Agents Panel Discussion

Multiple AI agents. One shared workspace. Real panel discussion inside VS Code.

Run Codex, Claude Code, and Gemini CLI in one conversation. Compare answers, direct questions to a specific agent, attach context, and keep the whole discussion inside your editor.

Active multi-agent discussion with topic, participants, and shared context in one panel.

At a Glance

• Add only the agents you want
• Compare multiple answers in one panel
• Mention a specific agent with @Agent Name
• Attach files for one-turn context
• Keep chats local by default
• Stop failed turns cleanly instead of getting stuck on thinking

Supported Agents

If a CLI is not installed, it appears as unavailable in the Add Agent flow.

Plug-and-Play Setup

1. Install the agent CLIs

Install the agents you want to use.

Codex

npm install -g @openai/codex
codex --login

Claude Code

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
claude

Gemini CLI

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
gemini

2. Confirm they are available

codex --help
claude --help
gemini --help

3. Open the panel

From VS Code:

1. Press Cmd+Shift+P
2. Search for Agents Panel Discussion
3. Select Open Agents Panel Discussion

First Run

1. Click + Add Agent
2. Choose an available model
3. Give the agent a name
4. Optionally set a working directory
5. Send your first message

No agents are added automatically. You choose exactly which agents join the discussion.

Example Flow

Add Codex, Claude Code, and Gemini CLI, then ask:

What is the safest way to refactor this service?

Or direct the question to one agent:

@Codex review this function and suggest a cleaner version.

In Action

Deeper panel discussion view with agent responses, technical tradeoffs, and long-form debate.

Clean first-run state before the discussion begins, with agents ready and the composer visible.

What You Can Do

• Run multi-agent discussions in one shared panel
• Ask the same question once and compare responses
• Mention an agent directly with @Agent Name
• Attach files to the current message
• Start a new chat without removing your agents
• Enable chat history only when you want it

Attachments

Use attachments for:

• stack traces
• config files
• specs
• diffs
• small source files

Attachments are used only for the current turn and are not saved into chat history.

Limits:

• 256 KB per file
• 1 MB total per message

Privacy

History saving is off by default.

When history saving is off:

• chats stay in memory only
• nothing is saved to disk

When history saving is on:

• chats are saved locally in VS Code storage
• saved chats can be reopened later

If Something Fails

• If an agent is unavailable, the CLI is not installed or not visible to VS Code
• If an agent fails during a turn, the panel exits the turn cleanly instead of hanging
• If Gemini returns 429 RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED, the Gemini account or project has no available quota for that model

Command

agentChat.open
Open Agents Panel Discussion