close_workers
Gracefully terminate one or more workers. Worktree branches are preserved.
How to use it
close_workers is exposed by the Maniple MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the close_workers tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Maniple
uvx --from maniple-mcp@latest manipleOther tools in Maniple (14)
Import a discovered session into the managed registry.
Add a coordinator note to a worker (visible in listworkers output).
Quick non-blocking check if workers are idle.
Find existing Claude Code/Codex sessions running in tmux or iTerm2.
Get detailed worker status including conversation stats and last response preview.
Quick reference for the detected issue tracker (Beads or Pebbles).
List all managed workers with status. Filter by status or project.
List git worktrees created by maniple for a repository. Supports orphan cleanup.
Send a message to one or more workers. Supports wait modes: none, any, all.
Worker spawns idle, waiting for a message
Read worker event log for started/completed/stuck workers since a timestamp.
Get paginated conversation history from a worker's JSONL file.
Create workers with multi-pane layouts. Supports Claude Code and Codex agents.
Block until workers are idle. Modes: all (fan-out/fan-in) or any (pipeline).