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CLI Usage

This page documents the gt command-line interface. The help output below is automatically generated from the installed version of Gas Town v0.5.0.

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Command Reference

Gas Town (gt) manages multi-agent workspaces called rigs.
It coordinates agent spawning, work distribution, and communication
across distributed teams of AI agents working on shared codebases.
Usage:
gt [command]
Work Management:
bead Bead management utilities
cat Display bead content
close Close one or more beads
commit Git commit with automatic agent identity
convoy Track batches of work across rigs
done Signal work ready for merge queue
formula Manage workflow formulas
gate Gate coordination commands
handoff Hand off to a fresh session, work continues from hook
hook Show or attach work on your hook
mol Agent molecule workflow commands
mq Merge queue operations
orphans Find lost polecat work
park Park work on a gate for async resumption
ready Show work ready across town
release Release stuck in_progress issues back to pending
resume Resume from parked work or check for handoff messages
show Show details of a bead
sling Assign work to an agent (THE unified work dispatch command)
synthesis Manage convoy synthesis steps
trail Show recent agent activity
unsling Remove work from an agent's hook
Agent Management:
agents Switch between Gas Town agent sessions
boot Manage Boot (Deacon watchdog)
callbacks Handle agent callbacks
deacon Manage the Deacon (town-level watchdog)
dog Manage dogs (cross-rig infrastructure workers)
mayor Manage the Mayor (Chief of Staff for cross-rig coordination)
polecat Manage polecats (ephemeral workers, one task then nuked)
refinery Manage the Refinery (merge queue processor)
role Show or manage agent role
session Manage polecat sessions
witness Manage the Witness (per-rig polecat health monitor)
Communication:
broadcast Send a nudge message to all workers
dnd Toggle Do Not Disturb mode for notifications
escalate Escalation system for critical issues
mail Agent messaging system
notify Set notification level
nudge Send a synchronous message to any Gas Town worker
peek View recent output from a polecat or crew session
Services:
daemon Manage the Gas Town daemon
down Stop all Gas Town services
shutdown Shutdown Gas Town with cleanup
start Start Gas Town or a crew workspace
up Bring up all Gas Town services
Workspace:
crew Manage crew workers (persistent workspaces for humans)
git-init Initialize git repository for a Gas Town HQ
init Initialize current directory as a Gas Town rig
install Create a new Gas Town HQ (workspace)
namepool Manage polecat name pools
rig Manage rigs in the workspace
worktree Create worktree in another rig for cross-rig work
Configuration:
account Manage Claude Code accounts
completion Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
config Manage Gas Town configuration
disable Disable Gas Town system-wide
enable Enable Gas Town system-wide
hooks List all Claude Code hooks in the workspace
issue Manage current issue for status line display
plugin Plugin management
shell Manage shell integration
theme View or set tmux theme for the current rig
uninstall Remove Gas Town from the system
Diagnostics:
activity Emit and view activity events
audit Query work history by actor
checkpoint Manage session checkpoints for crash recovery
costs Show costs for running Claude sessions [DISABLED]
dashboard Start the convoy tracking web dashboard
doctor Run health checks on the workspace
feed Show real-time activity feed from beads and gt events
help Help about any command
info Show Gas Town information and what's new
log View town activity log
patrol Patrol digest management
prime Output role context for current directory
seance Talk to your predecessor sessions
stale Check if the gt binary is stale
status Show overall town status
thanks Thank the human contributors to Gas Town
version Print version information
whoami Show current identity for mail commands
Additional Commands:
cycle Cycle between sessions in the same group
tap Claude Code hook handlers
town Town-level operations
Flags:
-h, --help help for gt
-v, --version version for gt
Use "gt [command] --help" for more information about a command.