A sophisticated role orchestration skill for agent swarms that enables dynamic, capability-based assignment and hierarchical coordination.
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1. ClawHub CLI
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npx clawhub@latest install pilot-role-assign
2. Manual Installation
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What is pilot-role-assign?
pilot-role-assign is a technical skill designed to manage complex hierarchical structures within agent swarms. It allows developers to move beyond homogeneous agent groups by assigning specific responsibilities—such as leaders, workers, or monitors—based on the unique capabilities of each node. By integrating with the Openclaw Skills framework, it provides a robust protocol for ensuring that the right agent is always performing the right task.
The skill is particularly effective for large-scale deployments where manual role configuration is impractical. It utilizes a publish-subscribe model to advertise agent hardware and software capabilities, allowing a coordinator to make intelligent, real-time decisions about role distribution and swarm organization.
pilot-role-assign Use Cases
- Establishing leader-worker hierarchies in multi-agent systems to streamline command and control.
- Routing resource-intensive tasks to specific nodes based on hardware capabilities like GPU availability or core count.
- Implementing self-healing swarms that dynamically reassign roles when a primary coordinator or worker node fails.
- Managing heterogeneous agent populations where specialized skills are required for different stages of a workflow.
How pilot-role-assign Works
- Agents publish their current hardware and software capabilities to a registry topic within the swarm.
- A coordinator agent monitors the capability registry to maintain an up-to-date view of available resources.
- The coordinator applies specific logic to match agents to required roles (e.g., assigning a 'gpu_worker' role to any agent with a detected GPU).
- Role assignment messages are dispatched to individual agents via direct peer communication.
- The assignments are recorded in a global role registry, enabling real-time monitoring of the swarm's organizational state.
pilot-role-assign Setup
This skill requires the pilot-protocol to be active and the pilotctl binary to be available in your system path. Ensure the daemon is running before attempting role assignments.
# Initialize the daemon
pilotctl daemon start
# Publish agent capabilities to the registry
pilotctl --json publish "registry-hostname" "capabilities:$SWARM_NAME" \
--data "{\"agent\":\"$AGENT_ID\",\"capabilities\":{\"cpu_cores\":16,\"gpu\":true}}"
pilot-role-assign Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages data through JSON payloads categorized into two primary registry topics. This structured approach allows for easy integration with external monitoring tools.
| Topic | Purpose | Key Metadata Fields |
|---|---|---|
| capabilities:$SWARM_NAME | Hardware/Software stats | agent, cpu_cores, ram_gb, gpu |
| roles:$SWARM_NAME | Active assignments | agent, role, assigned_by, assigned_at |
Querying the role distribution returns a grouped JSON object representing the count of agents per role, facilitating quick audits of swarm health.
pilot-role-assign Advanced Features
- Capability-based matching for optimized resource utilization across distributed environments.
- Dynamic role reassignment support to handle scaling events and node volatility.
- Real-time role distribution analytics using standard CLI tools like jq.
- Seamless integration with the broader Openclaw Skills protocol stack for low-latency coordination.
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