babysitter

a5c-ai/babysitter

Babysitter enforces obedience on agentic workforces and enables them to manage extremely complex tasks and workflows through deterministic, hallucination-free self-orchestration

Install

GitHub: a5c-ai/babysitter
Website: a5c.ai
Stars: ★ 1.9k
License: MIT
Language: JavaScript
Last push: Sep 16, 2026
Topics: agent-orchestration · agentic-ai · agentic-workflow · ai-automation · babysitter

Good for

Define a workflow in code and have agents follow each step exactly
Set quality gates in the process that must pass before progressing
Require human approval at breakpoints and record every decision in an immutable journal
Use the host-side adapters CLI to run any supported harness straight from your shell

Getting started

Install the main CLI with npm install -g @a5c-ai/babysitter
To run a harness from your shell, install @a5c-ai/adapters-cli and use adapters doctor and adapters run
In Claude Code run claude plugin marketplace add a5c-ai/babysitter-claude, then claude plugin install --scope user babysitter@a5c.ai
Restart and type /skills to confirm babysit appears

Before you install

Requires Node.js 20+ (22.x LTS recommended); the host-side adapters CLI needs 22.13.0+, plus a supported AI coding harness. Since v6 it works with 12 harnesses.

Summarized by AI from the project docs; check the official docs before relying on it.

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