Agent skill

Lanes Sessions

by lanes-sh in lanes-sh/app

A skill your agent uses when managing Lanes issues or driving Claude Code sessions through the lanes MCP tools — creating issues, starting/stopping/inspecting sessions, batch-launching work across…

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Install Lanes Sessions

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lanes-sh/app --skill lanes-sessions -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lanes-sh/app lanes-sessions --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lanes-sh/app.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/lanes-desktop/skills/lanes-sessions .claude/skills/lanes-sessions && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
lanes-sessions
GitHub stars
273
Token cost
~4.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,017 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when managing Lanes issues or driving Claude Code sessions through the lanes MCP tools — creating issues, starting/stopping/inspecting sessions, batch-launching work across…

  • Managing Lanes issues
  • SKILL.md covers Verify the MCP is connected, Working inside a Lanes session, Tool inventory and Multi-session model, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls git and claude
  • Driving Claude Code sessions through the lanes MCP tools — creating issues

What it does

Lanes Sessions is an agent skill from lanes-sh/app. Use when managing Lanes issues or driving Claude Code sessions through the lanes MCP tools — creating issues, starting/stopping/inspecting sessions, batch-launching work across worktrees, reading terminal output, attaching labels and components by UUID, or moving issues across the backlog/planning/implementation/review/done columns. Skill applies whenever a request mentions "Lanes", "lanes board", "lanes issue", "lanes session", or any lanes tool name. Also applies when Claude Code is itself running inside a…

Its SKILL.md is about 4.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Git worktrees and MCP servers. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Run many CLI (Coding) Agents in parallel lanes: issues, worktrees, sessions, and loops on one board. The agentic development environment.

When your agent uses it

  • Managing Lanes issues
  • Driving Claude Code sessions through the lanes MCP tools — creating issues
  • Starting/stopping/inspecting sessions
  • Batch-launching work across worktrees

Example prompts

  • “lanes board”
  • “lanes issue”
  • “lanes session”
  • “/lanes-sessions”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 08a67bc. 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
    • claude

    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

Lanes Sessions loads about 4.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 188 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,017 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~188
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.3k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,017 words (~4,345 tokens).

“Lanes is a desktop app that puts every AI coding session on an issue board. It exposes a local MCP server (SSE on http://localhost:5353/sse) with a set of lanes_-prefixed tools for issue CRUD, session orchestration, history, and metadata lookups.”

— opening of SKILL.md by lanes-sh
name
lanes-sessions

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/lanes-desktop/skills/lanes-sessions of lanes-sh/app.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 08a67bc

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Lanes Sessions

What does Lanes Sessions do?

A skill your agent uses when managing Lanes issues or driving Claude Code sessions through the lanes MCP tools — creating issues, starting/stopping/inspecting sessions, batch-launching work across…. Lanes Sessions is an agent skill from lanes-sh/app. Use when managing Lanes issues or driving Claude Code sessions through the lanes MCP tools — creating issues, starting/stopping/inspecting sessions, batch-launching work across worktrees, reading terminal output, attaching labels and components by UUID, or moving issues across the backlog/planning/implementation/review/done columns.

When should I use Lanes Sessions?

Lanes Sessions fits situations like: managing Lanes issues; driving Claude Code sessions through the lanes MCP tools — creating issues; starting/stopping/inspecting sessions; batch-launching work across worktrees.

How do I install Lanes Sessions in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lanes-sh/app --skill lanes-sessions -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/lanes-desktop/skills/lanes-sessions in lanes-sh/app) into .claude/skills/lanes-sessions in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Lanes Sessions in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lanes-sh/app --skill lanes-sessions -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/lanes-desktop/skills/lanes-sessions in lanes-sh/app) into .agents/skills/lanes-sessions in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Lanes Sessions in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add lanes-sh/app --skill lanes-sessions -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/lanes-sessions, .gemini/skills/lanes-sessions, .github/skills/lanes-sessions and .opencode/skills/lanes-sessions in your project.

What does Lanes Sessions need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Lanes Sessions needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and claude).

Does Lanes Sessions access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Lanes Sessions safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Lanes Sessions use?

No licence was found for Lanes Sessions or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Lanes Sessions use?

About 4.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Lanes Sessions?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Lanes Sessions: Projectatlas (styler-ai/ProjectAtlas, 442 stars), Codebase Memory MCP (vincentkoc/dotskills, 108 stars), Chain Patterns (yonatangross/orchestkit, 292 stars) and Grok Build CLI Guide (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Lanes Sessions?

lanes-sh (a GitHub organization) maintains it in lanes-sh/app, which has 273 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: lanes-sh/app on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.