Introduction

Claude Yard is a native desktop app that lets you run multiple AI coding agent sessions at the same time. It supports Claude Code and Codex out of the box, with a pluggable provider system for adding more agents. Open as many tabs as you need, resume past conversations from the sidebar, preview web apps in browser panels, and automate everything with the CLI or MCP tools.

What you can do

• Run sessions side by side — work on multiple tasks in parallel, each in its own terminal tab
• Mix agents — run Claude Code and Codex sessions in the same workspace
• Resume any conversation — your full session history lives in the sidebar, grouped by project
• Preview apps live — open native browser panels next to your terminals to see changes in real-time
• Orchestrate with MCP — expose Claude Yard as a tool server so other AI agents can manage your workspace
• Script with the CLI — spawn sessions, send keystrokes, and control layout from the command line

How it works

Claude Yard manages real terminal processes — each tab is a live agent CLI session (Claude Code, Codex, or a plain shell). The app reads terminal escape sequences to detect what each session is doing (running, waiting, idle) and displays that status in the sidebar in real-time.

Sessions are identified by their agent’s session ID, which persists across app restarts. Close a tab, reopen it later — the agent picks up right where it left off.

Next steps

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