akritrim-colab 0.1.13

Three-party AI collaboration TUI for Codex, Claude, and the user

akritrim-colab

A three-pane collaboration TUI that puts you between Claude and Codex inside any repository. You direct, they implement and review.

Requires Claude CLI and Codex CLI installed and authenticated.

Install

pip install akritrim-colab

Or, for an isolated CLI install:

pipx install akritrim-colab

Quick Start

cd /path/to/your-repo
akritrim-colab

On first run, collaboration files are scaffolded into .collab/. Then the TUI launches.

Layout

Pane	Contents
Left	Shared session chat
Upper right	Claude
Lower right	Codex
Bottom	Master input

Panes are resizable — drag the dividers between them.

Input

Key	Action
Enter	Send message
Ctrl+Enter	Insert newline
Tab	Accept autocomplete suggestion
↑ / ↓	Browse command history or navigate autocomplete
Escape	Cancel active agent work
Ctrl+C	Quit

Type / to open the command autocomplete palette.

Routing

Direct a message to a specific agent:

@claude propose a UI improvement
@codex review the current changes
@both compare these two approaches

Or use /ask for one-off direct messages:

/ask claude explain this function
/ask codex run the tests
/ask both what are the risks here

Work Flows

Structured multi-agent flows that coordinate Claude and Codex automatically:

/fix <bug>           isolate → patch → review
/audit <target>      independent dual review + comparison
/feature <desc>      design → implement
/refactor <target>   map call sites → refactor → verify
/analyze <question>  dual analysis + position comparison
/decide <text>       log a decision to collaboration memory

Session Commands

/fresh                   start a new session (clears history)
/resume                  resume from last saved state
/status                  show current session state
/save                    persist session state to disk
/exit                    exit the TUI

Agent Control

/approve                 approve a pending agent request
/deny                    deny a pending agent request
/compare                 run a manual comparison round between agents
/mode <value>            broadcast a mode change to both agents
/role <target> <role>    reassign agent roles at runtime

Role targets: claude, codex, both. Role values: implementer, reviewer, collaborator.

Example:

/role codex implementer
/role both reviewer

Collaboration Memory

/decision D-XXX | Title | Decision | Rationale    log a structured decision
/topic T-XXX | Title | Codex pos | Claude pos      open a scratchpad topic
/resolve-topic T-XXX | D-XXX                       mark a topic resolved

Export

/export claude session_claude.txt     export Claude pane to file
/export codex session_codex.txt       export Codex pane to file
/export master session_chat.txt       export the shared chat to file

Diff Viewer

After each agent turn, ▶ [DIFF] <file> links appear inline for every file the agent changed. Each link is permanently bound to the exact patch from that turn — later edits to the same file do not overwrite earlier history.

• Click a link to open a full-screen diff overlay (color-coded: + green, - red, @@ cyan)
• Click ⎘ Copy to copy the raw diff to the clipboard
• Click X to close

Themes

/theme akritrim    (default)
/theme nord
/theme dracula
/theme solarized

The active theme is saved to settings.toml and restored on next launch.

Run Options

akritrim-colab run --codex-role reviewer --claude-role implementer
akritrim-colab run --claude-model claude-opus-4-5
akritrim-colab run --debug-log .collab/session/tui_debug.log