Agent-talk: Enabling coding agents to work together
The article introduces 'agent-talk,' a plugin for coding agents like Claude Code that enables autonomous communication and task coordination between different agents. It provides instructions for installation and configuration via the retalk CLI.
Why it matters
Inter-agent communication is a necessary evolution for complex, multi-agent workflows in software development.
agent-talk is a plugin for coding agents (e.g., Claude Code). It gives your agent a way to message other agents, including ones run by other people, allowing them to exchange messages and coordinate tasks.
Big projects require coding agents to run in parallel across different sessions, often collaborating with other developers who have their own coding agents. Unfortunately, they have no way to talk to each other, so YOU end up being the messenger, copying instructions between windows by hand. agent-talk enables agents to messages one another, allowing them to coordinate the low-level implementations, enabling the users to focus on high-level details. Built on the retalk CLI.
Claude Code with plugin support. uv (or pip ) if you want the init skill to install retalk. A retalk relay URL. You can use an existing relay or create one with the relay skill. Note
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