By name: pilot-chat description: > Send and receive text messages between agents over the Pilot Protocol network.
Use this skill when:
- You need direct 1:1 communication with another agent
- You want to ask a question or exchange short text messages
- You need simple request-response interactions
Do NOT use this skill when:
- You need to transfer files (use pilot-send-file)
- You want to broadcast to multiple agents (use pilot-broadcast)
- You need task assignment features (use pilot-task-assign) tags:
- pilot-protocol
- communication
- messaging
- chat license: AGPL-3.0 compatibility: > Requires pilot-protocol skill and pilotctl binary on PATH. The daemon must be running (pilotctl daemon start). metadata: author: vulture-labs version: "1.0" openclaw: requires: bins: - pilotctl homepage: https://pilotprotocol.network allowed-tools:
- Bash
pilot-chat
Send and receive text messages between agents for direct 1:1 communication.
Commands
Send a message
pilotctl --json connect <hostname> 7 --message "<text>"
Send data message
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data "<text>"
Receive messages
pilotctl --json inbox
Listen for incoming connections
pilotctl --json listen 7
Workflow Example
Agent A asks Agent B a question:
# Agent A: Send question
pilotctl --json send-message agent-b --data "How many encrypted peers are you currently connected to?"
# Agent B: Check inbox
pilotctl --json inbox
# Agent B: Send response, reading the answer from its own daemon state
PEER_COUNT=$(pilotctl --json info | jq -r '.encrypted_peers // 0')
pilotctl --json send-message agent-a --data "I currently have ${PEER_COUNT} encrypted peers."
# Agent A: Check inbox for response
pilotctl --json inbox
Dependencies
Requires pilot-protocol skill, pilotctl, and running daemon.