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`agent.launch` could hand its initial text to a structured session but not to
a terminal. The contract already anticipated the terminal half — the
`handed-to-terminal` arm has been declared in agent-launch-intent.ts since the
receipt was written and had zero producers — and the executor's own docstring
recorded the assumption behind the gap: that a terminal's paste belongs to the
pane owner. That assumption is what this overturns. The host owns the PTY, so
it can write into one whether or not any window is open on it, which is why
mobile and the CLI got an agent and no prompt.
A terminal takes its prompt one of two ways, and which one is not a
preference. `argv` exists so multi-line and special-character text reaches a
CLI as one argument rather than keystrokes, and it has no readiness race
because the text is in the process's arguments at exec time. So an agent whose
CLI accepts a prompt argument gets it on the launch command, and only a
`stdin-after-start` agent — plus any reused terminal, whose process started
before the launch existed — is written to as a bracketed paste.
That fork is asked once. `agentPromptRidesLaunchCommand` is derived from the
same injection table `buildAgentStartupPlan` branches on, and
tui-agent-prompt-transport.test.ts pins the two against each other for all 37
agents, so adding an agent or changing its mode fails loudly instead of
silently dropping that agent's prompt.
Reused rather than rebuilt: `sendTerminalAgentPrompt` is the runtime's one
agent-prompt writer (bracketed paste, per-PTY serialization, lifecycle
generation pinning, per-agent submit timing, and local/WSL/SSH routing), gated
by `waitForTerminal('tui-idle')` — the same pair orchestration's worker
dispatch already delivers a preamble through. The agent-first create path
needed no new mechanism at all: `startupPrompt` already flows to
`buildWorktreeStartupForAgent`, and the launch had simply been stripping it as
a reserved field without re-supplying its own.
Receipts stay consequences of the act they name. `handed-to-terminal` is
reported only from a launch command that carried the text or a PTY write that
returned; everything unproven under-claims as `not-delivered`. No fourth arm.
The one inversion is a stalled submission, which the verifier raises after the
write: that is reported as delivered, because a resend would paste the whole
prompt a second time into an agent already working on it.
A prompt the launch command cannot carry is refused at the terminal-create
resolver rather than dropped, since that path returns options and has no PTY
to fall back to.
`delivery: 'draft'` remains `not-delivered` for both surfaces. The host could
paste a terminal draft without submitting it, but it cannot observe that the
composer accepted it, so a receipt claiming delivery would be a guess.
No call site is migrated, nothing is added to the wire, and placement and tab
creation are untouched.
Orca
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The AI Orchestrator for 100x builders.
Run Codex, ClaudeCode, OpenCode or Pi side-by-side — each in its own worktree, tracked in one place.
Download Orca
Features
Mobile CompanionMonitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere. |
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Parallel WorktreesFan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner. |
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Terminal SplitsGhostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts. |
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Design ModeClick any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt. |
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GitHub & Linear, NativeBrowse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch. |
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SSH WorktreesRun agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included. |
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Annotate AI DiffsDrop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca. |
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Drag Files to AgentsVS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt. |
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Orca CLIAgents drive Orca too — script every workflow with |
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Also in the box:
- Quick open — Search across worktrees, files, agents, commands, and repo context without leaving your flow.
- Account switcher & usage tracking — See Claude and Codex usage and rate-limit resets, and hot-swap accounts without re-logging in.
- Rich repo previews — Preview Markdown, images, PDFs, and repo docs in the workspace.
- Computer Use — Let agents operate desktop apps and visible UI when a workflow needs real interaction.
- Notifications and unread state — Know when an agent finishes or needs attention, then mark threads unread to come back later.
- And many, many more — we ship daily, so this list is perpetually behind. The changelog is the real feature list.
Supported Agents
Works with any CLI agent — if it runs in a terminal, it runs in Orca.
Claude Code
Codex
Grok
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
OpenCode
MiMo Code
Amp
OpenClaude
Antigravity
Pi
oh-my-pi
Hermes Agent
Devin
Goose
Auggie
Autohand Code
Charm
Cline
Codebuff
Command Code
Continue
Droid
Kilocode
Kimi
Kiro
Mistral Vibe
Qwen Code
Rovo Dev
+ any CLI agent
Install
Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux
- Download from onOrca.dev
- Or grab a build directly: macOS Apple Silicon · macOS Intel · Windows (.exe) · Linux AppImage · All builds
- Running
orca serveon a headless Linux server? See the headless Linux server guide.
Or via a package manager:
# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca
# Arch Linux (AUR) — or stably-orca-git to build from source
yay -S stably-orca-bin
Mobile Companion — iOS, Android
Pair with your desktop app to monitor and steer your agents from your phone.
- iOS: Download on the App Store or join TestFlight
- Android: Download APK 0.0.50 · Install guide
Community & Support
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Discord: Join the community on Discord.
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Twitter / X: Follow @orca_build for updates and announcements.
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WeChat: Scan to join the Orca community WeChat group 9.
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Feedback & Ideas: We ship fast. Missing something? Request a new feature.
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Privacy: See the privacy & telemetry docs for what anonymous usage data Orca collects and how to opt out.
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Show Support: Star this repo to follow along with our daily ships.
Developing
Want to contribute or run locally? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.
The relay that pairs the mobile app with a desktop host is also in this repository under
cloud/, with a separate pnpm workspace and setup guide.
Signed Builds
Windows code signing sponored/provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.
License
Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.