Afx

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks
• Tasks that involve Git worktrees

Example prompts

• “/afx”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1git status — worktree must be clean (or use --force)
2. 2Commit specs/plans first — builders branch from HEAD and can't see uncommitted files
3. 3protocol is required for numbered spawns

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9cd8607. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • git

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Afx loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 110 tokens; SKILL.md has 733 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~110

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from cluesmith/codev at commit 9cd8607, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© cluesmith). 733 words, ~2,360 tokens.

name

afx

description

Agent Farm CLI — the tool for spawning builders, managing Tower, workspaces, and cron tasks. ALWAYS consult this skill BEFORE running any `afx` command to get the exact syntax. This prevents wasting time guessing flags that don't exist. Use this whenever you need to spawn a builder, check status, send messages, clean up worktrees, manage Tower, or run cron tasks. If you're about to type `afx` followed by anything, check here first.

afx spawn [number] [options]

afx spawn 42 --protocol spir           # SPIR builder for issue #42
afx spawn 42 --protocol aspir          # ASPIR (autonomous, no human gates)
afx spawn 42 --protocol air            # AIR (small features)
afx spawn 42 --protocol bugfix         # Bugfix
afx spawn 42 --protocol spir --soft    # Soft mode
afx spawn 42 --resume                  # Resume existing builder
afx spawn --task "fix the flaky test"  # Ad-hoc task (no issue)
afx spawn 42 --protocol spir --force   # Skip dirty-worktree check

afx send [builder] [message]

afx send 0042 "PR approved, please merge"
afx send 0585 "check the test output" --file /tmp/test-results.txt

afx interrupt <builder>

afx interrupt 0042
afx send 0042 "That producer died — stop waiting and report."

afx refresh <builder>

afx refresh 0042 --dry-run                # inspect first — touches nothing
afx refresh 0042
afx refresh 0042 --note "PR #90 merged while you were mid-phase. Rebase first."
afx refresh 0042 --interrupt-first        # builder is wedged mid-turn

afx cleanup [options]

afx cleanup -p 585              # Clean up project 585
afx cleanup -p 585 -f           # Force (unmerged branch)

afx status                      # Show all builders and workspace status

afx whoami                      # Report this terminal's identity (workspace, type, name)
afx whoami --json               # Same, as a single JSON object

afx tower start                 # Start Tower on port 4100
afx tower stop                  # Stop Tower
afx tower log                   # Tail Tower logs
afx tower status                # Check daemon and cloud connection status
afx tower connect               # Connect to Codev Cloud
afx tower disconnect            # Disconnect from Codev Cloud

afx workspace start             # Start workspace for current project
afx workspace stop              # Stop workspace processes
afx workspace add-architect --name <name>   # Add a named sibling architect terminal
afx workspace remove-architect <name>       # Remove a sibling architect (cannot remove main)
afx workspace recover           # Revive builders whose shellper died (e.g. after reboot)

afx workspace add-architect --name <name>
afx send architect:<name> "/arch-init <name>"

afx cron list                   # List all cron tasks
afx cron status <name>          # Check task status
afx cron run <name>             # Run immediately
afx cron enable <name>          # Enable
afx cron disable <name>         # Disable

name: Service Health Check      # required, unique per workspace
schedule: "*/15 * * * *"        # required, cron expression (or @hourly/@daily/@startup)
command: ./health-check.sh      # required, run via shell
message: "Health alert: ${output}"  # required, ${output} = trimmed command output
condition: "exitCode != 0"      # optional JS expression, see below
target: architect               # optional, default architect
timeout: 30                     # optional, seconds, default 30
enabled: true                   # optional, default true

afx open <file>                 # Open file in annotation viewer (NOT system open)
afx shell                       # Spawn utility shell
afx attach                      # Attach to running builder terminal
afx rename <name>               # Rename current shell session
afx architect                   # Start architect session in current terminal

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Files

Just SKILL.md in codev-skeleton/.codex/skills/afx of cluesmith/codev.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9cd8607