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Description

Call dibs on files. Coordination for parallel coding agents — file claims with expiry, enforcement hooks, and git-native lessons. One binary, no server, no database.

Installation

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open the source below and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

README

dibs

**Call dibs on files. Run parallel coding agents without collisions.**

dibs is a coordination layer for AI coding agents that share a repository: file claims with expiry, enforcement hooks, agent presence, handoff notes, and a git-native knowledge base. One static binary — no server, no database, no background processes.

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[Overview](#overview) · [Demo](#demo) · [How it works](#how-it-works) · [Installation](#installation) · [Usage](#usage) · [Enforcement](#enforcement) · [Lessons](#lessons) · [MCP server](#mcp-server) · [Comparison](#comparison) · [FAQ](#faq)

![dibs demo](docs/demo.gif)

Overview

Running several coding agents — Claude Code, Codex, Cline, Cursor — against one repository in parallel is now a common workflow, typically with one git worktree per agent. The sessions share no state: an agent cannot see what its peers are doing, and two agents that touch the same files produce silent overwrites and unmergeable diffs.

dibs provides the missing coordination primitives:

Problem What dibs does
Two agents edit the same file; last write wins. Claims are checked before editing, and hooks can block colliding edits outright.
No visibility into other sessions. dibs status lists every agent, claim, reason, and expiry.
A crashed agent l