app is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by lanes-sh. Mission control for parallel AI coding agents. It has 244 GitHub stars.

Yes. app passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.

How do I install app?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/lanes-sh/app" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

Are there alternatives to app?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh app against similar tools.

app - AI Agents on GitHub

Name: app
Author: lanes-sh

You lost track three agents ago.

You have five AI coding agents running across eight terminal tabs. One is waiting for input. One finished ten minutes ago and you didn't notice. Two are doing overlapping work. The only thing keeping it all together is your short-term memory, and it just failed.

AI agents got powerful. The workflow around them didn't.

Lanes fixes that.

Lanes is a native desktop app that puts every AI coding session on an issue board. Each card is a task. Each task can have a live agent terminal attached. You see what's running, what's blocked, what's waiting, and what shipped, in one window, at a glance.

No context switching. No lost terminals. No wondering what that tab was doing. Just drag work through your pipeline while your agents execute.

It's the layer that was missing between you and your fleet of AI agents.

Install

brew install --cask lanes-sh/lanes/lanes && open -a Lanes

Requires macOS Ventura or later. Native on Apple Silicon and Intel.

Join our Discord community for updates, to share feedback, ask questions, and connect with other users. We're iterating fast and Discord is the best way to stay in the loop.

Features

Issue Board

Drag issues through workflow columns, Planning, Implementation, Review, Done, plus Backlog and Misc. Multi-select with Shift+Click and Cmd+Click for bulk operations. Right-click context menus, sorting options, and collapsible columns. Board tabs scoped per project directory and worktree.

Live Embedded Terminals

Every issue runs an AI session in a real PTY-backed terminal. Start sessions in plan mode or implement mode. Resume Claude sessions across restarts. Drag files onto the terminal to inject paths. Real-time status detection: busy, awaiting input, stopped, exited, error.

Worktree Management

Auto-create git worktrees per issue with generated branch names, or select existing worktrees. Status overview in the status bar showing uncommitted and unmerged state. Auto-cleanup on issue completion. Per-project base branch detection with manual override.

Labels & Filtering

Create, rename, and assign labels with 13 color options. Filter the board by label, working directory, or workflow step. Clear all filters in one action.

Dependencies

Link issues as dependencies via a multi-select picker. Cycle detection prevents circular chains. Dependent issues stay blocked until all prerequisites reach Done.

Quick Commands

Preset and custom commands with keyboard shortcuts Cmd+Alt+1–9. Two types: claude (injected into CLI session) and terminal (run as shell command). Built-in defaults shipped with new installs, fully customizable in Settings.

File Browser & Editor

Sidebar file tree for the selected issue's working directory. Monaco editor with tabbed editing, dirty file tracking, syntax highlighting, and save on Cmd+S.

Git Integration

Diff view with two modes: Changes (uncommitted working tree diff) and History (committed diffs). Monaco-powered inline diff viewer. Automatic branch detection from the issue's worktree.

Process Manager

Discover running CLI processes across the system. Three-way classification: Tracked (managed by Lanes), Orphan (has issue ID but no active session), External (unrelated). Kill individual processes or stop all sessions at once.

Works with

Claude Code, Anthropic's CLI for Claude.

Support for Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, and other terminal-based AI tools is on the roadmap.

Local MCP Server

Lanes ships a built-in Model Context Protocol server so agents like Claude Code and Codex can read your board and drive sessions directly. Enable it in Settings > Local MCP, then click Connect Claude Code or Connect Codex for one-click config injection.


Server name	`lanes`
Transport	SSE (Server-Sent Events)
Endpoint	`http://localhost:5353/sse`
Protocol version	`2024-11-05`
Server version	`1.0.0`
Tool count	15
Auth	None — localhost-only, never leaves your machine

Tools

Issues

Tool	Description
`lanes_list_issues`	List issues from the Lanes board with optional filters (step, tags, componentId, search).
`lanes_get_issue`	Get a single issue by its numeric ID, including full details and session history.
`lanes_create_issue`	Create a new Lanes issue. Returns the created issue with its assigned ID.
`lanes_update_issue`	Patch an existing issue. Only the fields you supply are updated.
`lanes_delete_issue`	Permanently delete an issue and all its attachments.
`lanes_move_issue`	Move an issue to a different board column.

Sessions

Tool	Description
`lanes_start_session`	Start a Claude Code, Codex, or shell session for an issue. Handles worktree creation, plan mode, custom prompts, and extra CLI flags or env vars.
`lanes_stop_session`	Stop the running terminal session for an issue.
`lanes_get_session_status`	Get status (running/stopped, CLI tool, timestamps, PTY state) for all sessions, or filter to one issue.

History and progress

Tool	Description
`lanes_get_issue_changes`	Get the list of files changed (git diff) in the issue's working directory.
`lanes_get_issue_history`	Get Claude session conversation history for an issue, paginated.
`lanes_read_terminal`	Read the last N lines of terminal scrollback for a session. Works with any CLI; ANSI codes stripped.
`lanes_get_session_stats`	Get token usage and tool usage stats for an issue's Claude session.

Metadata

Tool	Description
`lanes_list_labels`	List all board labels (UUID, name, color). Call before tagging to resolve names to UUIDs.
`lanes_list_components`	List all project components (UUID, name, project ID). Call before setting componentId.

Full parameter schemas and example prompts: lanes.sh/docs/local-mcp.

Claude Code Skills

This repo is also a Claude Code plugin marketplace with two plugins.

lanes-desktop — skills and a setup command for driving the Lanes desktop app (the issue board and its local MCP) from Claude Code:

lanes-sessions — the lanes_* tools through chat: creating issues, starting/inspecting sessions, batch-launching, worktrees, terminal output, label/component lookups. See plugins/lanes-desktop/skills/lanes-sessions/SKILL.md.
github-lanes-bridge / linear-lanes-bridge — importing GitHub or Linear issues into Lanes for local execution, decomposing tickets, and pushing PR links / comments back. See plugins/lanes-desktop/skills/.
/lanes:setup-mcp — slash command that connects Claude Code to the running Lanes app and verifies the SSE endpoint is live.

lanes-forms — a skill for Lanes Forms: provision a live form endpoint with one POST (no signup), and fill in a form on a user's behalf. See plugins/lanes-forms/skills/lanes-forms/SKILL.md.

Install (recommended: plugin)

In any Claude Code session:

/plugin marketplace add lanes-sh/app
/plugin install lanes-desktop@lanes   # the issue board + MCP
/plugin install lanes-forms@lanes     # Lanes Forms
/lanes:setup-mcp                       # desktop only: register the MCP

Install whichever plugin you need (or both). /lanes:setup-mcp applies to lanes-desktop. Updates: /plugin marketplace update lanes. Each plugin is versioned via its .claude-plugin/plugin.json.

Renamed in a recent release: the old single lanes plugin is now lanes-desktop. If you installed lanes@lanes before, install lanes-desktop@lanes (and lanes-forms@lanes if you want Forms) again.

Install (alternative: skills.sh)

npx skills add lanes-sh/app

skills.sh installs only the SKILL.md files. To also enable the desktop MCP, run:

claude mcp add --transport sse lanes http://localhost:5353/sse --scope user

then restart Claude Code. Lanes itself must be running (the desktop app open) for the MCP endpoint to respond.

Auto-updates

Lanes checks for updates on launch and updates itself. You can also check manually in Settings > About > Check Now.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+N	New backlog issue
Cmd+T	New Misc task
Cmd+D	Complete selected issue(s)
Cmd+,	Open Settings
Cmd+S	Save file in editor
Cmd+A	Select all in column, then all issues
Cmd+Alt+1-9	Run quick command by position
Shift+Click	Range select issues
Cmd/Ctrl+Click	Toggle individual issue selection
Escape	Clear selection or close dialog

Documentation

User Guide, everything you need to know to get the most out of Lanes

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