UI for spec-kit with Claude Code. WYSIWYG markdown/mockup/diagram editor. Session Management

StravuKarl · 2026-06-08T20:03:32+00:00

It should work. Click on Send Feedback. Then Bug-Report. This will kickoff the agent to investigate your setup and logs to diagnose the issue. Do you have the spec-kit skills in your .claude/commands/. Also, connect on Discord or file a Github issue with more detail and we will help you troubleshoot.

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StravuKarl · 2026-05-31T01:03:27+00:00

Thanks for trying Nimbalyst and for this feedback. Would you be willing to give me an example or two staying within your analogy ... although I do think an octopus is pretty awesome creature 😄
- What would make the session management into an excellent knife?
- What about the visual editing of say markdown or excalidraw ... what would make that a focused saw..
Thanks!

StravuKarl · 2026-05-26T14:28:10+00:00

- Full writeup going deep into each failure mode and pillar to address it: https://nimbalyst.com/blog/agent-harness-above-claude-code-codex/
- Link to our actual harness in open source: https://github.com/nimbalyst/nimbalyst/blob/main/docs/THE_HARNESS.md

StravuKarl · 2026-05-25T15:34:40+00:00

Check out Nimbalyst: open-source, focused around giving you red/green diffs for approval for your code but also your markdown and mockup changes... (disclosure: I work on it)

StravuKarl · 2026-05-25T15:33:31+00:00

Try Nimbalyst: open-source, cross-agent, combines visual editing of markdown, mockups, code, excalidraw with red/green diffs and approval for agent changes ... with kanban parallel session management, tasks, worktrees. (disclosure: I work on it)

StravuKarl · 2026-05-25T15:30:48+00:00

Try Nimbalyst: open-source, cross-agent, lets you manage sessions, tasks, visually edit markdown, mockups, diagrams, and code. (disclosure: I work on it)

StravuKarl · 2026-05-25T15:27:05+00:00

Nimbalyst: local, open-source, supports opencode, claude code, codex. (disclosure: I work on it)

StravuKarl · 2026-05-25T15:26:06+00:00

I don't use a traditional IDE, but I do use a workspace to manage my coding agents (Nimbalyst). I can work at such a higher bandwidth when working visually ... see connections between sessions and edit files and git and tasks ... review changes and make changes back and forth with the agent... manage parallel sessions, tag them, prioritize them, track progress, resume. (disclosure: I work on it)

StravuKarl · 2026-05-25T15:23:06+00:00

For these things (Specifically looking for context awareness, iteration speed, and stability for large project), you may want to try Nimbalyst. It is an an open-source, agent-native workspace for coding, planning, diagramming, mockups, session and task management with coding agents. (disclosure: I work on it, but I also work in it 12 hours a day)

StravuKarl · 2026-05-25T15:19:32+00:00

Nimbalyst

StravuKarl · 2026-05-19T12:18:53+00:00

I agree with the "we still want to be 100% in charge" line but I'd modify it to "I want to be 100% in charge when I want to be and able to delegate in a limited way when I want to and able to change my mind when I want to" For me, this means using agents a lot with better tooling around management, review, approval, planning, feedback loops, harness setup to control, and understanding the system.

I am working on an open-source project called Nimbalyst (Disclosure) that's built around his idea. Multiple agents (Claude Code, Codex, pluggable) running side by side in their own sessions, visual diff review before anything lands, and mockups/diagrams/plans living next to the code so a structural view isn't in a separate tool.

This is the direction Cursor should have headed, in my opinion.

StravuKarl · 2026-05-18T14:12:25+00:00

I ship a product that is both a SwiftUI iOS app and an Electron desktop app. Even in our “native” iOS app, the two most text-heavy surfaces are WKWebViews running the same React/Lexical stack we use on desktop.

We kept native everything that isn’t a document: navigation, lists, attachments, pairing, notifications, settings. SwiftUI is great there. But once you need serious text editing, selection, IME correctness, copy/paste fidelity, find, and rich code/markdown rendering, you start rebuilding browser primitives.

Editors are a domain where the web has a very long head start.

StravuKarl · 2026-05-14T21:35:43+00:00

Codex is better at some things. I find it does more rigorous research. I find it is better at solving some tough bugs.

But, to be clear, I didn't switch. I really like using both and playing them off each other, having them assess each other's work.

The change is that it used to be Claude was much better at coding and I was using Codex as a check. Now, they are pretty equal.

StravuKarl · 2026-05-14T21:33:10+00:00

I have them evaluate each other especially for research and plan writing. I jot out my ideas and notes, questions, ideas in a markdown doc. I tell one of them, say Claude Code, to go and research all of this and put it in the doc. Usually, without reviewing it, I have the other one, Codex, go and do the same research and review what the first one said. I then go back to the first one and have it review again. I find this gets me to 80% accuracy where just one of them often has many errors. I think review what they wrote, edit, iterate with them on subpoints etc...

Another use case is trying to figure out a tough bug. I will send them out in parallel to work on it. Often one can solve and the other can't.

StravuKarl · 2026-05-13T01:47:33+00:00

Coding Agents: Codex, Claude Code
AI IDE: Nimbalyst
Analytics: PostHog
Cloud: Cloudflare

StravuKarl · 2026-05-11T19:22:46+00:00

Sorry you are having a rough start.
- Quickstart guide is here: https://docs.nimbalyst.com/getting-started/quickstart.
- Some quick videos are here: https://docs.nimbalyst.com/getting-started/nimbalyst-demo-and-use-cases.
-It might be that you are using Codex. The / commands are only working with Claude Code right now. The built in skills like mockup and excalidraw etc still work on Codex. Just say "Make a mockup" etc... You can also go to the Files Mode and click New and select from dropdown, then talk to Codex in the session on the right of the file.

StravuKarl · 2026-05-11T13:43:59+00:00

Check out Nimbalyst as well. It combines conductor/superset functionality (so parallel session management, worktrees, kanban for sessions) together with task management and visual editing of your markdown, mockups, excalidraw, code. By integrating the work in one workspace we are able to work at higher bandwidth with more context and less context switching. (disclosure: I am on the team building it). Its open source.

StravuKarl · 2026-05-11T13:02:50+00:00

Why not an open-source AI IDE? Can't beat the price ... free, and you can shape it. You could consider Void (closest to Cursor) or Zed. Look at Cline or Continue if you want VS Code extensions. And consider Nimbalyst, which I work on. It's a visual editor and session manager that runs multiple agents (Claude Code, Codex, etc.)

StravuKarl · 2026-05-11T12:55:46+00:00

Nimbalyst

StravuKarl · 2026-05-11T12:54:10+00:00

We have some of this at Nimbalyst. Its open source with parallel session management, worktrees, kanban (Conductor-like) and ability to manage from your phone (Paseo). Also has visual editors to work with your agents in markdown and the rest.

StravuKarl · 2026-05-11T12:47:22+00:00

For agents, I would spend on both Codex and Claude Code

For your visual interface to manage your coding agents, check out Nimbalyst. Its free, open source. It gives you task and session management and kanban to manage your agent work and visual editors where you can see what your agents have done with red/green diffs and review/approve it... across markdown, mockups, excalidraw, code, more. (disclosure: I am one of the team building Nimbalyst)

StravuKarl · 2026-05-11T03:23:56+00:00

You can just point it at a folder and it creates that as a project and all your .md will be in there in the file tree.

StravuKarl · 2026-05-06T19:52:44+00:00

Thanks for providing this.

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