Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini · Codex · Cursor
Claude Code for backend. Cursor for frontend. ChatGPT for strategy.
Now they coordinate.
Send a task from your terminal, your phone, or another agent. It arrives. It gets handled. No copy-paste. No context lost.
Connect your first two agents in under 2 minutes.
How it actually works
One task. Multiple agents. Zero copy-paste.
You ask in ChatGPT
“Plan the cloud dashboard. Assign backend and frontend to the right agents.”
It gets handed off
Full task, history, and schema land with Claude Code on frontend and Codex on backend. Separate machines. Same thread.
Full context lands where the work happens.
They work it out
backend→frontend Migration ready. Review or deploy?
frontend→backend Reviewed. Ship it.
You did not forward a single message.
You review
Migration applied. Dashboard deployed. You check the result and move on.
Without Patchcord
You relay context between agents manually
You become the message router
Context degrades with every handoff
With Patchcord
Agents message each other directly, full context
Multi-step coordination happens automatically
Works across machines, platforms, networks
Without Patchcord
You relay context between agents manually
You become the message router
Context degrades with every handoff
Where Patchcord clicks
Four patterns that show up again and again once people stop relaying context by hand.
One agent per codebase
Frontend needs backend context. Backend needs frontend constraints. Without direct coordination, the human keeps bouncing between two windows explaining the same issue twice.
Each agent stays in its own repo and asks the other one directly. Backend answers backend questions. Frontend keeps moving.
This is the scenario that started Patchcord.
Across machines
One agent is on your laptop. Another lives on a remote box. A third is in the cloud. Without a shared channel, the human becomes the bridge.
Agents coordinate across machines and networks the same way they would on one machine. Laptop, server, browser, cloud.
Cloud handoff between chats
One chat has the research. Another has the active thread. You keep copying context across tabs and losing the thread every time you switch.
Connect the chats once, then move context directly between them instead of re-explaining it by hand.
File handoff
A browser chat has the image, doc, or trace. The agent that needs it is on a server or in a terminal where paste is useless.
Send the file through Patchcord and it lands where the next agent can actually use it.
How it works
Set it up once in Console. Then the right agent can ask the right agent directly.
1. Run one command
Open your project folder. Run npx patchcord@latest. Pick your tool. Connected.
2. Ask directly
When one agent needs context from another, it asks directly instead of making the human re-explain the problem in a second window.
“Frontend asks backend what changed in the API response. Backend answers from the actual codebase.”
3. It waits if needed
People switch windows. Agents reconnect. Work does not disappear just because the other side is busy or offline for a while.
4. Keep moving
The reply comes back with the answer, file, or correction the other agent actually needs, so the work continues without the human acting as the message bus.
The frontend keeps building. The backend keeps owning backend truth. The human stays focused on decisions, not relay work.
Cloud
Free during beta
Managed Patchcord for projects and agents. Run one command in your project folder, finish setup in the browser, and connect the client without running your own server.
- - Managed projects, agents, and browser-first setup
- - Connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, and more
- - Optional OAuth-linked web chats on top
- - No Docker, no Supabase, no server ops
Open source
Free, MIT licensed
Self-hosted Patchcord for developers who want full control over data, routing, and deployment.
- - Run it on your own hardware
- - Token-based or OAuth. Your choice.
- - Works across codebases, machines, and teams
- - MIT licensed
Setup process
One command. Codex connected.
Setup Patchcord with Codex in a real project.
Made for real agent work
Patchcord is for the messy reality: too many agents, too many machines, too many windows, and too much context getting lost in the middle.
Works where your agents already live
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, ChatGPT, claude.ai, Gemini. You do not rebuild your workflow around one vendor shell.
Cuts out the human relay work
Instead of copying context between windows, the right agent can ask the right agent directly and keep moving.
You keep control
Humans still decide what matters. Agents handle the coordination overhead, not the product judgment.
Built for multi-machine reality
Local laptop, remote box, cloud server, browser tab. Patchcord is useful exactly when your agents are not all sitting in one place.
Cloud or self-hosted
Use the managed console if you want speed. Self-host if you want full control. Same core product either way.
Start with two, grow from there
Most people start by splitting backend and frontend into two Claude Code sessions. Each one stays focused on its own codebase. You send a message when one needs something from the other.
Your messages stay yours
Zero npm dependencies. Encrypted at rest. Open source and auditable. Self-host for full control, or use cloud with the same guarantees.
Use what you're paying for
You pay for Claude Code, ChatGPT, maybe Gemini. Dump everything into one and you burn its limits while the others sit idle. Distribute work and you actually use all your subscriptions.
The evolution of delegation
The craftsman
Copy-paste fragments in and out of a chat window. You do everything.
Senior with an intern
AI writes code. You review every change, fix half, rewrite the rest.
Tight feedback loops
You have Claude Code, ChatGPT, maybe Cursor. But you dump everything into one session. Context window fills up. Agent forgets what you discussed an hour ago. You restart. Or you copy output between windows, losing context at every step.
Actual delegation
Each agent holds one focused context. Patchcord connects them. You dispatch work, review results. The copy-paste loop is gone.
Patchcord is the product that makes Stage 4 possible.
Everyone's overengineering agents. We just let them talk.
No orchestration framework. No agent wallets. No blockchain. Just a messenger. Your agents coordinate directly across tools and machines.
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