wanman-cli

Productivity

wanman CLI command reference — inter-agent communication, task management, artifact storage

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wanman CLI

You are running inside the wanman Agent Matrix. Use the following CLI commands to collaborate with other agents.

Startup Protocol

On every startup, execute in order:

cat ./CLAUDE.md — Read your role guide
wanman recv — Check for pending messages
wanman task list --assignee $WANMAN_AGENT_NAME — View tasks assigned to you

Messages

Command	Description
`wanman send <agent> "<message>"`	Send a normal message
`wanman send <agent> "<message>" --steer`	Urgent message (interrupts the target agent's current work)
`wanman send human --type decision "<message>"`	Ask the human to make a decision
`wanman send human --type blocker "<message>"`	Tell the human what is blocking progress
`wanman recv`	Receive pending messages
`wanman escalate "<message>"`	Escalate to the CEO agent

Note: --steer forcefully interrupts the target agent's process and restarts it. Use only in urgent situations. Prefer explicit --type decision|blocker when sending to human, so the product can render the right card.

Tasks

wanman task create "<title>" --assign <agent> [--priority 1-10] [--after id1,id2] [--desc "<description>"]
wanman task list [--status <pending|in_progress|done|blocked>] [--assignee <agent>]
wanman task get <id>
wanman task update <id> --status <in_progress|blocked|done> [--result "<text>"]
wanman task done <id> "<result>"

--after: Declare dependencies (comma-separated task IDs); the task will not execute until dependencies are complete
--priority: 1 = highest, 10 = lowest
task done is a shortcut for task update --status done --result

Artifacts (Structured Outputs)

wanman artifact put --kind <kind> --path "<domain>/<category>/<item>" \
  --source "<source>" --confidence <0-1> [--task <id>] [--file <path>] '<metadata json>'
wanman artifact list [--agent <a>] [--kind <k>]
wanman artifact get <id>

--file: Store file contents in the database (version-controlled storage)
--source: Information source, e.g., web_search:site.com, estimate, official_data
--confidence: 0.3-0.5 (estimate) | 0.6-0.8 (data-backed) | 0.9+ (authoritative source)

Context (Cross-Agent Shared Key-Value Store)

wanman context set <key> "<value>"
wanman context get <key>

Used to share blueprints, summaries, and other information needed across agents.

Hypothesis Tracking

wanman hypothesis create "<title>" [--rationale "<text>"]
wanman hypothesis list [--status <proposed|active|validated|rejected>]
wanman hypothesis update <id> --status <validated|rejected> [--outcome "<text>"] [--evidence <artifact-ids>]

Agent Management

wanman agents                              # List all agents and states
wanman agents spawn <template> [name]      # Spawn a clone (e.g. feedback-2)
wanman agents destroy <name>               # Destroy a dynamic clone

Standard Workflow

wanman task update <id> --status in_progress
Do the work, write outputs to the ./output/ directory
wanman task done <id> "completion description"
wanman send ceo "Task complete: <title>, output: output/<filename>"

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
`WANMAN_AGENT_NAME`	Your agent name (set automatically)
`WANMAN_URL`	Supervisor address (default `http://localhost:3120`)