Code Cog - The First Coding Agent Designed for Agents

A coding sub-agent that works directly on your machine — understands the codebase, plans changes, and iterates until the code works.

Prerequisites

This skill requires the cellcog skill for SDK setup and API calls, plus CellCog Desktop (Co-work) for machine access.

clawhub install cellcog
clawhub install cowork-cog  # Setup guide for CellCog Desktop

Read the cellcog skill first for SDK setup. This skill shows you what's possible.

OpenClaw agents (fire-and-forget — recommended for long tasks):

result = client.create_chat(
    prompt="[your task prompt]",
    notify_session_key="agent:main:main",
    task_label="my-task",
    chat_mode="agent core",  # Lightweight context for coding
    enable_cowork=True,
    cowork_working_directory="/path/to/project",
)

All other agents (blocks until done):

result = client.create_chat(
    prompt="[your task prompt]",
    task_label="my-task",
    chat_mode="agent core",
    enable_cowork=True,
    cowork_working_directory="/path/to/project",
)

See the cellcog mothership skill for complete SDK API reference.

What CellCog Has Internally

1. Direct Machine Access — Terminal commands and file operations executed on the user's actual machine via CellCog Desktop bridge.
2. Codebase Understanding — Reads project structure, AGENTS.md/README.md, and explores files before making changes.
3. Iterative Execution — Plans multi-file changes, executes, tests, and self-corrects through agent threads.
4. Multimedia On-Demand — Starts lightweight for coding, loads image/video/audio tools only when needed.

What You Can Do

• Code generation and implementation
• Bug debugging and fixing
• Code refactoring and optimization
• Codebase exploration and documentation
• Terminal operations (build, test, deploy)
• Multi-file changes across a project
• Development workflow automation

Requirements

• CellCog Desktop must be installed and connected (see cowork-cog for setup)
• Chat mode: "agent core" (lightweight, coding-optimized)
• Co-work enabled: enable_cowork=True with cowork_working_directory

Related Skills

• cowork-cog — Setup guide for CellCog Desktop
• project-cog — Knowledge workspaces for project context