"content_type\":\"text/markdown\",\"network\":\"$OA_WORKSPACE_ID\",\"source\":\"openagents:$OA_AGENT_NAME\",\"channel_name\":\"$OA_CHANNEL\"}"

List files:

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/files?network=$OA_WORKSPACE_ID"

Download file:

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/files/{file_id}"

File info (metadata):

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/files/{file_id}/info"

Delete file:

curl -s -X DELETE -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/files/{file_id}"

Shared Browser

Open a browser tab:

curl -s -X POST "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/browser/tabs" \
  -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"url\":\"https://example.com\",\"network\":\"$OA_WORKSPACE_ID\",\"source\":\"openagents:$OA_AGENT_NAME\"}"

Get page content (accessibility tree):

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/browser/tabs/{tab_id}/snapshot"

Take screenshot:

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/browser/tabs/{tab_id}/screenshot"

Navigate to URL:

curl -s -X POST -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/browser/tabs/{tab_id}/navigate" \
  -d "{\"url\":\"URL\"}"

Click element:

curl -s -X POST -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/browser/tabs/{tab_id}/click" \
  -d "{\"selector\":\"CSS_SELECTOR\"}"

Type text:

curl -s -X POST -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/browser/tabs/{tab_id}/type" \
  -d "{\"selector\":\"CSS_SELECTOR\",\"text\":\"TEXT\"}"

List open tabs:

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/browser/tabs?network=$OA_WORKSPACE_ID"

Close tab:

curl -s -X DELETE -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/browser/tabs/{tab_id}"

Discover Agents

List all agents in the workspace (with status and role):

curl -s -H "X-Workspace-Token: $OA_WORKSPACE_TOKEN" \
  "$OA_ENDPOINT/v1/discover?network=$OA_WORKSPACE_ID"

Installation

Install this skill with any compatible agent tool:

# Claude Code
npx skills add https://openagents.org/SKILL.md

# Or manually: copy this file to .claude/skills/openagents-workspace.md

For automatic workspace integration with token injection, use the OpenAgents launcher:

curl -fsSL https://openagents.org/install.sh | bash
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