by myflash13 on 7/20/25, 6:38 PM
I was really excited to try this but this does NOT work the way I expected. I wanted a simple git worktree manager for my existing, already-checked-out repository. Instead, it requests Github permissions and clones the repo from Github. This is bad, because you need to run all the dependency installs, etc. for every workspace before being able to test anything. In other words it's like Codex or Cursor Background Agents, except worse, because it's on your machine. The reason I don't use Codex or Background Agents is because my project has way too many dependencies and would take way too long (and too complicated) to install everything required to have an isolated running instance, plus there would be DNS conflicts, external API conflicts, among other issues.
What I do want is simple git worktree management for an already-checked-out repo on my machine, no Github permissions or dependency re-installation (copying node_modules, etc.).
by lvl155 on 7/20/25, 10:53 PM
So this is why Claude Code is so slow now. I am all for these but not at the cost of other more casual users. I never had to worry about Sonnet use but even that is not guaranteed. Forget Opus.
by clbrmbr on 7/21/25, 12:02 PM
From:
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree> the support for submodules is incomplete
This has been a stumbling block for me. In C firmware, there’s no package management so submodules tend to be how we bring in libraries.
My experience has been that worktrees simply do not work with submodules.
by lachances on 7/20/25, 4:58 PM
Any way to have it not require full write access to your entire GitHub account?
by Syzygies on 7/21/25, 1:38 AM
I'm in the midst of modernizing a 1994 K&R C 32-bit codebase to 64-bit C23, as a museum piece: the computer algebra system Macaulay that I coauthored, since replaced by Macaulay 2.
The horror!
On macOS my environment is Sublime Text as editor, iTerm as terminal. I open two full screen iTerm windows of four panes each, start Claude Code Opus 4 and type "just task" in each pane. CLAUDE.md tells the session to run this justfile command and follow the directions, which generally include instructions to continue by doing "just task" again. Each session may edit its <file>.c and <file>.h but not shared headers; if it has a problem with this I touch STOP in the task directory, the other sessions eventually are told to wait, and then the trouble child session can edit what it wants.
I'm sure in a few years AI will read and fix my 57 C file code base all at once, but for now this workflow has proved invaluable.
The irony? This is the dumbest parallel task manager imaginable yet it works. And our code base has a similar feel: The storage management is a set of fixed sized stacks that outperformed malloc() by 4x back in the day. Etc. Etc.
I learned this gift from my Dad. He devised the Bayer filter for digital photography back in 1974, it looks like ten minutes work (it wasn't) but we're still using it.
by aantix on 7/21/25, 12:32 AM
There’s a “feel” to the way Claude Code outputs the text. And for input as well.
Sadly, this is lost with conductor.
I just don’t feel as joyful using it.
by jbentley1 on 7/20/25, 10:53 PM
by maxverse on 7/20/25, 6:04 PM
Who does your design? I absolutely love this aesthetic, both this product, and your site (chorus.sh). What is this even called? I went for a similar vibe with tinylogger.com, but def didn't have your skills to pull it off.
by tzury on 7/21/25, 6:30 AM
For me, getting Claude Code working properly two days in a row (12 -14 hours per day) is still a challenge.
Let it running in parallel "unwatched" will end up with nothing but a pile of code that will have to be re-written.
It was not that way at the beginning, when I started in May 24th (2 days post Sonnet/Opus 4 announcement), however, last 2 - 3 weeks, they've tweaked they system substantially (I mean I have no other explanation) and its behavior is despicable.
I have see a few on X complaining the same (along with far more about GPT o3 and 4o) but the culture of "opaque transparency" in the AI industry left us with nothing but guesses.
by codedokode on 7/21/25, 10:23 AM
Doesn't using LLM for coding mean that your code and secrets leak to other companies? How can you be sure that they don't look at it or don't sell it?
by Samin100 on 7/21/25, 12:31 AM
This is very useful! I think the interfaces around models being used in an async manner will look very different than the synchronous chat UIs we are today. Claude Code is the first real “agent” that is providing true economic value, and there’s so much low hanging fruit in making the interfaces far better.
by jerezzprime on 7/21/25, 4:03 AM
I've been looking for a tool like this, that lets Claude operate on multiple repos. I work on a project that has frontend/packages and backend (separate repos instead of a monorepo for good reasons) and I often develop features that cross both repos. With the terminal I can clone both down into a directory and start Claude code there, but all the tools for background/multiplexing are always built around a single repo. Any chance I can get multi-repo tasks supported?
by lordnacho on 7/20/25, 5:52 PM
Looks cool, but I don't quite get it? What happens if I just open a new terminal window and start Claude in that?
by janpieterz on 7/19/25, 1:04 PM
Love it! Even just simply freeing my main branch would be a big win so I can keep working as well.
But no way to find out if there’s any data sent to your servers etc, unless I’m missing some links?
by buremba on 7/20/25, 10:05 PM
This is pretty cool, here are few feedbacks:
- I switch in between planning and execution in the middle of the conversation using Terminal a lot, it would be nice to have it here as well rather than defining how I want Claude to think in advance.
- Entering messages when the agents can result in task lists to save time.
I’m also experimenting different UX with CC, here is Claude Code running in Slack if anybody is interested. https://peerbot.ai
by simonbw on 7/20/25, 6:28 PM
I have been imagining something like this would be perfect for working with Claude Code. I tried a couple other apps but they seemed to change too much without providing enough value for that change. This feels like just a nice clean simple extension of how Claude code already works that solves my most common pain points in the workflow.
Anyways, excellent work!
by countfeng on 7/21/25, 9:37 AM
I don't deserve to own my Windows system
by davidbalbert on 7/20/25, 6:16 PM
We do our dev on Linux desktops using VS Code ssh remotes from our Macs. Is this possible with Conductor?
by dgritsko on 7/17/25, 4:26 PM
This is awesome. A couple of suggestions:
- It'd be great to change the default branch used for creating new workspaces.
- I'd like the ability to add custom tools to the "Open in..." menu.
by abdullin on 7/20/25, 6:07 PM
Is it similar to what OpenAI Codex does with isolated environments per agent run?
by petesergeant on 7/21/25, 5:49 AM
I am smart, capable, and have a lot of programming experience, and can just about manage to stay focused enough to properly review the output of a single Claude agent.
I'm surprised people are running multiple agents, and are able to check their outputs diligently.
by rapatel0 on 7/20/25, 6:20 PM
Can you intelligently bake in Claude code router? That would help both with token budget but more importantly multiplexing between different models.
by freedomben on 7/20/25, 6:33 PM
Cool idea, and I'm definitely not in the target market (I'm a Linux user and also very hesitant to adopt proprietary tools to my important workflows), but something like this could be useful. Right now though it's pretty easy to run each in a different tmux window and check on it, but once I have about 3 or more running at a time it's very easy to forget about one and have it paused waiting for confirmation. A tool like this to add a dashboard of sorts would be nice. Definitely interesting to think about!
by itsalotoffun on 7/20/25, 8:16 PM
Full read-write access required to all your Github account's repos. Not just code. Settings, deploy keys. The works. Full access to your organisation settings. Not a privacy policy in sight. Zero disclosure of data practices.
You are INSANE to authorize this app on anything other than throwaway code.
@charlieholtz care to comment?
by atlgator on 7/20/25, 8:19 PM
Is it Claude Codes or Claudes Code?
by markli21 on 7/21/25, 2:59 AM
Love the design. does it build on electron? and will it support other code agents, like gemini cli, codex, opencode ext.
by nsonha on 7/21/25, 3:11 AM
Would be cool if I can use this with opencode, Amazon Q or whatever. I reckon the logic would be quite similar. Seen a few of these tools but they're all Claude-centric.
by jamil7 on 7/17/25, 3:59 PM
Oh cool, I was already doing this with git worktrees but a ui for it would be handy.
by WalterSear on 7/17/25, 4:05 PM
You might want to mention it's silicon only.
by hoppp on 7/20/25, 9:56 PM
Its for mac only? But isn't it just an API wrapper?
by dangus on 7/21/25, 5:53 AM
Tech bros will do anything to avoid coding I guess.
If you don’t like code so much you can just do something else with your life. Have you tried sales or finance?