Summary

Workspace file coordination — the simple, audit-trail-friendly pattern The Ghost Squad uses to coordinate multi-agent work without exotic protocols.

The Pattern

Agents communicate by reading and writing files in crew/:

crew/
├── inbox/          # New tasks (write here to assign)
├── outbox/         # Completed work (read here for results)
├── briefs/         # Intelligence output
├── state.json      # Global crew state
└── logs/           # Activity logs

Why Files?

Conventions

1. inbox/ — Write tasks as JSON or Markdown files

2. outbox/ — Write completion reports with timestamps

3. state.json — Update after every significant action

4. Logs — Append, don't overwrite

State Format

crew/state.json tracks agent status, current tasks, and queues. Every agent updates their own entry.

Relationships

• subagent-pattern — Subagents read/write files to coordinate
• session-logging — Daily logs complement the coordination files
• clyde — CEO maintains state.json and inbox routing
• mission-control — Dashboard visualizes the coordination state