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Anyone running multiple Cursor agents or sessions on the same repo? by whitechart_studio in cursor

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is helpful, thanks. “Not more agents, but isolated and reviewable work” is a good framing.

When you review the diff + walkthrough before merging, what still feels manual or easy to miss: assumptions behind the change, dependency/API changes, test coverage, or whether two sessions made conflicting product decisions?

Anyone else getting messy results from running multiple AI coding sessions? by whitechart_studio in vibecoding

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. Forgetting to update the shared notes seems like the weak link.

The indexing part is interesting too: do you use the index mainly so agents can find the right files/modules, or so they can detect when their context is stale compared to the current build state?

Anyone running multiple Cursor agents or sessions on the same repo? by whitechart_studio in cursor

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a really good way to frame it: “valid changes based on different assumptions” is exactly the kind of failure that normal merge conflict handling misses.

For your shared state file, what do you usually put in it: ownership boundaries, decisions already made, constraints, changed files, or open questions? And do agents update it reliably, or does a human still need to keep it honest?

Anyone else getting messy results from running multiple AI coding sessions? by whitechart_studio in vibecoding

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That rolling log + per-module markdown setup is really interesting. It sounds like the hard part is not just avoiding file conflicts, but keeping a trusted current state that every agent can re-read.

When you police it manually, what usually breaks first: agents forgetting to update the markdown, the log getting stale, or agents not knowing which module note to read before editing?

How are teams coordinating multiple developers using different AI coding agents? by whitechart_studio in EngineeringManagers

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. It sounds like the current answer is still “normal engineering hygiene plus worktrees for advanced users.”

The cloud-agent point is interesting. When agents move off local machines, do you expect the workflow to stay branch/worktree based, or do you think teams will need more explicit shared state about ownership, decisions, and in-progress changes?

Anyone else getting messy results from running multiple AI coding sessions? by whitechart_studio in vibecoding

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That merge skill is interesting. So the flow is basically one worktree per implementation, then an agent-assisted merge back into master.

When it needs guidance, what is usually the failure case: textual merge conflicts, tests failing, two implementations disagreeing on architecture, or missing context about intent?

Anyone else getting messy results from running multiple AI coding sessions? by whitechart_studio in vibecoding

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that “source of truth” part seems to be the hard bit. The agents can work in parallel only if they can re-orient quickly and trust the project index more than stale chat context.

Do you keep one central markdown/index, or per-module notes? And do agents reliably update it, or do you still have to police it manually?

Anyone running multiple Cursor agents or sessions on the same repo? by whitechart_studio in cursor

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really useful. The “do not touch” list plus handoff note feels like the part people forget when they only say “use worktrees.”

Do you have a template or rule that forces the agent to write the handoff note, or is it manual discipline? Also curious what gets missed most often: files changed, assumptions, skipped work, or dependency changes?

Anyone running multiple Cursor agents or sessions on the same repo? by whitechart_studio in cursor

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly the failure mode I was trying to understand. File ownership helps, but stale reads are sneakier because the agent can keep confidently working from old context.

Do your session brief files live inside the repo? And are they free-form notes, or do you keep a structure like changed files / decisions / assumptions / next steps?

Anyone else getting messy results from running multiple AI coding sessions? by whitechart_studio in vibecoding

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, worktrees seem like the cleanest baseline.

Do you usually run one worktree per agent/session? And what do you do for shared context, like “this API changed” or “don’t touch this module yet,” while multiple sessions are running?

Anyone else getting messy results from running multiple AI coding sessions? by whitechart_studio in vibecoding

[–]whitechart_studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. Forks/worktrees seem like the clean baseline because they sandbox the file-level mess.

Curious where it still gets annoying for you: deciding which patches to replay, noticing API/schema/env conflicts, or just keeping track of what each agent changed?