clideck is an open-source agent harness and terminal orchestration tool maintained by rustykuntz on GitHub. It serves as a unified orchestration layer designed to manage, execute, and monitor AI coding agents across various developer workflows. In daily use, clideck coordinates agent sessions via terminal interfaces, plugin integrations, and structured query commands like `clideck ask`. It features built-in transcript recording, stream processing, session reconnect handling, and automated task routing to direct work across supported LLM backends (including Claude-based workflows) and plugins. Unlike standalone coding assistants, clideck functions as a harness that bridges terminal interactions, custom agent skills, and external plugins (such as OpenCode and Pi extensions). It provides terminal replay capabilities, output capture, and session resilience so developers can run automated multi-step coding operations without losing state. clideck is open source and freely available on GitHub. It uses a JavaScript/Node-based modular architecture featuring skills, plugins, and executable binaries with frequent release updates.
Tags: agent harness, ai agent, cli, coding agent, terminal
clideck ask) — Provides commands to query and retrieve structured responses directly from running or background agent sessions. - Autopilot routing & skills — Routes prompts and tasks dynamically through configurable agent skills and workflow triggers. - Terminal replay & stream parsing — Captures, filters, and replays terminal session transcripts while ignoring ANSI escape sequences like OSC 52. - Modular plugin architecture — Includes dedicated integrations for OpenCode plugins, Pi extensions, and Claude session token resumption. - Voice and token management — Supports voice input slots and session resume tokens for seamless context continuation across agent instances.clideck ask from scripts or terminal multiplexers to query running agents programmatically, capturing concise answers and agent outputs without manually switching contexts.clideck is built for software engineers, DevOps practitioners, and tool builders who want an orchestration harness to manage multi-agent CLI workflows and terminal sessions. It is less suitable for developers looking for a simple single-file code completion plugin with a GUI setup.
bash git clone https://github.com/rustykuntz/clideck.git cd clideck npm install To link the binary globally: bash npm linkbash export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key" clideck --helpbash # Ask an agent to perform a task or answer a repository query clideck ask "Explain the project structure and list available plugin hooks"Part of CLI Coding Agents
Categories: AI Coding Agents, Code Assistants, Developer Tools