---
name: coding-agent-a1dd34e7e6c6
description: "Delegate coding work to Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, or Pi as background workers; not simple edits or read-only code lookup."
metadata:
  {
    "openclaw":
      {
        "emoji": "🧩",
        "requires":
          {
            "anyBins": ["claude", "codex", "opencode", "pi"],
            "config": ["skills.entries.coding-agent.enabled"],
          },
        "install":
          [
            {
              "id": "node-claude",
              "kind": "node",
              "package": "@anthropic-ai/claude-code",
              "bins": ["claude"],
              "label": "Install Claude Code CLI (npm)",
            },
            {
              "id": "node-codex",
              "kind": "node",
              "package": "@openai/codex",
              "bins": ["codex"],
              "label": "Install Codex CLI (npm)",
            },
          ],
      },
  }
---

# Coding Agent

Use for background feature builds, PR reviews, large refactors, and issue-to-PR loops. Do not use for simple edits, read-only lookup, ACP thread-bound work, or any run inside `~/.openclaw`, `$OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR`, or active OpenClaw state dirs.

## Hard rules

- Always launch with `background:true`.
- Codex, Pi, OpenCode: use `pty:true`.
- Claude Code: no PTY; use `claude --permission-mode bypassPermissions --print`.
- Capture a real notification route before spawning.
- Worker must send completion/failure via `openclaw message send`.
- Do not rely on heartbeat, system events, or notify-on-exit.
- Monitor with `process`; do not kill slow workers without cause.
- If user asked for a specific agent, use that agent.
- If worker fails/hangs, respawn or ask; do not silently hand-code instead.
- Never checkout branches or run background coding agents in `~/Projects/openclaw`; use an isolated checkout.

## Notification block

Append this shape to every worker prompt with real values:

```text
Notification route:
- channel: <notifyChannel>
- target: <notifyTarget>
- account: <notifyAccount or omit>
- reply_to: <notifyReplyTo or omit>
- thread_id: <notifyThreadId or omit>

When finished, send exactly one completion or failure message using:
openclaw message send --channel <channel> --target '<target>' --message '<brief result>'
Add --account, --reply-to, or --thread-id only when present above.
Do not use openclaw system event or heartbeat.
```

If no trustworthy route exists, say completion auto-notify is unavailable.

## Launch forms

Write the worker prompt to a temp file first. This avoids shell quoting bugs when the required notification block contains quotes or newlines.

```bash
PROMPT=$(mktemp -t openclaw-worker-prompt.XXXXXX)
cat >"$PROMPT" <<'EOF'
Task.
<notification block>
EOF
printf 'prompt file: %s\n' "$PROMPT"
```

Use `$PROMPT` when launching from the same shell/session. If using a separate tool call, substitute the printed path.

Codex:

```bash
bash pty:true background:true workdir:/path/repo command:"codex exec - < \"$PROMPT\""
```

Claude Code:

```bash
bash background:true workdir:/path/repo command:"claude --permission-mode bypassPermissions --print < \"$PROMPT\""
```

OpenCode:

```bash
bash pty:true background:true workdir:/path/repo command:"opencode run < \"$PROMPT\""
```

Pi:

```bash
bash pty:true background:true workdir:/path/repo command:"pi -p \"$(cat \"$PROMPT\")\""
```

## Long issue-to-PR work

1. Create/reuse a GitHub issue as durable spec.
2. Include issue URL, repo, base branch, expected PR, proof, and notification route.
3. Tell worker to branch, implement, test, run review until no accepted actionable findings, open PR.
4. Return issue URL and `sessionId` immediately.
5. Monitor with `process`; cancel through Task Registry if mirrored there.

## Scratch Codex

Codex needs a trusted git repo:

```bash
SCRATCH=$(mktemp -d)
git -C "$SCRATCH" init
PROMPT=$(mktemp -t openclaw-worker-prompt.XXXXXX)
cat >"$PROMPT" <<'EOF'
Build X.
<notification block>
EOF
printf 'prompt file: %s\n' "$PROMPT"
bash pty:true background:true workdir:$SCRATCH command:"codex exec - < \"$PROMPT\""
```

## Process actions

- `list`: running/recent sessions.
- `poll`: status.
- `log`: output.
- `submit`: send input + Enter.
- `write`: raw stdin.
- `paste`: paste text.
- `kill`: terminate.

## Status to user

- Say what started, where, and `sessionId`.
- Update only on milestone, worker question, error, user action needed, or finish.
- If killed, say why.


---
Source attribution: zapabob
Original project: https://github.com/zapabob/clawdbot/blob/ef458153ddced8da7b0ac8a06b58c4ad391488f5/skills/coding-agent/SKILL.md
License: MIT
License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit
Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Mega AI Hub.

## Upstream license notice

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Peter Steinberger

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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SOFTWARE.



# Mega AI Hub resource metadata

Creator / publisher: zapabob
Original project: https://github.com/zapabob/clawdbot/blob/ef458153ddced8da7b0ac8a06b58c4ad391488f5/skills/coding-agent/SKILL.md
Attribution basis: Source repository record

Fields of work: Development & Engineering, Product Management
Roles: Backend Developer, Frontend Developer, Full-Stack Developer, Product Manager, Technical Product Manager
Specialties: API, Backend
Tools: OpenAI API, Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Pi
Country applicability: Country not specified
Classification basis: Source catalog labels
Instruction SHA-256: b5553317ed35778fe825ce44d183272ea7a79e1680d9d269f0f8386ce65486ab