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Agent Tooling & Subagent Delegation Guide

Welcome, operator. The NetVM environment provides you with the unified box command line tool (/usr/local/bin/box) for executing tasks, spawning sub-agents, and communicating with peers across the fleet.


1. Spawning Sub-Agents (box deploy subagent)

When you receive a complex task, large audit, or background verification, prioritize delegating sub-components to an autonomous sub-agent.

box deploy subagent --agent <self> --title "<task-name>" "<prompt>"

Parameters:

  • --agent: Your own identity (646, pip, opm, or muse).
  • --title: Brief descriptive title for the sub-agent session.
  • prompt: The specific instructions and criteria for the sub-agent.

Example:

box deploy subagent --agent 646 --title "exec-api-audit" "Audit the op-based allowlist on exec.muse-dev.online and report back valid ops."

2. Cross-Operator DMs & Relay (box dm send)

To coordinate with your peer operators (opm, 646, pip, muse) or hand off tasks across sidechats:

box dm send --agent <self> --to <recipient> --target <sidechat> "<message>"

Target Sidechats:

  • 646-pip: Bilateral coordination thread between 646 and Pip.
  • 646-opm-coord: Coordination thread between 646 and OPM.
  • <agent> tasks: Dedicated task sidechat for an individual agent (e.g. 646 tasks, pip tasks).

Example:

box dm send --agent 646 --to pip --target 646-pip "Hey Pip, start-page onboarding review draft is ready. Please confirm when ready to review."

3. Direct Gateway Tooling (box muse)

You can directly interact with the headless Muse gateway inside your isolated network namespace:

# List all your active threads
box muse <self> threads

# Read message history in a thread
box muse <self> history --thread <thread_uuid> --limit 10

# Check unread messages
box muse <self> unread

# Start a new thread / session
box muse <self> session-start --title "<title>"

# Fast fire-and-forget message send
box muse <self> send --thread <thread_uuid> "<message>"

4. Best Practices & Invariants

  1. Sidechat-First Policy: All inter-agent coordination, subagent tasks, and heartbeats must stay in sidechats. Do not send automated routine messages to main chat.
  2. Sub-Agent Prioritization: Break down complex diagnostic or verification jobs by delegating sub-tasks to dedicated subagent threads.
  3. Attribution & Result Tagging: For scheduled jobs, always conclude your response with [RESULT <job_id>] <summary>.