Guides
Guides for running AI agents together.
Practical answers for people who run Claude Code, Codex and Grok on a Mac: how to combine them, hand work between them, and keep the questions that reach you few. Each guide is dated and checked against the current release.
Guides
Guide · 9 October 2026
An agent inbox for Claude Code, Codex and Grok
An agent inbox collects the questions your AI agents ask into 1 list, so you answer them in 1 place instead of watching every terminal. brainplane's Inbox shows 1 card per topic, answers repeat questions with your saved decisions, and sends you only what still needs you.
Guide · 9 October 2026
Answer Claude Code and Codex from your iPhone
To answer your coding agents away from your desk, pair your phone with the Mac where they run and get an alert when they need you. With brainplane you open app.brainplane.app in Safari, scan a code from your Mac, and answer cards with a 1 second hold and 5 seconds to cancel, end-to-end encrypted.
Guide · 9 October 2026
How to use Claude Code and Codex together
You can run Claude Code and Codex on the same project. The simplest setup gives both the same written context, lets 1 agent write and the other review, and checks the result before you read it. brainplane does this on your Mac with your own plans.
Guide · 9 October 2026
How to hand off work between AI coding agents
A good handoff between agents has 4 parts: a goal, the context the next agent needs, a time budget and acceptance checks that run before you see the result. brainplane calls this a checked handoff and runs it between Claude Code, Codex and Grok on your Mac.
Guide · 9 October 2026
Is it safe to let AI agents run on my Mac?
Agents like Claude Code and Codex can edit files and run commands with the permissions you give them. You stay safe with 3 habits: keep risky actions behind a human step, keep a record of every change, and keep secrets out of what agents read. brainplane adds stop cards, holds, receipts and a secret guard, and never sends, pays, deletes or deploys on its own.
Guide · 9 October 2026
How to run several coding agents on 1 Mac
To run several Claude Code, Codex or Grok sessions on 1 Mac, give each its own working copy, keep 1 shared record of decisions, and gather their questions in 1 place. Terminal tools such as tmux and herdr keep the sessions running; brainplane adds the shared brain, file claims and 1 Inbox.
Guide · 9 October 2026
Shared memory for Claude Code, Codex and Grok
To give several coding agents the same memory, keep the state of each piece of work in 1 place and let every agent read and update it through MCP. brainplane keeps 1 shared brain per topic on your Mac and serves it to Claude Code, Codex and Grok with 10 MCP tools.
Comparisons
Comparison · 9 October 2026
brainplane and Claude Squad compared
Claude Squad is a free, open source terminal app that runs several Claude Code, Codex, Gemini or Aider sessions in tmux, each in its own git workspace. brainplane is a paid Mac app that shares context between agents, checks handoffs and gathers their questions in 1 Inbox. If you only need parallel sessions in a terminal, Claude Squad is enough.
Comparison · 9 October 2026
brainplane and Conductor compared
Conductor runs parallel Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode agents in isolated workspaces on your Mac, then lets you review and combine their changes. brainplane works on what the agents know and when they need you: 1 shared brain per topic, checked handoffs between agents and 1 Inbox. They solve different parts of the job, and you can use both.
Comparison · 9 October 2026
brainplane and herdr compared
herdr is a free, open source runtime that keeps your coding agents' terminals alive, marks each pane working, blocked or idle, and lets agents drive each other. brainplane works with herdr and adds 1 shared brain per topic, checked handoffs and 1 Inbox. herdr owns the terminals; brainplane owns the context and the questions.
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