coven-parallel-worklisted
Install: claude install-skill OpenCoven/coven
# Coven Parallel Work Protocol — OpenClaw entry point
## What this is
The **Coven Parallel Work Protocol** is a portable, harness-agnostic
contract for safely running multiple agents on the same git repo on the
same machine. It works for Codex, Claude Code, OpenClaw, Hermes, Nova,
and any future runtime — anyone who runs `git`.
This skill file is the **OpenClaw familiar's entry point**: it tells you
when to use the protocol from inside an OpenClaw session, the local
prototype tooling available, and the daily workflow.
For the full spec (harness-agnostic, no OpenClaw assumptions), read
[`PROTOCOL.md`](./PROTOCOL.md) — that's the contract any conforming
implementation must respect.
## Where this lives
- **Spec**: [`PROTOCOL.md`](./PROTOCOL.md) (in this directory; portable, will move upstream)
- **Reference prototype**: POSIX-shell scripts in `~/.openclaw/workspace/bin/cv-wt`, `cv-claim` and hook templates in this directory's `hooks/`
- **Canonical implementation (target)**: `OpenCoven/coven` — surfaced eventually as `coven wt`, `coven claim`, `coven hooks install`. **Not yet built.** Tracked upstream in [issue #167](https://github.com/OpenCoven/coven/issues/167).
- **This skill**: how an OpenClaw familiar uses the protocol day-to-day
The local prototype is intentionally a prototype. It's working code that
respects the spec, sized to fit one user's setup. Once the canonical
Coven implementation lands, this skill will redirect to it and the
prototype scripts will become a