Yeah that copy is pretty bad. My understanding (someone correct me if I'm wrong), but the herdr native app is an improvement over the existing TUI multiplexer, with a new API for facilitating comms between agents. Herdr is really useful if you've not tried it. I'll be giving this a go (I hadn't really been using agent comms between panes anyway, more just for workspace navigation). Seems you can think of herdr as a 'harness for your harnesses'!
replyWhat's useful about Herdr compared to tmux and claude code or codex's built in sub-agents?
replyI think i built something similar after herdr was released but i can say the reason is at least
replytmux is definitely usable but moving between workspaces/repos can be annoying if youre managing mahy many things at once. and difficult to organize. more over having agents manage other agents via tmux can lead to garbled input/output
i havent used codex. claude subagents i think arent the right comparison - the closer comparison would be claude managed agents. but i imagine one reason herdr might be better would be that you’re not stuck in the anthropic ecosystem
It adds some abstractions and a plugin architecture for extensions. I checked it out but ended up not using it. I run my own harness of harnesses over tmux centered around tasks rather than sessions.
replyI suppose it is just the convenience of having an opinionated app that works with agents out of the box, tmux could be more powerful but similar to vim vs vscode, you need to tune it in.
replyMy question also!
replyIt does read a bit like Claude was wondering around homeless in a foreign land and now has a native home. Good for him I suppose, immigration is not a fun process these days.
replyIt does sound like that now that I think about it.
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