Worklease

Worklease coordinates cooperating coding agents working in separate local worktrees.

The backlog or provider remains authoritative. Worklease prevents local agent loops from duplicating work by assigning temporary ownership with leases, expiry, waiting, status, history, guarded commands, and recovery.

  sequenceDiagram
    participant A as Worker A
    participant W as Worklease
    participant B as Worker B
    A->>W: acquire task:demo
    W-->>A: claim granted
    B->>W: acquire task:demo
    W-->>B: already claimed
    A->>W: release
    B->>W: acquire task:demo
    W-->>B: claim granted

A lockfile protects a critical section for one process or file. Worklease coordinates work across agents and supports ownership safely over time.