Parallel agents in Zed

Post by Nesco » Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC

Charlieholtz wrote: post #102

jamie_ca wrote: post #7

I'm buying into this workflow more the more I use it, but the real gamechanger is (a) parallel threads in worktrees, with (b) enough lifecycle hooks to treat them similarly to spinning up a VM. Specifically for me that means that after I create a worktree I get some local config files copied over and Postgres duplicating my local dev and test databases so I can test in isolation, and then when I close out a worktree…

Love to hear it! (Conductor founder here). This is helpful to know - we're working on adding more agents, Copilot and OpenCode harnesses are among the most popular requests. We also recently built an escape hatch. If you turn on Settings → Experimental → Big Terminal Mode you can create new terminals in the center panel (with ⌘⇧T) and use any agent you'd like (Copilot, OpenCode, etc). It isn't the best experience bec…

Post by ianhxu » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC

ArielTM wrote: post #89

The worktree part is the easy half. Running parallel Claude Code subagents, the bottleneck is never "can they run without stomping each other's files." That's solved the moment each one has its own checkout. The hard problem is architectural consistency. Agent A renames a type to X. Agent B, in a different worktree, independently renames the same type to Y because neither saw the other's decision. When you merge, nei…

Post by jaen » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 1:24 PM UTC

edf13 wrote: post #126

Charlieholtz wrote: post #102

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Love to hear it! (Conductor founder here). This is helpful to know - we're working on adding more agents, Copilot and OpenCode harnesses are among the most popular requests. We also recently built an escape hatch. If you turn on Settings → Experimental → Big Terminal Mode you can create new terminals in the center panel (with ⌘⇧T) and use any agent you'd like (Copilot, OpenCode, etc). It isn't the best experience bec…

Anyone know of a similar tool to conductor for Linux?

Post by verse » Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC

ellieh wrote: post #16

verse wrote: post #8

I personally don't love the idea of the default layout pushing aside my code and filetree to make space for AI tools I really like Zed, I use it every day. But, if I'd seen this layout when I first installed, I never would have taken it seriously I imagine this will push some new users away

> I imagine this will push some new users away I suspect it will gain them more users than it will lose Most other tools doing this are heavy, buggy, and built on electron