---
title: "Coordinate multiple CLI agents through sessions, handoffs, and terminal control APIs with CLI Agent Orchestrator"
description: "Lets an agent supervisor spawn and steer isolated terminal-based worker agents with explicit handoff, assign, and message patterns."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/awslabs/cli-agent-orchestrator"
author: "AWS Labs"
publisher_type: "organization"
category:
  - "Templates & Workflows"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "awslabs/cli-agent-orchestrator"
  github_stars: 473
---

# Coordinate multiple CLI agents through sessions, handoffs, and terminal control APIs with CLI Agent Orchestrator

Lets an agent supervisor spawn and steer isolated terminal-based worker agents with explicit handoff, assign, and message patterns.

## Prerequisites

Python 3.10+, tmux 3.3+, uv, supported CLI developer agents

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
Install Python 3.10+, tmux, and uv, then install CLI Agent Orchestrator from the repo and configure supported CLI agents.
```

## Documentation

- https://github.com/awslabs/cli-agent-orchestrator

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/coordinate-multiple-cli-agents-through-sessions-handoffs-and-terminal-control-apis-with-cli-agent-orchestrator/)