Task coordination for
AI coding agents.

The missing protocol for autonomous developer tools. Prevent overlapping work, resolve dependencies automatically, and coordinate multiple agents on one codebase. 100% Open Source.

$ npm i -g codepakt

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codepakt dashboard — kanban board with tasks assigned to claude and codex agents

The coordination gap

Modern AI coding agents operate in isolation. When multiple agents hit the same codebase, they collide—rewriting each other's files, duplicating effort, and wasting thousands of tokens on redundant context retrieval.

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Atomic Conflicts

Two agents claim the same task? Impossible. BEGIN IMMEDIATE transactions guarantee exclusive pickup.

speed

~250 Tokens Per Call

No MCP context injection. Agents call cpk like any CLI tool. Tiny overhead.

~250

Tokens per interaction

Compare that to 5,000–8,000 tokens for MCP servers that inject full context into every call. At scale, with multiple agents running in parallel, the overhead matters.

Workflow integration

01

Install & Init

npm i -g codepakt then cpk init in your repo. No Docker, no config files.

02

Add Tasks

Create tasks with priorities and dependencies. Agents read the generated AGENTS.md to learn the protocol.

03

Agents Self-Serve

Agents pick up the highest-priority available task, do the work, and report back. You watch from the dashboard.

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Atomic Pickup

Lock mechanism that ensures a task is only claimed by one agent at a time, preventing duplicate work and git merge nightmares.

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Dependency Resolution

Tasks auto-unblock when their dependencies complete. No manual tracking.

Knowledge Base

Agents share learnings and decisions via built-in docs.

Live Dashboard

Kanban board with drag-and-drop at localhost:41920.

Efficiency Index

Feature	Standard MCP	Codepakt Protocol
Task Locking	Manual / None	Automated Protocol
Context Sharing	Re-fetched per Agent	Shared Knowledge Base
Dependency Tracking	Manual	Automatic Resolution

The Open Source Stack

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Agents

terminal

cpk CLI

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Private Server

dashboard

Web UI

100% Open Source

MIT licensed. SQLite embedded. No Docker required. Install and go.

MIT LICENSE

Generated Coordination Files

# .codepakt/AGENTS.md — auto-generated by `cpk generate`

## Agent Protocol

1. cpk task mine --agent <name>

2. cpk task pickup --agent <name>

3. cpk task show T-001

4. Do the work

5. cpk task done T-001 --agent <name> --notes "..."

## Active Agents

- claude (working on T-003)

- codex (idle)

Ready to sync?

Start coordinating your agents today. MIT Licensed.


npm i -g codepakt

cpk server start

cpk init --name my-project

cpk task add --title "First task" --priority P0

cpk task pickup --agent dev

description Get Started

Task coordination for AI coding agents.