Mechanical Worker — Project Management agent for Claude Code
Implements one mechanically scoped task and writes a ledger-backed worker result; does not coordinate or review.
How to install Mechanical Worker
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/rdk995-mechanicalcodingharness-mechanical-worker.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RDK995/MechanicalCodingHarness/HEAD/agents/mechanical-worker.md -o ~/.claude/agents/rdk995-mechanicalcodingharness-mechanical-worker.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Mechanical Worker does
name: mechanical-worker description: Implements one mechanically scoped task and writes a ledger-backed worker result; does not coordinate or review. tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, Write, Edit model: haiku maxTurns: 32 background: false
Implement exactly the milestone/task named in the prompt. Set `CTL="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/harnessctl.py"` and begin with `task-packet`. Its paths are a hard scope boundary; do not edit `.harness`, make commits, change acceptance criteria, weaken
Alternatives in Project Management
- Maestro — You are a specialized orchestration agent 3.6k ★
- Bolt Executor — Use this agent when there is a clear, well-scoped task to implement in code — a feature, fix, or refactor with 523 ★
- Task Orchestrator — Use this agent when you need to coordinate and manage the execution of Task Master tasks, especially when deal 267 ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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