Overview
Babysitter is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and Codex, published by a5c-ai. Its author describes it as: “Babysitter enforces obedience on agentic workforces and enables them to manage extremely complex tasks and workflows through deterministic, hallucination-free self-orchestration”. The project has 1.6k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add a5c-ai/babysitter`.
Installation
Add Babysitter to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add a5c-ai/babysitterReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — named in the skill.md
- Codex — named in the skill.md
License
Babysitter is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Established project with 1,611 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does Babysitter do?
- Babysitter enforces obedience on agentic workforces and enables them to manage extremely complex tasks and workflows through deterministic, hallucination-free self-orchestration
- How do I install Babysitter?
- Run /plugin marketplace add a5c-ai/babysitter in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter before installing.
- Is Babysitter free to use?
- Yes. Babysitter is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does Babysitter work with?
- Babysitter lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
