herdr: Managing Codex and Claude Agents Across Projects

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-08-30 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

The creator recommends herdr for productivity. It lets him reach his Codex and Claude agents easily and switch between them per project.

Key points

• herdr gives one place to access several coding agents (Codex and Claude Code).
• It makes switching agents per project easy.
• The creator says it makes him more productive.

Resources mentioned

• herdr · tool · x.com · check price
  A runtime that keeps real terminals open for coding agents on a local or rented machine, so agent sessions keep running when you disconnect.
  Also in: Terminal Tool Recommendation: herdr (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), herdr 0.9.0: Control Agents Across Multiple Machines (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), GPU devbox Docker image with coding agents on Runpod (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), GPU-Ready AI Devbox Docker Image on Runpod (PyTorch 2.8 + CUDA 12.8) (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 7 more
• OpenAI Codex · tool · openai.com · paid
  OpenAI's coding agent. In the diagram it writes code, fixes review findings and drives the build loop. The creator also used it to make this video.
  Also in: An agent bot that installs and drives Codex on its own (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Asking a Coder bot to install Codex (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Codex Cloud Environments Must Be Saved & Published Before Use (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 240 more
• Claude Code · tool · code.claude.com · paid · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  Build agents and pipelines from the terminal; the guide's main agentic coding tool.
  Also in: Create Claude Code Plugins with /plugin-authoring (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Claude Code mods: customize behavior and UI with plugins (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), AI Engineer Roadmap Overview: From ML Foundations to RAG, Agents & Ops (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes), SkillsBento: Free Plugin Marketplace for Codex and Claude Code (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 101 more

Try this

• Try herdr to manage several coding agents across projects.