> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# agent - Coding-agent manual

Display the coding-agent manual — a guide for AI agents and automated
workflows using contree-cli.

## Help output

<div className="contree-terminal" style={{"border":"1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.15)","borderRadius":8,"overflow":"hidden","margin":"1rem 0"}}><div style={{"background":"#292929","height":24,"display":"flex","alignItems":"center","padding":"0 12px","position":"relative"}}><div style={{"display":"flex","alignItems":"center","flexShrink":0}}><span style={{"display":"inline-block","width":10,"height":10,"borderRadius":"50%","background":"#ff5f57","marginRight":6}} /><span style={{"display":"inline-block","width":10,"height":10,"borderRadius":"50%","background":"#febc2e","marginRight":6}} /><span style={{"display":"inline-block","width":10,"height":10,"borderRadius":"50%","background":"#28c840"}} /></div><div style={{"position":"absolute","left":0,"right":0,"textAlign":"center","fontFamily":"-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif","fontWeight":"bold","color":"#999"}}>\$ contree agent --help</div></div><pre style={{"margin":0,"borderRadius":0,"padding":"8px 10px","background":"#1e1e1e","overflowX":"auto"}}><code style={{"fontFamily":"JetBrains Mono, SF Mono, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Cascadia Mono, Segoe UI Mono, Roboto Mono, Oxygen Mono, Ubuntu Monospace, Source Code Pro, Fira Mono, Droid Sans Mono, Consolas, Courier New, monospace","color":"#c5c8c6","whiteSpace":"pre-wrap"}}><span style={{"color":"#61afef","fontWeight":"bold"}}>usage: </span><span style={{"color":"#c678dd","fontWeight":"bold"}}>contree agent</span><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}> \[</span><span style={{"color":"#98c379"}}>-h</span><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>]</span><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>                     </span><span style={{"color":"#98c379"}}>\[\{all,all\_commands,command,command\_safety,core,core\_workflow,execution,execution\_modes,files,files\_and\_directories,images,images\_and\_tags,output,output\_formats,profiles,sessions}]</span><br /><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>Show the manual.</span><br /><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>\`contree agent \[TOPIC]\` prints the built-in manual.</span><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>\`contree man\` is an alias.</span><br /><br /><span style={{"color":"#61afef","fontWeight":"bold"}}>positional arguments:</span><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>  </span><span style={{"color":"#98c379","fontWeight":"bold"}}>\{all,all\_commands,command,command\_safety,core,core\_workflow,execution,execution\_modes,files,files\_and\_directories,images,images\_and\_tags,output,output\_formats,profiles,sessions}</span><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>                        Manual topic (default: all)</span><br /><br /><span style={{"color":"#61afef","fontWeight":"bold"}}>options:</span><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>  </span><span style={{"color":"#98c379","fontWeight":"bold"}}>-h</span><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>, </span><span style={{"color":"#56b6c2","fontWeight":"bold"}}>--help</span><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>            show this help message and exit</span><br /><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>examples:</span><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>  contree agent</span><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>  contree agent sessions</span><br /><span style={{"color":"#c5c8c6"}}>  contree man commands</span></code></pre></div>

## Behavior

Prints instructions optimized for coding agents (Claude, Codex, etc.)
covering session management with `-S`, rollback-safe workflows, file
staging, and structured output.

Use this as a reference when building agent tool integrations or
writing `SKILL.md` prompts.