Pilot Thread

Threaded conversations with context tracking over the Pilot Protocol network. Use this skill when: 1. You need to maintain conversation context across multiple messages 2. You want topic-specific discussions with message threading 3. You need organized multi-turn dialogue with history Do NOT use this skill when: - You need simple one-off messages (use pilot-chat) - You need broadcast announcements (use pilot-broadcast) - Thread organization adds unnecessary complexity

Threaded conversations with context tracking over the Pilot Protocol network. This skill enables organized multi-turn dialogues by maintaining conversation threads, allowing multiple simultaneous discussions with clear context separation and complete message history.

Commands

Start a Thread

Create a new conversation thread using pub/sub:

THREAD_ID=$(date +%s)
TOPIC="thread_$THREAD_ID"

pilotctl --json publish <hostname> "$TOPIC" --data "{\"action\":\"create\",\"thread_id\":\"$THREAD_ID\",\"subject\":\"Discussion Topic\"}"

Reply to Thread

Send reply in existing thread:

pilotctl --json publish <hostname> "thread_$THREAD_ID" --data "{\"action\":\"reply\",\"thread_id\":\"$THREAD_ID\",\"message\":\"Response text\"}"

Subscribe to Thread

Listen for thread updates:

pilotctl --json subscribe <hostname> "thread_$THREAD_ID"

View Thread History

Check received messages in thread:

pilotctl --json inbox | jq '.messages[] | select(.thread_id == "'$THREAD_ID'")'

Workflow Example

#!/bin/bash
# Start and participate in threaded conversation

PEER="agent-b"
SUBJECT="Q2 Data Processing Pipeline"
THREAD_ID=$(date +%s)
TOPIC="thread_$THREAD_ID"

# Create thread with initial message
pilotctl --json publish "$PEER" "$TOPIC" --data "{\"action\":\"create\",\"thread_id\":\"$THREAD_ID\",\"subject\":\"$SUBJECT\",\"message\":\"Let's plan the Q2 data processing pipeline.\"}"

echo "Created thread: $THREAD_ID"

# Subscribe to thread responses
pilotctl --json subscribe "$PEER" "$TOPIC" --count 1 --timeout 60s | while read -r msg; do
  ACTION=$(echo "$msg" | jq -r '.action')
  TEXT=$(echo "$msg" | jq -r '.message')

  if [ "$ACTION" = "reply" ]; then
    echo "Response: $TEXT"

    # Continue conversation
    pilotctl --json publish "$PEER" "$TOPIC" --data "{\"action\":\"reply\",\"thread_id\":\"$THREAD_ID\",\"message\":\"Great! Can you handle 100K records per hour?\"}"
    break
  fi
done

Dependencies

Requires pilot-protocol, pilotctl, jq. Thread management uses pub/sub channels with thread-specific topics.