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Sends a follow-up message to a running agent’s queue. The agent picks up queued follow-ups between tasks — use this to give an agent additional work after it finishes its current task, or to steer it while it is idle or sleeping. A follow-up wakes a sleeping agent.

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Synopsis

murmur queue add [flags] <slug> <description>
The description is everything after the slug. Multiple words are joined with spaces.

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Arguments

NameTypeRequiredDescription
slugstringyesThe agent’s slug.
descriptionstringyesThe follow-up message. All remaining arguments after the slug are joined into the description.
--agentstringnoOverride the agent persona for this follow-up (e.g. programmer, architect).
--taskstringnoA checklist item to include. Repeatable — pass --task multiple times to build a checklist.
--workspacestringnoWorkspace name. Overrides the value from murmur.yaml.

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Examples

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Send a follow-up message

murmur queue add fix-auth Now add integration tests for the JWT middleware

Follow-up sent to fix-auth
The agent receives this message after completing its current task.

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Follow-up with a checklist

murmur queue add fix-auth Harden the auth layer --task "Add expiry validation tests" --task "Add malformed token tests" --task "Update the README"

Follow-up sent to fix-auth
The agent receives the description along with a structured checklist of tasks.

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Override the persona

murmur queue add fix-auth Review the PR for security issues --agent architect

Follow-up sent to fix-auth
The agent processes the follow-up using the architect persona instead of its default.

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Errors

CodeMeaningWhat to do
NOT_FOUNDNo agent with that slug exists.Check the slug. Use murmur ls to list running agents.
UNAUTHENTICATEDIdentity token is missing or expired.Run murmur auth or check your murmur.local.yaml configuration.