loom claim

Claim a task with file declarations

loom claim

Claim a task with file declarations

Overview

Claim a task and optionally declare which files you intend to modify.

File declarations enable multi-agent coordination by preventing conflicts when multiple agents work on the same codebase.

Usage

loom claim [args]

Arguments

Argument	Required	Description
<issue-id>	Yes	The issue identifier to claim
[files...]	No	Files to lock for coordination

Examples

# Claim a task
loom claim issue-42

# Claim with file declarations
loom claim issue-42 src/auth.go src/auth_test.go

See Also

• loom compact - Run importance-weighted compaction
• loom completion - Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
• loom config - Manage configuration
• loom config-docs - Generate config documentation
• loom conflicts - Detect potential conflicts
• loom docs - Generate CLI documentation
• loom hooks - Manage lifecycle hooks
• loom locks - Show current file locks
• loom mcp - Start MCP server for Claude Code
• loom patterns - List learned patterns
• loom ready - Show prioritized ready tasks
• loom retro - Create and view retrospectives
• loom run - Start the orchestrator loop
• loom score - Show task score breakdown
• loom status - Show context usage and stats
• loom tui - Launch interactive TUI dashboard