Paseo

Loop Commands

Iterative worker loops: launch a worker agent, verify its output, repeat until done.

# Start a loop
paseo loop run "<worker prompt>" [options]
  --verify "<verifier prompt>"      # Verifier agent prompt
  --verify-check "<command>"        # Shell command that must exit 0 (repeatable)
  --name <name>                     # Optional loop name
  --sleep <duration>                # Delay between iterations (30s, 5m)
  --max-iterations <n>              # Maximum number of iterations
  --max-time <duration>             # Maximum total runtime (1h, 30m)
  --provider <provider/model>        # Worker agent provider/model (e.g. codex/gpt-5.4)
  --verify-provider <provider/model> # Verifier agent provider/model (e.g. claude/opus)
  --archive                         # Archive agents after each iteration

# Manage loops
paseo loop ls                       # List all loops
paseo loop inspect <id>             # Show loop details and iterations
paseo loop logs <id>                # Stream loop logs
paseo loop stop <id>                # Stop a running loop

Schedule Commands

Recurring time-based execution: run a prompt on a cron or interval schedule.

# Create a schedule
paseo schedule create "<prompt>" [options]
  --every <duration>                # Fixed interval (5m, 1h)
  --cron <expr>                     # Cron expression
  --name <name>                     # Optional schedule name
  --target <self|new-agent|id>      # Run target
  --max-runs <n>                    # Maximum number of runs
  --expires-in <duration>           # Time to live for schedule

# Manage schedules
paseo schedule ls                   # List schedules
paseo schedule inspect <id>         # Inspect a schedule
paseo schedule logs <id>            # Show recent run logs
paseo schedule pause <id>           # Pause a schedule
paseo schedule resume <id>          # Resume a paused schedule
paseo schedule delete <id>          # Delete a schedule

Chat Commands

Asynchronous agent coordination through persistent chat rooms.

# Create a chat room
paseo chat create <name> --purpose "<description>"

# List and inspect rooms
paseo chat ls
paseo chat inspect <name-or-id>

# Post a message
paseo chat post <room> "<message>"
paseo chat post <room> "<message>" --reply-to <msg-id>
paseo chat post <room> "@<agent-id> <message>"
paseo chat post <room> "@everyone <message>"

# Read messages
paseo chat read <room>
paseo chat read <room> --limit <n>
paseo chat read <room> --since <duration-or-timestamp>
paseo chat read <room> --agent <agent-id>

# Wait for new messages
paseo chat wait <room>
paseo chat wait <room> --timeout <duration>

# Delete a room
paseo chat delete <name-or-id>

Terminal Commands

Manage workspace terminals: create, inspect, send keystrokes, capture output.

# List terminals (scoped to current directory by default)
paseo terminal ls                    # Terminals in current directory
paseo terminal ls --all              # All terminals across all workspaces
paseo terminal ls --cwd ~/dev/myapp  # Terminals in a specific directory

# Create a terminal
paseo terminal create                          # In current directory
paseo terminal create --cwd ~/dev/myapp        # In a specific directory
paseo terminal create --name "build-runner"    # With a custom name

# Kill a terminal (supports short ID prefixes and name matching)
paseo terminal kill <terminal-id>
paseo terminal kill abc123           # Short prefix
paseo terminal kill build-runner     # By name

# Capture terminal output as plain text (like tmux capture-pane -p)
paseo terminal capture <terminal-id>               # Visible pane only, ANSI stripped
paseo terminal capture <terminal-id> --scrollback   # Full scrollback + visible
paseo terminal capture <terminal-id> -S             # Short form of --scrollback
paseo terminal capture <terminal-id> --start 0 --end 10   # Line range (tmux-style)
paseo terminal capture <terminal-id> --start -5     # Last 5 lines
paseo terminal capture <terminal-id> --ansi         # Preserve ANSI escape codes
paseo terminal capture <terminal-id> --json         # JSON output with metadata

# Send keystrokes (like tmux send-keys)
paseo terminal send-keys <terminal-id> "ls -la" Enter
paseo terminal send-keys <terminal-id> "echo hello" Enter
paseo terminal send-keys <terminal-id> C-c          # Ctrl+C
paseo terminal send-keys <terminal-id> C-d          # Ctrl+D
paseo terminal send-keys <terminal-id> --literal "raw text"  # No special token interpretation

Special key tokens (interpreted by default, use --literal to send raw): Enter, Tab, Escape, Space, BSpace, C-c, C-d, C-z, C-l, C-a, C-e

Common pattern — launch a process and interact with it:

id=$(paseo terminal create --name "my-shell" -q)
paseo terminal send-keys "$id" "claude" Enter
sleep 5
paseo terminal capture "$id" --scrollback   # See what happened
paseo terminal send-keys "$id" "Hello!" Enter
sleep 10
paseo terminal capture "$id" --scrollback   # See the response
paseo terminal send-keys "$id" "/exit" Enter
paseo terminal kill "$id"

Available Models

Claude (default provider):

• --provider claude/haiku — Fast/cheap, ONLY for tests (not for real work)
• --provider claude/sonnet — Good for most tasks
• --provider claude/opus — For harder reasoning, complex debugging

Codex:

• --provider codex/gpt-5.4 — Latest frontier agentic coding model (preferred for all engineering tasks)
• --provider codex/gpt-5.4-mini — Cheaper, faster, but less capable

Permissions

Always launch agents fully permissioned. Use --mode bypassPermissions for Claude and --mode full-access for Codex. Always specify the model: --provider claude/opus, --provider codex/gpt-5.4, etc. Control behavior through strict prompting, not permission modes.

Waiting for Agents

Both paseo run and paseo wait block until the agent completes. Trust them.

• paseo run waits forever by default (no timeout). Use --wait-timeout to set a limit.
• paseo wait also waits forever by default. Use --timeout to set a limit.
• Agent tasks can legitimately take 10, 20, or even 30+ minutes. This is normal.
• When a wait times out, just re-run paseo wait <id> — don't panic, don't start checking logs.
• Do NOT poll with paseo ls, paseo inspect, or paseo logs in a loop to "check on" the agent.
• Never launch a duplicate agent because a wait timed out. The original is still running.

Composing Agents in Bash

paseo run blocks by default and --output-schema returns structured JSON, making it easy to compose agents in bash loops and pipelines.

Detach + wait pattern for parallel work:

api_id=$(paseo run -d --name "impl-api" "implement the API" -q)
ui_id=$(paseo run -d --name "impl-ui" "implement the UI" -q)

paseo wait "$api_id"
paseo wait "$ui_id"