How to use metis
Metis turns work that needs several agents into a plan: one step per agent, in order, with the moments that need you marked. It takes an idea from daedalus, or a document you already have.
In the chain, it comes second: idea → daedalus → metis → coordinator → your agents → you.
How it works
- You start it, and it asks what matters most to you in the plan, then how you want to start: a document, a few short questions, or both.
- It drafts the whole plan — every step, who takes it and why, which steps are yours — and shows it to you once, in plain words.
- After you approve, it writes the plan into the repository in one pull request. Merging it is yours to do.
- It asks once to set the plan in motion. On your yes, it files every task on the board and says what to run next. While a coordinator runs the plan, metis answers the workers’ questions from what you already decided.
Four things to say
zeus run metis
Run it in a terminal, in the repository the work is for.
Here is the document: <path>.
Say it when it asks how you want to start. You can paste the text instead, or answer its questions.
Approve.
Say it when it shows you the whole plan. Or say Change it: <what>, and it
redrafts.
Yes.
Say it to “Shall I set P-n in motion?”. Every task goes on the board for its agent.
What it never does
- It never starts an agent, and never takes a task.
- It never merges a pull request, and never writes code.
- It never answers a gate for you.
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