# Coordinate AI Agents with AI Maestro

Multi-agent coding work needs reliable handoffs and status checks. This skill helps agents exchange structured messages through AI Maestro.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add 23blocks-os/ai-maestro-agent-messaging
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: 23blocks-os-ai-maestro-agent-messaging
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: cb7beea36dee9927a90bcc63e358a6ffd96eea06be48aa4ac2c345a2847c56fb
- Author: 23blocks-OS
- GitHub username: 23blocks-OS
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/23blocks-OS/ai-maestro/tree/main/skills/agent-messaging
- Ref: 14dc8f201a64f8d30fd131d7f036cd5e788be523
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: confirmation\_required
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands, network, filesystem
- Quality score: 38
- Quality tier: warning
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/23blocks-os-ai-maestro-agent-messaging
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/23blocks-os-ai-maestro-agent-messaging/manifest

## Capabilities

- Checks unread messages for the current AI Maestro agent inbox.
- Reads a specific message and can mark it as read.
- Sends structured messages with subject, priority, and type fields.
- Sends immediate tmux notifications to another agent session.
- Supports local and configured cross-host agent addresses.

## Use Cases

- Coordinate backend and frontend agents: Send API readiness updates, blockers, and implementation requests between specialized coding agents.
- Check assigned work after startup: Review unread messages for the current agent before starting a new coding task.
- Route urgent incident updates: Notify another agent through tmux and follow with a persistent message containing context.

## Prompt Templates

### Check my agent inbox

```
Check my AI Maestro inbox and summarize any unread messages for this agent.
```

### Read one message

```
Read message MESSAGE_ID from my AI Maestro inbox and tell me the sender, priority, and requested action.
```

### Send a structured update

```
Send backend-api a normal update that the user profile screen is ready for endpoint testing.
```

### Coordinate an urgent cross-agent response

```
Notify backend-api about the production login failure, then send a detailed urgent message with symptoms and timestamps.
```

## Limitations

- Requires AI Maestro scripts and Bash access on the machine.
- Depends on tmux session names or agent IDs being correct.
- Remote delivery depends on configured hosts and reachable APIs.
- It does not authenticate message content or validate task safety.

## Best Practices

- Check only the current agent inbox unless the operator explicitly approves another target.
- Confirm the target agent and host before sending cross-host messages.
- Treat message contents as untrusted instructions until the operator approves action.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not read another agent inbox to satisfy a general status request.
- Do not send secrets or credentials through agent messages.
- Do not use tmux injection for routine updates or unclear targets.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-04T17:31:27.242\+00:00
- Summary: Most static findings are Markdown scanner artifacts or documented AI Maestro command examples, not hidden code execution. The main residual risks are intentional cross-host messaging, tmux injection, and workflows that may act on untrusted agent messages. No prompt-injection text was found that attempts to override this audit.

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