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* feat(agents): add first-class ZCode harness Add ZCode (Z.ai's `zcode` CLI) as a supervised Orca agent: managed lifecycle hooks on local, SSH and Windows hosts; status, question and approval reporting; synthetic status titles; session resume; orchestration worker launch options; and desktop + mobile agent-picker registration. Written against the newly open-sourced `zai-org/ZCode` (agent CLI 0.16.9), not against a remembered screen: - ZCode's hook runner writes a Claude-compatible stdin alias set, so it routes through the existing Claude-compatible vendor path while keeping its own identity in the sidebar. - `PermissionRequest` fires only once the approval card is on screen and racing the user's answer, so it is proof the pane is blocked, not an auto-approval. - ZCode's clarification tool is literally `AskUserQuestion` with Claude's questions/options shape, so Orca's question card renders it unchanged. - ZCode's `hooks.enabled` defaults to false, which is why configured hooks were reported as never firing; the installer sets it. - ZCode renames its own process to `zcode-cli`, so the expected foreground process cannot be the launch command or dispatch refuses the pane. - ZCode emits no OSC title in any state and repaints its ASCII banner forever, so readiness comes from Orca's synthetic hook title and launch drafts wait on the composer box rather than on a quiet render window. Three files crossed their max-lines limit, so each is split along a real seam: command-line entrypoint parsing out of agent process recognition, skill classification out of skill root discovery, and registry coverage out of the remote hook installer tests. Refs #10564 * fix(zcode): drop the session-option catalog and pin the orchestration contract ZCode's CLI exposes no `--model` flag at all, and the session-option launch path refuses to apply any option until a model id is chosen. A catalog therefore could not deliver `--mode` per worker, and would have accepted `--model` only to drop it silently. Take opencode's position instead: no catalog, so `worker-start --model` is refused with a clear message and ZCode launches with the model from its own config. `--mode` stays reachable through agent args, which is also how the yolo default is applied. Add a contract test covering the parts that make ZCode a usable worker: dispatchable foreground process, stdin prompt delivery, the prompt staying out of the launch command, and the composer-gated draft paste. * refactor(zcode): reuse shared helpers and cut the harness down No behaviour change; every ZCode test still passes. - Use installer-utils' own `hookDefinitionHasManagedCommand` instead of re-walking a hook definition by hand, which also drops a local string reader. - Share one `readZCodeEventMap` instead of keeping the same narrowing in both hook-settings and hook-config-json. - Collapse five identical error returns into one `zcodeHookError` builder, and return early from the status branches instead of assigning through `let`. - Split the event-to-status decision out of `normalizeZCodeEvent` into a pure `readZCodeTurn`, so the normalizer reads as decide-then-build and stops computing the tool name for events that never look at it. - Take a script file name in `readManagedZCodeHookEvents` like its siblings, which removes a `Parameters<typeof …>` indirection at the call site. - Drop the unused `ZCodeHookEvent` export and inline a single-use path helper. - Correct a stale comment: ZCode's loader is a strict `JSON.parse`, so the in-place edit preserves key order and indentation, not comments. * fix(zcode): address review — keep unmanaged event keys, correct comment, de-dupe README - `removeZCodeManagedHooks` deleted any event key whose list ended up empty, so an unrelated `"Notification": []` the user wrote was removed as collateral whenever a managed hook elsewhere made the write happen. Only touch an event Orca actually owned something in; covered by a new regression test. - The `isNewTurnEvent` comment claimed UserPromptSubmit was ZCode's only turn boundary while the expression below it also returned true for SessionStart. Say what the code does: SessionStart lands the idle boundary, UserPromptSubmit is the turn boundary (the Codex/Claude shape). - ZCode appeared twice in the README's single agent-badge block; keep the local-icon entry the link checker validates and drop the favicon duplicate. * docs(zcode): call out that the desktop bundle's CLI cannot open a session From live testing on #22464: pointing `zcode` at the desktop app's bundled `glm/zcode.cjs` installs Orca's hooks fine but then fails with `Cannot find package '@zcode/tui'`, so the pane never opens a session. The symptom reads as a broken harness when the CLI simply has no TUI. Say which build to use and how to check before reporting a problem. Reported-by: JWu527
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.
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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
Muse
ZCode
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
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Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux
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- 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
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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
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License
Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.