Overview
manage-channels is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nanocoai. Its author describes it as: “Wire channels to agent groups, manage isolation levels, add new channel groups. Use after adding a channel, during setup, or standalone to reconfigure.”. The project has 31k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/manage-channels`.
What manage-channels does
Wire messaging channels to agent groups. See `docs/isolation-model.md` for the full isolation model.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for manage-channels is organised into these sections:
- Assess Current State
- First Channel (No Agent Groups Exist)
- Channel Defaults: The Two-Level Model
- Wiring via ncl
- Threading override (--threads)
- Mention capability
- Wire New Channel
- Isolation Question
- Register Command
- Add Channel Group
- Change Wiring
- One-Time Check: Legacy Mis-Wired WhatsApp Groups
Installation
Add manage-channels to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/manage-channelsReview 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 — declared in the repository topics
License
manage-channels is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nanocoai/nanoclaw, an established project with 30,542 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does manage-channels do?
- Wire channels to agent groups, manage isolation levels, add new channel groups. Use after adding a channel, during setup, or standalone to reconfigure.
- How do I install manage-channels?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/manage-channels in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw before installing.
- Is manage-channels free to use?
- Yes. manage-channels 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 manage-channels work with?
- manage-channels lists Claude Code — 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.
- Where does manage-channels come from?
- manage-channels ships inside nanocoai/nanoclaw, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 30,542 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.