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There are a lot of emerging tools like this for which we will need a name. A similar one I randomly came across (https://github.com/Maksim-Burtsev/merl) calls itself a "Code Navigator."

Along similar lines, I also don't know what we're calling tools like T3 or Superset. They're basically harnesses for harnesses.

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I like and adopted the term "agent multiplexer" for these.

Just can't warm up to "ADE" (never even liked "IDE") and "agent orchestrator" and "control plane" are just not specific enough to stick.

They are usually called orchestrators, sometimes Agentic Development Environments (i.e. IDE for agents) if they are complex enough

hmm - those tools are great, but I don't think orchestrator / ADE is quite right either, since this is explicitly not opinionated about where your coding agent is living.

Whiteboard is targeted at almost the opposite problem of the ADE (which is targeted to context switching) - having a dedicated tool to help you understand & participate in the development process in places where humans are high leverage.

maybe also useful: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen/status/2101869827266596973?s=20

I was describing T3/Superset which help you manage context switching. Whiteboard is obviously different.

Or control planes

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