Tmux as a Foreman for Claude, Codex, and Friends

What it does

CAO is a local orchestrator that treats existing AI coding CLIs as workers. It starts a local server and launches each provider—whether Claude Code, Kiro, Codex, or Cursor—in its own tmux session, then lets a supervisor coordinate them in sequence or in parallel. The workers keep their native authentication and full terminal capabilities; CAO does not try to replace them.

The interesting bit

Instead of wrapping APIs or building custom agents, CAO orchestrates the actual CLI binaries themselves inside tmux sessions. Each agent remains a real process with its native context and credentials, while the supervisor observes or intervenes through a Web UI, an MCP server, or direct shell attachment.

Key highlights

• Supports nine provider CLIs natively, including Claude Code, Codex, Kiro, and Cursor.
• Isolates each agent in a dedicated tmux session so they remain independent, fully authenticated processes.
• Offers a Web UI, an MCP control plane, and programmable flows for sequencing work.
• Includes an opt-in memory and self-learning loop that promotes workflow outcomes into reusable skills.

Verdict

Worth a look if you already juggle multiple AI coding tools and want a local, unified way to delegate tasks across them. Skip it if you are looking for a cloud-native IDE or a single-agent replacement; this is explicitly built to coordinate the CLIs you already have.