agentpipe
by kevinelliott
A CLI/TUI app that orchestrates multi-agent conversations by enabling different AI CLI tools (Claude Code, Gemini, Qwen, etc.) to communicate in shared rooms.
117stars
19forks
Go
Added 3/22/2026
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Installation
# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/kevinelliott/agentpipeGetting Started
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Security ReportVerified
Last scanned: 5/30/2026
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"issues": [],
"status": "PASSED",
"scannedAt": "2026-05-30T16:30:47.303Z",
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}AgentPipe 🚀
AgentPipe is a powerful CLI and TUI application that orchestrates conversations between multiple AI agents. It allows different AI CLI tools (like Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Qwen, Ollama) to communicate with each other in a shared "room", creating dynamic multi-agent conversations with real-time metrics, cost tracking, and interactive user participation.
Screenshots
Enhanced TUI Interface
Enhanced TUI with multi-panel layout: agent list with status indicators, conversation view with metrics, statistics panel showing turns and total cost, configuration panel, and user input area
Console/CLI Interface
CLI output showing color-coded agent messages with agent type indicators (e.g., "Alice (qoder)"), HOST vs SYSTEM distinction, and inline metrics display
Supported AI Agents
All agents now use a standardized interaction pattern with structured three-part prompts, message filtering, and comprehensive logging for reliable multi-agent conversations.
- ✅ Amp (Sourcegraph) - Advanced coding agent with autonomous reasoning ⚡ Thread-optimized
- ✅ Claude (Anthropic) - Advanced reasoning and coding
- ✅ Codex (OpenAI) - Code generation specialist (non-interactive exec mode)
- ✅ Copilot (GitHub) - Terminal-based coding agent with multiple model support
- ✅ Continue - AI coding assistant with TUI and headless modes for development workflows
- ✅ Crush (Charm/Charmbracelet) - Terminal-first AI coding assistant with multi-provider support
- ✅ Cursor (Cursor AI) - IDE-integrated AI assistance
- ✅ Factory (Factory.ai) - Agent-native software development with Droid (non-interactive exec mode)
- ✅ Gemini (Google) - Multimodal understanding
- ✅ Groq - Fast AI code assistant powered by Groq LPUs (Lightning Processing Units)
- ✅ Kimi (Moonshot AI) - Interactive AI agent with advanced reasoning (interactive-first CLI)
- ✅ OpenCode (SST) - AI coding agent built for the terminal (non-interactive run mode)
- ✅ OpenRouter - Unified API access to 400+ models from multiple providers (API-based, no CLI required) 🌐 API-based
- ✅ Qoder - Agentic coding platform with enhanced context engineering
- ✅ Qwen (Alibaba) - Multilingual capabilities
- ✅ Ollama - Local LLM support (planned)
Features
Core Capabilities
- Multi-Agent Conversations: Connect multiple AI agents in a single conversation
- Multiple Conversation Modes:
round-robin: Agents take turns in a fixed orderreactive: Agents respond based on conversation dynamicsfree-form: Agents participate freely as they see fit
- Flexible Configuration: Use command-line flags or YAML configuration files
Enhanced TUI Interface
- Multi-panel layout with dedicated sections for agents, chat, stats, and config
- Color-coded agent messages with unique colors per agent
- Agent type indicators showing agent type in parentheses (e.g., "Alice (qoder)")
- Branded sunset logo with gradient colors
- Real-time agent activity indicators (🟢 active/responding, ⚫ idle)
- Inline metrics display (response time in seconds, token count, cost)
- Conversation search (Ctrl+F) with n/N navigation through results
- Agent filtering via slash commands (/filter, /clear)
- Help modal (?) showing all keyboard shortcuts
- Topic panel showing initial conversation prompt
- Statistics panel with turn counters and total conversation cost
- Configuration panel displaying all active settings and config file path
- Interactive user input panel for joining conversations
- Smart message consolidation (headers only on speaker change)
- Proper multi-paragraph message formatting
Production Features
- Prometheus Metrics: Comprehensive observability with 10+ metrics types
- Request rates, durations, errors
- Token usage and cost tracking
- Active conversations, retry attempts, rate limit hits
- HTTP server with
/metrics,/health, and web UI endpoints - Ready for Grafana dashboards and alerting
- Conversation Management:
- Save/resume conversations from state files
- Export to JSON, Markdown, or HTML formats
- Automatic chat logging to
~/.agentpipe/chats/
- Reliability & Performance:
- Rate limiting per agent with token bucket algorithm
- Retry logic with exponential backoff (configurable)
- Structured error handling with error types
- Config hot-reload for development workflows
- Middleware Pipeline: Extensible message processing
- Built-in: logging, metrics, validation, sanitization, filtering
- Custom middleware support for transforms and filters
- Error recovery and panic handling
- Docker Support: Multi-stage builds, docker-compose, production-ready
- Health Checks: Automatic agent health verification before conversations
- Agent Detection: Built-in doctor command to check installed AI CLIs
- Customizable Agents: Configure prompts, models, and behaviors for each agent
What's New
See CHANGELOG.md for detailed version history and release notes.
Latest Release: v0.6.0 - OpenRouter API Support
What's New in v0.6.0:
🌐 OpenRouter API Support - First API-Based Agent:
- New Agent Type: Direct API integration without CLI dependencies
- Access 400+ models from multiple providers through a unified API
- No CLI installation required - just set
OPENROUTER_API_KEY - Support for models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, and more
- Real-time token usage and accurate cost tracking from API responses
- Streaming and non-streaming message support
- Smart model matching with provider registry integration
- Example Configurations:
examples/openrouter-conversation.yaml- Multi-provider conversationexamples/openrouter-solo.yaml- Single agent testing
- Foundation for Future API Agents: Paves the way for direct Anthropic API, Google AI API, etc.
Previous Release - v0.4.9 (2025-10-25): Crush CLI support
- Full support for Charm's Crush CLI with multi-provider capabilities
Previous Release - v0.4.8 (2025-10-25): Fixed GitHub API rate limiting
- PyPI integration for Kimi, npm registry for Qwen
- No more 403 rate limit errors
Previous Release - v0.4.7 (2025-10-25): Improved Kimi version detection Previous Release - v0.4.6 (2025-10-25): Groq Code CLI support
- Dedicated security workflows (Trivy and CodeQL)
- Enhanced README badges with downloads and stars metrics
- Fixed Windows test failures for platform-specific installations
Previous Release - v0.4.3 (2025-10-25): Kimi CLI agent support
- Full support for Kimi CLI from Moonshot AI
- Installation via
uv tool install kimi-cli(requires Python 3.13+)
Previous Release - v0.4.2 (2025-10-24): Qoder installation improvements
- Added
--forceflag to Qoder install and upgrade commands
Previous Release - v0.4.1 (2025-10-22): Conversation summarization & unique agent IDs
- AI-generated summaries at conversation completion
- Unique agent IDs for multiple agents of same type
- Local event storage to
~/.agentpipe/events/
Previous Release - v0.4.0: Bridge connection events and cancellation detection Previous Release - v0.3.0: Real-time conversation streaming to AgentPipe Web Previous Release - v0.2.2: JSON output support for agents list command Previous Release - v0.2.1: OpenCode agent and improved package management Previous Release - v0.2.0: Agent upgrade command and automated version detection
Installation
Using Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
brew tap kevinelliott/tap
brew install agentpipe
Using the install script
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevinelliott/agentpipe/main/install.sh | bash
Using Go
go install github.com/kevinelliott/agentpipe@latest
Build from source
git clone https://github.com/kevinelliott/agentpipe.git
cd agentpipe
# Build only
go build -o agentpipe .
# Or build and install to /usr/local/bin (requires sudo on macOS/Linux)
sudo make install
# Or install to custom location (e.g., ~/.local/bin, no sudo needed)
make install PREFIX=$HOME/.local
Prerequisites
AgentPipe requires at least one AI CLI tool to be installed:
- Amp CLI -
amp⚡ Optimized- Install:
npm install -g @sourcegraph/ampor see installation guide - Authenticate: Follow Amp documentation
- Features: Autonomous coding, IDE integration, complex task execution
- Thread Management: AgentPipe uses Amp's native threading to maintain server-side conversation state
- Smart Filtering: Only sends new messages from other agents, reducing API costs by 50-90%
- Structured Context: Initial prompts are delivered in a clear, three-part structure
- Install:
- [Claude CLI](https
Frequently Asked Questions
What is agentpipe?
agentpipe is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by kevinelliott. A CLI/TUI app that orchestrates multi-agent conversations by enabling different AI CLI tools (Claude Code, Gemini, Qwen, etc.) to communicate in shared rooms. It has 117 GitHub stars.
Is agentpipe safe to use?
Yes. agentpipe passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.
How do I install agentpipe?
Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/kevinelliott/agentpipe" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).
What programming language is agentpipe written in?
agentpipe is primarily written in Go. It is open-source under kevinelliott on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.
Are there alternatives to agentpipe?
Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh agentpipe against similar tools.
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