ShepherdThe Shepherd blog
The tools you work in. The thinking behind them.
Practical guides, engineering stories, and thoughtful comparisons.
The starting point · Comparisons
A configurable terminal stack or an integrated agent workspace? Compare session ownership, SSH, reviews, and the cost of switching.
Read the comparisonGuides
Find active coding agents, revisit Agent History, configure resume commands, and separate task and agent completion alerts. Includes navigation shortcuts.
Guides
Connect a coding agent to a Shepherd browser, annotate a component or screen area, and send a focused review back to the agent. Includes setup and keyboard shortcuts.
Guides
Organize an agent, a development server, and checks in Shepherd tabs and split panes. Learn the default macOS shortcuts for focus, zoom, tabs, and workspaces.
Guides
Ask Codex or Claude Code to create panes, run a development server, read terminal output, and control a known task in Shepherd. Includes setup and shortcut equivalents.
Engineering
Closing a window should not decide the lifetime of your work. How Shepherd separates the workspace you see from the sessions that keep it running.
Engineering
An agent can be busy, waiting, or finished while you are elsewhere. How Shepherd turns observable activity into a useful view of what needs you next.
Engineering
A conversation is only one part of a coding task. How we connect agents, projects, and running terminals so returning to work requires less reconstruction.
Alternatives
Compare tmux, Shepherd, and Paseo through session ownership, agent visibility, and recovery. Understand what persistence should mean before choosing a tool.
Alternatives
Compare Ghostty, Shepherd, and Orca without losing sight of iTerm2's existing strengths. Choose a terminal or workspace around the tasks you repeat.
Alternatives
Compare Shepherd, Paseo, Herdr, and a terminal stack by how you organize remote agent work, keep sessions available, and review the result.
Alternatives
Explore Orca, an SSH-and-tmux setup, and Shepherd's desktop workflow. Start with device access and distinguish available mobile tools from upcoming releases.
Alternatives
Explore Herdr and Shepherd, or keep tmux with iTerm2 integration. Choose based on session continuity, agent awareness, and how you prefer to arrange your work.
Comparisons
A configurable terminal stack or an integrated agent workspace? Compare session ownership, SSH, reviews, and the cost of switching.
Comparisons
A focused comparison of two agent workspaces. Examine task organization, terminal continuity, and review flow without assuming shared features are unique.
Comparisons
Compare workspace organization, execution hosts, and connection setup. Paseo offers mobile clients today; Shepherd's public iOS release is coming soon.
One workspace. Every agent.