Brain Spawn

Spawn a swarm of Claude terminals with a single command.

Brain Spawn Demo

Features

Instant Swarm — Launch a batch of Claude terminals at once, each with a random name, icon, and color (max 10).
Add More — Spawn additional terminals one at a time.
Plan Mode — Spawn a terminal in --permission-mode plan for read-only exploration.
Worktree Mode — Spawn a terminal with --worktree so Claude works on its own git branch.
Fork Session — Fork a running Claude session into a new terminal from the dashboard.
Live Dashboard — Monitor all terminals with real-time busy/idle/waiting status, chat history, edited files, and event logs via Claude Code hooks.
Custom Command — Override the default claude command via a single VS Code setting.

Install the extension.
Press Cmd+Shift+T (Ctrl+Shift+T on Windows/Linux) or run Brain Spawn: Launch from the command palette.
A batch of Claude terminals appear, ready to go.
Run Brain Spawn: Dashboard to open the live monitoring dashboard.

Command	Shortcut	Description
`Brain Spawn: Launch`	`Cmd+Shift+T`	Spawn a batch of Claude terminals
`Brain Spawn: New Terminal`	—	Spawn 1 additional terminal
`Brain Spawn: New Plan Terminal`	—	Spawn a terminal in plan mode (read-only)
`Brain Spawn: New Worktree Terminal`	—	Spawn a terminal with `--worktree`
`Brain Spawn: Dashboard`	—	Open the live terminal monitoring dashboard

Setting	Default	Description
`brainSpawn.command`	`"claude"`	Command to run in each spawned terminal

To use a different command, add this to your VS Code settings:

{
  "brainSpawn.command": "claude --model sonnet"
}