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The first public beta. It's the whole loop, from a spoken sentence to merged code.

Talk, and it splits the work

Type or speak a message. ClankDesk splits it into tasks with plans, and puts "later" ideas in the backlog.
Hold-to-talk key from anywhere on your Mac, plus a mic button. Speech recognition runs on your Mac when macOS supports it.
Paste or drop screenshots on the composer for agents to read.
Direct sessions send your words to one agent verbatim. A Split or One task menu keeps long messages whole.
Optional prompt review: with Auto-start off, new tasks wait as proposals you can edit before sending.

Needs your input, In progress and Ready for review, with questions and permission prompts always on top.
Question cards show the agent's plan, images and links, with one-click answers, your own answer, or "let ClankDesk decide".
Every card says in one line whether it can be approved and what it needs from you. Detail setting: Less, Medium, More.
Stash cards to decide later, archive the Done list, and system notifications when something needs you.
Keyboard shortcuts for card actions, all menu shortcuts rebindable.

Each task runs in its own git worktree and branch, up to the concurrency limit you set.
Claude Code by default, Codex as the fallback when Claude hits its usage limit. Tasks wait for the reset when no agent can take over.
Pin a task to an agent, or switch a stuck task to the other one.
Failed tasks retry on their own for about an hour before they ask you.
Plan usage for Claude and ChatGPT in the header.
Claude Code and Codex updates offered in-app, with optional automatic updates that never interrupt running sessions.

Open any task's live session: full transcript, tool calls and diffs. Steer a running Claude session; Codex gets your message next turn.
See the exact prompt and rules each turn was sent.
The chat answers questions about your tasks and can steer, relay, start, pause, retry, switch agents, approve, answer permission prompts and merge duplicate tasks. Lasting actions wait for Confirm.
It can react to tasks finishing, failing or asking: off, suggest, or act on safe steps.
Dock the chat at the bottom, left or right.

Review cards as a walkthrough: summary, images, links, diff. Optional before and after screenshots.
Open preview runs your dev server in the task's worktree, and detects common dev commands when none is set.
Approve commits, rebases, runs your tests and fast-forwards your branch. Conflicts and failing tests go back to the agent.
Approve all prepares tasks side by side and lands them one at a time. Reject offers Request changes or Discard.
Overlapping tasks take turns. Work that others wait on can merge on its own. Review branches are kept rebased.
Worktrees of settled tasks are cleaned up automatically. Branches are always kept.

A permission policy allows routine work and turns risky commands into a question: allow once, allow for this task, or deny.
Manual mode with ClankDesk's policy, or Claude Code's Auto mode.
Agents can't push, merge pull requests or publish releases. No force push, hard reset or stash in ClankDesk's git code.

Projects side by side in columns, each with its own composer and draft. Searchable project menu.
Projects on a server over SSH: worktrees, commands and agents run there.
Superpowers: switchable standing instructions for every agent, per project or for all.
Git panel, file explorer and editor, a simple command line, search, and a Progress view.
Project colors and canvas background artworks.

A background service keeps working with the window closed and resumes sessions after a restart.
ClankDesk checks for its own updates and installs them. Automatic installs can be turned off.