<![CDATA[Dexter's dev notes]]>https://dextertheshow.hashnode.devRSS for NodeThu, 12 Nov 2026 09:08:17 GMT60<![CDATA[A messenger for the AI CLIs already on your machine]]>https://dextertheshow.hashnode.dev/a-messenger-for-the-ai-clis-already-on-your-machinehttps://dextertheshow.hashnode.dev/a-messenger-for-the-ai-clis-already-on-your-machineWed, 11 Nov 2026 16:29:03 GMTMost of the AI coding tools I use already live in a terminal: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Cursor, and others. Each has its own session, and a task that needs more than one of them means copying context between windows.

Qlin is a desktop messenger for those tools, on Apple silicon Macs and 64-bit Windows 11. It does not ship a model and does not sell model access. It lists tools already installed and already signed in. You give each agent a name, instructions, and a model. You can message one agent, or put several in a group with a coordinator. You ask once; they divide the work, talk to each other by name, and the coordinator posts one summary. A group can mix providers, so Codex, Claude Code, and Gemini can sit in the same thread.

iPhone, iPad, and Android apps open the same chats while the computer is doing the work.

I would like feedback on the group-and-coordinator model, and on whether a messenger is the right shape compared with driving each CLI in its own terminal.

https://qlin.dev

Full disclosure: I'm the founder of Qlin.

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