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The commands

At the end, you know every loopgate command, and which six your coding agent uses.

Time

5 minutes to read.

You need

Loopgate on this machine: On your laptop. loopgate <command> --help says every option.

The six your agent uses

The skill teaches your coding agent these six: From your coding agent.

loopgate workflows: the shelf, every workflow on one line with its purpose.
loopgate plan <workflow> "<task>" --out launch.yaml: the run as a launch file you can edit; it starts nothing. loopgate plan launch.yaml checks an edited one.
loopgate run launch.yaml: starts it. loopgate run <workflow> "<task>" starts without a launch file.
loopgate wait <run>: returns when the run needs you, replies quietly, stops or ends. --for <seconds> returns a snapshot sooner.
loopgate decide <run> "<answer>": answers the open ask with your words: an option's number or name, Continue, Lock, yes or no.
loopgate tell <run> <step> "<text>": your words to a step, verbatim: a reply while it waits, a steer while it works, a note before it runs.

The rest are below, each written without its loopgate.

runs: your runs, here and on a runner. --q <words> finds tasks by their words.
status <run>: the track, its questions and the workbench link.
sent <run> <step>: every part of the message a step was sent. --round <n> reads an earlier round.
result <run>: the latest reply, the commits, the pull request and the cost.
inbox: every run that waits on you.
open <run>: opens the run in the workbench.
attach <run>, also watch <run>: follows the run here and answers gates; Ctrl-C detaches.
message <run> "<message>": a reply to a waiting Interactive step, or to any step after the run ends.
note <run> <step> "<text>": tells a step something for this run, from its next turn.
steer <run> "<message>": direction to an agent while it works.
pace <run> <step> auto|interactive: makes a step wait for you after each turn, or move on.
set <run> rounds <loop>=<n> budget <usd> engine <step>=<harness>/<model>[/<level>]: changes a run's setup while it runs and says when each change lands. set --help lists every change.
retry <run> <step>: retries a step that failed or was interrupted.
cancel <run>: stops the run and keeps its branch.
resume pi <file> --cwd <folder>: resumes a pi session in that folder, as bring prints it.

workflows list: the shelf with versions. --full prints every entry whole.
workflows show <id>: one workflow's YAML.
workflows check <file>: checks a workflow you wrote, then draws it.
workflows save <file>: keeps it on your shelf. --id <id> revises one you saved.
workflows open <id>: opens a saved workflow in the workbench with a fresh sign-in link.
workflows describe <workflow>: the workflow drawn, then in plain words.
workflows validate <workflow>: the validator's issues, or that it is valid.
workflows simulate <workflow>: walks its scripted routes, spending nothing and changing nothing.
workflows schema: the workflow JSON Schema.
guide: how to write a workflow, block by block. guide patterns is the shelf.
agents list: your agents.

ui: opens the workbench in your browser. --no-open prints the link.
daemon: runs the local daemon in this terminal.
doctor: checks the installation. --bundle saves private diagnostics.
engines: the coding agents found and whether each is signed in. engines install <engine> installs the tested version; engines login <engine> signs in.
login, logout and whoami: your Loopgate account on this machine.
skill install: installs the skill for Claude Code, Codex and pi.
runner: serves the workbench to your org at the runner's address.
team: your org's members with their ids, for the Slack map.
send "<what next>", bring <run> and moves: move a session to your runner, bring it back, and list the moves: Send a session.

Most commands take --json for a script or an agent; <command> --help says which. send --json needs --yes.
--on <runner> on plan and run starts on your team's runner, in its workspace with the same Git origin. Every later command follows the run there.
A gate is yours. Your agent relays it and runs decide only with your words.