A VS Code extension that manages projects as "lanes" in a multi-root workspace, switching the full context at once.
Built for developers running AI coding agents across multiple projects.
The Problem
When running many projects in a multi-root workspace:
Explorer shows all projects flat, hard to navigate
Terminals pile up across projects
Editor tabs from different projects get mixed
No way to tell which project's agent is idle when running agents in parallel
Features
To address these, each project in the workspace becomes a "lane". Switching lanes swaps Explorer, editor tabs, terminals, and Git together.
The switch is a view change — background terminals keep running.
Lane switching
Explorer and Git show only the active lane
Editor tabs are saved and restored per lane
Terminals persist in the background across switches
Agent monitoring
Detects Claude Code processes and shows idle/active per lane
Commands
Command
Description
Project Lanes: Focus
Switch to a lane
Project Lanes: Unfocus
Show all lanes in Explorer
Project Lanes: Close Terminals
Kill all terminal sessions for the active lane
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
projectLanes.refreshInterval
1
Agent status polling interval (seconds)
projectLanes.agent.idleThreshold
5
Seconds of inactivity before marking an agent as idle
projectLanes.agent.showStatus
true
Show agent status in badge, decoration, and status bar
projectLanes.terminal.shellPath
""
Shell path for Lane Terminal (empty = $SHELL)
Limitations
Agent monitoring is Linux only (/proc)
Tab restore covers normal file tabs only (not diff views, notebooks, etc.)
