docs(agents): teach XML and multi-agent wait

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The shipped subagents skill now uses the default XML fragments directly and no longer instructs agents to add --json. It treats show as an immediate snapshot and uses wait for one or several dependencies, including finite timeout behavior and the lack of progressive streaming.

The reference docs list each wrapper-free fragment shape, explain that internal turns and provider details remain hidden, and document provider command and env precedence without inventing fromEnv or argument configuration. Top-level CLI help now includes targets and wait. The skill validator, typecheck, focused CLI and skill tests, and full test suite pass.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added the devspace agents wait command to wait for agent work to complete, with optional timeouts.
  • Added the devspace agents targets command for listing available agent targets.
  • Added support for provider-specific commands and environment settings.

• Improvements

  • Agent command output now uses compact XML by default, while JSON remains available.
  • Improved status reporting for running, timed-out, and retryable operations.
  • Updated configuration and workflow documentation with the latest commands and behaviors.

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Walkthrough

The documentation updates define provider command and environment settings, describe compact XML output for agent commands, add wait behavior, update CLI help, and align the bundled subagents skill and related guides with the revised workflow.

Changes

Subagent workflow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Provider configuration and daemon revisions docs/configuration.md, docs/local-agent-daemon.md	Documents provider executables, environment values, precedence, persistence, and daemon handling for changed provider configuration.
Agent command and output contract docs/local-agent-daemon.md, docs/agent-profile-schema.md, src/cli.ts	Documents targets, compact XML fragments, wait timeout markers, error attributes, JSON compatibility, and updated CLI help.
Bundled skill workflow skills/subagents/SKILL.md, docs/chatgpt-coding-workflow.md, docs/gotchas.md, docs/setup.md	Updates the bundled skill and related guides to use wait, XML output, immediate show snapshots, and the revised follow-up flow.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e4d64

The PR updates agent command documentation and help text, but the current version omits the supported --json flag from agents show and does not fully show the identity attributes used for target selection. These are localized usability and documentation-correctness issues, so the change is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up.

Poem

I hop through XML, neat and bright
wait keeps watch through day and night
Agents leave receipts in line
Providers hold their env just fine
This bunny finds the docs divine

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Greptile Summary

The PR updates the bundled subagent guidance and reference documentation to use compact XML fragments, distinguish immediate show snapshots from multi-agent wait, and explain provider command/environment precedence.

• Adds targets and wait to top-level CLI help, including their supported JSON options.
• Documents wrapper-free XML output, finite wait timeouts, ordering, and non-streaming behavior.
• Updates the bundled skill to use default XML output and wait on one or multiple dependencies.
• Documents provider-level command and env configuration and precedence.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge.

No blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/cli.ts	Adds top-level help entries for agents targets [--json] and agents wait ... [--json], fully addressing the previous help inconsistency.
skills/subagents/SKILL.md	Revises the bundled workflow to consume compact XML directly and use wait for single or multiple agent dependencies.
docs/agent-profile-schema.md	Documents fragment shapes, immediate snapshots, ordered multi-agent waits, timeout behavior, and hidden internal details.
docs/configuration.md	Documents provider executable and environment configuration, precedence, supported providers, and plaintext persistence considerations.
docs/local-agent-daemon.md	Updates daemon documentation for default XML output, wait semantics, configuration revisions, and diagnostic-output boundaries.

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Inline comments:
In `@skills/subagents/SKILL.md`:
- Line 18: Update the target-selection documentation around the provider/profile
fragments to show their name attributes and, for profiles, the provider
attribute emitted by devspace agents targets. Ensure examples demonstrate using
these identity values for profile-or-provider selection while preserving the
existing preference and model/effort guidance.

In `@src/cli.ts`:
- Line 421: Update the `agents show <id>` help entry in the CLI usage text to
include the supported `[--json]` option, keeping the command syntax consistent
with the existing JSON-capable agent contract.

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• docs/agent-profile-schema.md
• docs/chatgpt-coding-workflow.md
• docs/configuration.md
• docs/gotchas.md
• docs/local-agent-daemon.md
• docs/setup.md
• skills/subagents/SKILL.md
• src/cli.ts

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