water-cooler-protocol - Coordinate coding agents on a shared checkout
Coordinates multiple coding agents through occupancy leases and a committed work queue under .wcp/issues/.
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Updated: 2026-09-28Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Identify the active agent
- Inspect the work queue
- Claim source-file leases
- Write tests before claims
- Release file leases promptly
- Handle lease conflicts
- Update issue statuses
- Move tickets through workflow
Inputs
- Shared local checkout
- Agent identifier
- WCP issue queue
- Source file paths
- Test file paths
- Ticket acceptance criteria
Outputs
- Occupancy lease state
- Test files
- Source file changes
- Issue status changes
- Moved issue files
- Agent identity variables
Requirements
- WCP command-line tool
- Shared checkout write access
- Shell command execution
- Filesystem access
