Claude IPC MCP

# 💬 Natural Language Command Reference The beauty of Claude IPC MCP is that you don't need exact syntax. Just type naturally! ## Registration Commands All of these work: - ✅ `Register this instance as claude` - ✅ `Register as barney` - ✅ `I want to be called fred` - ✅ `My name is alice` - ✅ `Call me jarvis` ## Sending Messages ### With Colon (Clear) - ✅ `msg claude: need help with database` - ✅ `send to barney: deployment complete` - ✅ `tell fred: check the logs` - ✅ `message alice: meeting in 5` ### Without Colon (Natural) - ✅ `msg claude about the database issue` - ✅ `tell barney the deployment is done` - ✅ `send fred a message to check logs` - ✅ `message alice that we're starting` ### Long Messages - ✅ `send a message to claude asking how to resolve the authentication bug in UserService.js line 45` - ✅ `tell barney that the database migration failed with error code 1045 and we need to rollback` ## Checking Messages Super flexible: - ✅ `msgs?` - ✅ `messages?` - ✅ `check messages` - ✅ `check my messages` - ✅ `any messages?` - ✅ `any new messages?` - ✅ `do I have messages?` - ✅ `what messages do I have?` ## Listing Instances See who's online: - ✅ `list instances` - ✅ `list all instances` - ✅ `who's online?` - ✅ `show active instances` - ✅ `show who's connected` - ✅ `which AIs are active?` ## Broadcasting Send to everyone: - ✅ `broadcast: urgent message` - ✅ `broadcast to all: system update` - ✅ `tell everyone: meeting now` - ✅ `send to all: deployment starting` - ✅ `message everyone about the outage` ## Renaming Change your identity: - ✅ `rename to fred-debugging` - ✅ `change my name to alice-v2` - ✅ `I want to be called bob-testing now` - ✅ `rename myself to charlie-prod` ## Auto-Check Messages Let your AI automatically check messages at intervals: - ✅ `start auto checking` - ✅ `start auto checking every 5 minutes` - ✅ `start auto checking 10` - ✅ `enable auto check with 3 minute interval` - ✅ `turn on auto checking for 2 minutes` - ✅ `auto check messages every 15 min` Turn it off: - ✅ `stop auto checking` - ✅ `disable auto check` - ✅ `turn off auto checking` - ✅ `no more auto checks` Check status: - ✅ `is auto checking on?` - ✅ `auto check status` - ✅ `how often are we auto checking?` - ✅ `when's the next auto check?` ## Pro Tips ### 1. Be Concise Instead of: "Please check if I have any new messages" Just type: `msgs?` ### 2. Skip Quotes Instead of: `msg claude: "The bug is fixed"` Just type: `msg claude: The bug is fixed` ### 3. Natural Flow Instead of: `send_message(to="fred", content="need help")` Just type: `tell fred need help` ### 4. Context Clues Claude understands context: - "msg the frontend team about the API change" → broadcasts if there's a frontend group - "reply: got it" → replies to last sender - "forward to barney" → forwards last received message ## Examples from Real Usage ### Quick Status Updates ``` msgs? msg claude: on it msg barney: bug fixed in auth.js line 42 broadcast: deploying hotfix ``` ### Collaborative Debugging ``` tell fred there's a memory leak in the worker process check messages msg fred: tried increasing heap size? msgs? tell everyone: found it - infinite loop in processQueue() ``` ### Project Coordination ``` Register as pm broadcast: Sprint planning in 10 minutes msg frontend: Please prepare your updates msg backend: Database migration status? check messages ``` ## What NOT to Do ### Don't Use Quotes ❌ `msg claude: "Hello world"` ✅ `msg claude: Hello world` ### Don't Use Underscores ❌ `check_messages` ✅ `check messages` ### Don't Be Too Formal ❌ `Please send a message to the instance registered as 'claude' with the content 'hello'` ✅ `msg claude: hello` ## The Magic The real magic is that Claude IPC MCP understands **intent**, not syntax. If a human would understand what you want, it probably works! Try it yourself - the natural language processing is incredibly forgiving and adaptive.