Solutions · Open Source

Maintainers, contributors, agents

Open source already coordinates humans across time zones. Agent fleets add writers that never sleep — they need the same kind of claimed work.

The OSS collision pattern

Maintainers run local agents; CI bots open fix PRs; contributors ship patches — often with their own agent harnesses. Without shared territory, automated work lands on the same hot files as human reviews. Conflicts that look like drive-by noise are usually missing coordination.

A territory map makes ownership visible across those roles. Exclusive leases keep concurrent agent jobs from rewriting the same paths mid-flight. Humans keep CODEOWNERS and review culture; agents get turn-taking underneath.

Contributor agents, maintainer review

Contributor agents acquire leases via managent run or MCP before edit. Maintainers see who holds what with managent status / managent watch, and keep merge gates honest with managent enforce verify-pr (or a required GitHub check) so local hook bypasses cannot land.

Managent does not replace review. It stops automated writers from colliding before the PR exists — so review time goes to judgment, not archaeology. Optional semantic checks can flag contract-risk signals; they stay advisory and scoped.

Honest early access

Managent is early access. Design partners run the coordination API, CLI, and demos today. There is no public OSS license drop on this page, no fake “used by every major foundation” claim, and no promise that leases alone eliminate every merge conflict — merge-tree verification still matters when branches diverge.

If your project already runs contributor or maintainer agents and feels the thrash, start with the manifesto, the live demo, and fleet coordination. Join the waitlist when you want design-partner access.

Where to go next

Territory map · Exclusive leases · Docs · Security