Quickstart

Prerequisites

clishake is deliberately local and terminal-native. Before installing, make sure these are available:

• tmux 3.0+Required for durable agent terminals
• Homebrew or Go 1.24+Choose your installation path
• GitRecommended for per-agent worktrees

Agent CLIs are optional. The built-in mock adapter works without any external AI service.

Platform support

1. Install

# Homebrew
$ brew install --cask clishakehq/clishake/clishake

# Or install with Go
$ go install github.com/clishakehq/clishake/cmd/clishake@latest

To build from source instead:

$ git clone https://github.com/clishakehq/clishake
$ cd clishake && make install

2. Initialize a project

Run one command inside any Git repository. It creates .clishake/ and opens the interactive dashboard.

$ clishake init

3. Add your agents

Use dashboard commands or the scriptable CLI. Here, Claude builds while Codex reviews:

$ clishake agent add claude --adapter claude-code \\
    --role builder --task "Implement the API changes"

$ clishake agent add codex --adapter codex \\
    --role reviewer --task "Review backend changes"

Each editing agent gets a dedicated worktree and branch such as clishake/claude. Read-only reviewers remain in the project root by default.

4. Coordinate the work

# Direct message
$ clishake send @claude "implement the login endpoint"

# Route to a role or everyone
$ clishake send @role:reviewer "inspect auth changes"
$ clishake broadcast "status?"

# Record a shared decision
$ clishake note "integration goes through the lead"

The dashboard exposes the same controls with four views: overview, focus, live terminal grid, and filterable attributed chat.

Where to go next