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cao

v2.5.3

Drive CLI Agent Orchestrator multi-agent sessions from any Agent-Plugins-compatible client. Prerequisites: the `uv` toolchain must be on PATH (the MCP server is launched via `uvx`), and a CAO API server must be running locally at http://127.0.0.1:9889 (`cao-server`). All communication is localhost-only.

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License: Apache-2.01.4k GitHub starsUpdated last week

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Install cao for Claude Code

Installs for the current user
claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install cao@agent-plugin-marketplace

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.

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Get the source manually
git clone https://github.com/awslabs/cli-agent-orchestrator

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is agent-plugin/cao/.

Plugin files

agent-plugin/cao/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
├── plugin.json
├── skills/cao-agent-routing/SKILL.md
├── skills/cao-session-management/SKILL.md
├── skills/cao-supervisor-protocols/SKILL.md
├── skills/cao-worker-protocols/SKILL.md
└── .mcp.json

Included Skills4

cao-agent-routingskills/cao-agent-routing/SKILL.md

Find and select the best installed CAO agent profile for a task before delegating with assign or handoff. Use when a supervisor needs to route coding, documentation, infrastructure, review, research, or other specialist work and the user has not already chosen an agent profile.

cao-session-managementskills/cao-session-management/SKILL.md

Interact with CAO (CLI Agent Orchestrator) — launch multi-agent sessions, check status, send follow-up instructions, unblock stuck terminals, or shut down sessions. Use when working with CAO sessions in any capacity.

cao-supervisor-protocolsskills/cao-supervisor-protocols/SKILL.md

Supervisor-side orchestration patterns for assign, handoff, and idle inbox delivery in CAO

cao-worker-protocolsskills/cao-worker-protocols/SKILL.md

Worker-side callback and completion rules for assigned and handed-off tasks in CAO

MCP servers1

cao-opsstdio
command
uvx
args
--from cli-agent-orchestrator==2.5.3 cao-ops-mcp-server

Plugin manifests2

agent-plugin/cao/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
{
  "name": "cao",
  "version": "2.5.3",
  "description": "Drive CLI Agent Orchestrator multi-agent sessions from any Agent-Plugins-compatible client. Prerequisites: the `uv` toolchain must be on PATH (the MCP server is launched via `uvx`), and a CAO API server must be running locally at http://127.0.0.1:9889 (`cao-server`). All communication is localhost-only."
}
agent-plugin/cao/plugin.json
{
  "$schema": "https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json",
  "name": "cao",
  "version": "2.5.3",
  "description": "Drive CLI Agent Orchestrator multi-agent sessions from any Agent-Plugins-compatible client. Prerequisites: the `uv` toolchain must be on PATH (the MCP server is launched via `uvx`), and a CAO API server must be running locally at http://127.0.0.1:9889 (`cao-server`). All communication is localhost-only.",
  "repository": "https://github.com/awslabs/cli-agent-orchestrator",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "keywords": [
    "orchestration",
    "multi-agent",
    "cao",
    "tmux"
  ]
}

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