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Herdr skill

herdrherdrdev/herdrskills/herdr/SKILL.md

Control Herdr, a terminal multiplexer for coding agents. Use only when the user explicitly mentions Herdr or asks to use Herdr to inspect or control panes, tabs, workspaces, commands, or another agent. Do not use merely because a task could benefit from a background terminal, delegation, or parallel work. Requires HERDR_ENV=1.

45kApache-2.0

always on

74 tokname + description

once used

3,189 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

0

installs

71kskills.sh

Install the Herdr skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/herdrdev/herdr --skill herdr

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/herdrdev/herdr.git /tmp/herdr
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/herdr/skills/herdr ~/.claude/skills/herdr

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

WhenWhat loadsCost
Every sessionName and description74 tok
When the agent uses itThe SKILL.md instructions3,189 tok
Only if openedNo bundled files—

Until it is used, herdr costs about 18× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Installing all 4 skills from herdrdev/herdr would load 252 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

Our checks found nothing to flag: it follows the Agent Skills specification's naming and size guidelines and doesn't pipe downloads into a shell.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

  • Herdr
  • Learn the current CLI
  • Understand layout, panes, and agents
  • Use IDs and caller context
  • Start and coordinate an agent
  • Run an ordinary command in another pane
  • Safety and coordination rules

More skills from herdrdev/herdr

All skills in this repo
  1. herdr-pre-release-auditherdrdev/herdr

    Audit herdr release readiness by comparing commits since the base release against next-release changelog and docs. Use when asked to run or apply the repo's pre-release audit, validate docs/next before release, inspect issue refs that release CI will close, or finalize release docs for herdr.

    45k65 tok idle · 175 in use
  2. herdr-throwaway-reproherdrdev/herdr

    Create and control a disposable named Herdr session from inside an existing Herdr session. Use for isolated Herdr runtime, pane, terminal, process, API, persistence, or agent reproductions that should be driven through the CLI/API without touching the default session.

    45k60 tok idle · 1,899 in use
  3. triageherdrdev/herdr

    Triage open herdr GitHub issues into a concise decision-first Markdown table. Use when the user says "triage", asks to triage open issues, asks which issues need attention, or wants issue priority/recommendation lights for herdr.

    45k53 tok idle · 447 in use