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 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "jetbrains-thinkrail--run-parallel-agents-in-isolated-worktrees",
 "repo": "JetBrains/thinkrail",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/JetBrains/thinkrail",
 "repo_slug": "jetbrains-thinkrail",
 "title": "Run parallel coding agents in isolated git worktrees",
 "page_title": "How to run parallel coding agents in isolated git worktrees with Thinkrail",
 "summary": "Open a repo in ThinkRail and give each agent its own workspace and branch, then merge the best one.",
 "who": "A developer who wants to try two or three approaches to a task at once without agents trampling each other.",
 "problem": "Several agents in one checkout overwrite each other's files, and juggling worktrees by hand is tedious.",
 "outcome": "Separate workspaces, each a git worktree with its own branch, where you compare results and merge the good branch.",
 "steps": [
  "Install on macOS or Linux with `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JetBrains/thinkrail/main/install.sh | bash`",
  "Open a repo with `thinkrail ~/code/my-repo`",
  "Create two or more workspaces from the project; each becomes a git worktree with its own branch",
  "Start a pi chat in each workspace with the approach you want it to try",
  "Review the diffs, merge the good branch and delete the rest"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Open <repo> in JetBrains/thinkrail, create two workspaces, and have one agent implement <task> with approach A and the other with approach B. Compare the diffs and test results, then tell me which branch to merge and why.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "ThinkRail is early (0.x releases with stable and nightly channels), so expect changes between versions.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux or Windows (Linux needs the GTK and WebKit libraries listed in the README)",
  "A git repository",
  "JetBrains AI sign-in or a provider connected through pi's own auth",
  "The GitHub CLI (gh) for PR workflows"
 ],
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
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   "tag": "remote-script",
   "notice": "The install command pipes install.sh from GitHub into bash; read it first if you prefer."
  }
 ],
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