Learn Port Daddy

From your first port claim to orchestrating a fleet of AI agents. Tutorials that take you from zero to production-ready workflows.

01

Your First 5 Minutes with Port Daddy

Install Port Daddy, claim your first stable port, and never manually track port numbers again. Covers installation (npm, Homebrew, npx), the daemon, semantic naming, framework detection, and the web dashboard.

8 min read Beginner
02

Orchestrating 5 AI Agents Without Losing Your Mind

Coordinate multiple Claude, Cursor, and Aider agents working in parallel. Learn sessions, file claims, pub/sub messaging, distributed locks, agent registration, and the salvage system for dead agents.

15 min read Intermediate
03

Share Your Local Dev Server in 30 Seconds

Make your local development server globally accessible with one command. Covers ngrok, cloudflared, and localtunnel integration, webhook testing, mobile testing, cross-team workflows, and security best practices.

12 min read Intermediate
04

Port Daddy in a 50-Service Monorepo

Start your entire stack with one command. Deep scanning, dependency ordering, health checks, color-coded logs, environment variable injection, and branch-specific configs for massive monorepos.

14 min read Advanced
05

The Port Is Already In Use: A Horror Story

Turn 2am port conflict nightmares into 5-second diagnoses. Learn pd find, pd status, pd health, the activity log, stale service cleanup, lock debugging, SQLite forensics, and the full troubleshooting checklist.

14 min read Intermediate
06

DNS Resolution

Access your dev services by hostname instead of port numbers. Register DNS records, enable /etc/hosts resolution, and use the SDK for programmatic DNS management.

10 min read Intermediate
07

Sugar Commands

One-line agent lifecycle with begin, done, and whoami. The fastest way to start and end agent work sessions, plus with-lock for safe command execution under distributed locks.

6 min read Beginner
08

Session Phases & Integration

Track progress and coordinate between agents with structured phases, integration signals, agent liveness monitoring, and project briefings. The advanced orchestration toolkit.

12 min read Advanced
09

Agent Inbox: Direct Messaging

Every registered agent has a personal inbox. Send targeted handoffs, task results, and alerts directly to the agent that needs them — without broadcasting to every pub/sub subscriber. Covers registration as inbox address, sending, reading, mark-read, clear, and choosing inbox vs pub/sub.

8 min read Intermediate