Herdr Lantern — Development skill for Claude Code

Lantern, by Elves


**v0.12.0** is a [Herdr](https://herdr.dev) plugin (`aigora.lantern`).

From the team that brought you [Elves](https://github.com/aigorahub/elves).

**[Use Lantern teams](https://aigorahub.github.io/herdr-lantern/teams.html)** for parallel repo work, model discussions, and drivers with helpers. The guide includes copyable examples and a request builder for work through review and merge.

Herdr manages the herd. The herd is in the field. Lantern illuminates the field: who needs you, what they are working toward, jump to a pane, start a new agent. The sidebar already marks working, blocked, done, or idle. This plugin does not replace Herdr or wrap the agent CLIs.

It opens as a chat tab in its own Herdr workspace and starts the helper CLI you already use (Cursor `agent`, Devin, Claude Code, Codex, or Grok). That CLI drives `herdr`.

Requires Herdr **0.7.5+** and Python 3 on macOS, Linux, or Windows. Model routing accepts `python3`, `python`, or the Windows `py -3` launcher. Windows also needs Git for Windows. See [Windows](#windows).

Install the plugin

One command after Herdr is installed (installs the plugin and opens it):

herdr plugin install aigorahub/herdr-lantern && herdr plugin action invoke aigora.lantern.open

Or run `install.sh` from a checkout. The first lantern chat asks what to open when you just name a repo (harness, model, setting). After that, "open battle-paddle" uses that default.

If you already have a coding agent open, paste the block at the top of [the guide](https://aigorahub.github.io/herdr-lantern/).

From the marketplace / GitHub:

# If you previously used `herdr plugin link` for this repo, unlink first.
herdr plugin unlink aigora.lantern
herdr plugin install aigorahub/herdr-lantern

Local checkout while developing:

herdr plugin link /path/to/herdr-lantern

Do not run link and GitHub install at the same time for the s