Clave

Clave is a native desktop workspace harness and agent orchestrator developed by Codika. It is designed to bridge terminal AI coding assistants—specifically Claude-based agent plugins and workflows—with a dedicated macOS desktop interface.

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Key features

  • Workspace Orchestration — Uses .clave workspace configuration schemas to manage project contexts and agent state across tasks. - Claude Plugin Integration — Ships an official Claude agent plugin (clave@clave) enabling agents to interact directly with workspace structures. - Native macOS Integration — Built with Electron and resident Swift helpers to provide native macOS interactions, including haptic feedback and Mission Control integration. - Desktop App & Plugin Distribution — Packaged as a macOS desktop application (.dmg) combined with command-line agent tooling.

Use cases

Use Case: Orchestrating Agent Workspaces Developers working with Claude-driven coding agents can manage structured project workspaces using .clave configuration manifests, ensuring deterministic environment context across sessions.

Use Case: Multi-Task Agent Execution Engineers running terminal-based agent sessions can visualize and navigate ongoing agent tasks through a dedicated desktop harness with native macOS feedback.

Who it is for

Clave is built for macOS developers using Claude coding agents who want a dedicated GUI harness and structured workspace management alongside their CLI workflows. It is not intended for non-macOS environments or teams seeking headless, Linux-only CI agent runners.

Install guide

Installation Install the Clave plugin for your Claude agent environment: bash npx plugins add codika-io/clave For the desktop application on macOS, download the latest .dmg release directly from the GitHub releases page.

First Run Initialize a Clave workspace configuration in your project root: bash # Generate or inspect the .clave workspace file cat .clave Ensure your Claude CLI or plugin environment has permissions enabled to load the clave@clave plugin.

Example Session Once installed, you can direct Claude to interact with your Clave workspace: bash claude "Create a new workspace layout for the current TypeScript project and verify task definitions"

Part of CLI Coding Agents

Categories: AI Coding Agents, Developer Tools, Productivity

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