Phone a Friend
Phone a Friend is a CLI relay that lets AI coding agents collaborate by sending prompts and repository context to other AI backends. It supports Claude, Codex, Gemini, and Ollama…
Plugin bundle · by freibergergarcia
About
Phone a Friend is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by freibergergarcia. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). We first saw it on 2026-10-11 and have recorded no change since. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13.
Phone a Friend is a CLI relay that lets AI coding agents collaborate by sending prompts and repository context to other AI backends. It supports Claude, Codex, Gemini, and Ollama as relay targets. Agents can get second opinions, run multi-agent sessions with persistent communication, and stream responses in real time. It includes an interactive TUI dashboard, TOML configuration, and agentic orchestration mode for multi-agent collaboration.
What it asks for
- Installs as a plugin bundle
None of the marketplaces we read publishes its tools or the settings it asks for.
What it declares, asks for and runs, in full
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Works with
- Claude Code
From the marketplaces that list it and the MCP transport it declares, as each client documents them. We do not test plugins.
Connect
Commands and configs built only from what its marketplaces declare. We do not run them for you and do not test plugins.
As a Claude Code plugin
Built from what Claude Code: claude-plugins-community declares.
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install phone-a-friend@claude-communityWhere it is published
| Marketplace | Status | Version | Figures | Verified | First seen |
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| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community (Open the source on GitHub) | Listed | 4.2.0 | Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 10 |
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| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community (Open the source on GitHub) | Listed | 4.2.0 | Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 10 |
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What the bundle contains
As published on Claude Code: claude-plugins-community.
Skills: 2
curiosity-enginephone-a-friend
Commands: 3
curiosity-enginephone-a-friendphone-a-team
What changed
Nothing has moved on this plugin since we started watching it.
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