Use cases
Stop rebuilding context.Every stage, one workspace.
Building, launching, marketing and reviewing traffic each open different tools. CmdBrief keeps the product, its tasks, the evidence and the agent work attached as you move between them, whether one agent does the work or a lead runs a crew.
Apple silicon · macOS 26+ · Local-first · Generally available
Ship the paywall and the new onboarding screens.
Code stays on your Mac. Provider sessions run under your accounts; CmdBrief is not a cloud IDE.
- The repo and its saved panes
- Tasks with acceptance criteria
- Diffs, test output and agent runs
- The lead, its crew and their sessions
- Startup commands and ${NAME} secret references
The tools change four times. The product context doesn’t.
Founder reality
Your day isn’t one coding session.
One product needs a build fix. Another needs launch copy. A campaign is ready to review while yesterday’s release produces traffic data. Each switch costs the context you had a minute ago.
terminal, Claude Code, simulator
CMS, docs, a fresh chat
X, analytics, notes app
Search Console, a spreadsheet
- 01
The tools change at each stage
Build, launch, marketing and review each open a different set of apps and sessions.
- 02
Every stage creates more state
Repos, checks, content and metrics pile up for every product you run.
- 03
Context loss is the real cost
Switching stages without the product context attached means rebuilding it from memory, every time.
Stage by stage
What stays together, and what stays in the tool that owns it.
Four workflows, one contract: keep the context, name the next outcome, start bounded work, keep the evidence in view.
Build the next product
- The workspace comes back as you left it
layout.yamlRepos, panes, tasks and startup commands reopen as one saved workspace per product. - Tasks carry acceptance criteria
task → agentStatus, priority and criteria on every job. Give parallel agents separate scopes, then review the work against the brief. - Diffs stay beside the work
git snapshotEach command block records the git snapshot it ran against while the working diff fills in live. - Evidence stays with the product
tests ✓Test output, agent runs and verification results stay attached instead of scattering across terminals.
Code stays on your Mac. Provider sessions run under your accounts; CmdBrief is not a cloud IDE.
Ship without losing the launch
- Release checks become tasks
checklist → tasksTurn the launch checklist into tracked tasks with status and priority, so nothing ships half-reviewed. - Previews beside the work
browser paneThe staging app and deploy dashboard sit beside the launch tasks. Check the real preview before you accept a change. - Copy stays with the release
launch copyDraft and review launch copy in the workspace of the product going live. - Follow-ups stay attached
follow-upsPost-launch fixes and agent runs land in the same product thread, not a rebuilt context.
Publishing is your explicit action in the service that owns it. CmdBrief never pushes or deploys for you.
Turn marketing into execution
- Campaign work as bounded tasks
bounded tasksSplit content and channel work into tasks with acceptance criteria, not open-ended growth items. - The CMS stays in a pane
CMS in paneThe CMS or channel you publish to stays visible beside the files and the agent doing the work. - Agents do reviewable work
agent runClaude Code or Codex make the copy and content changes, with the diff and evidence on hand. - Channel state at a glance
status · priorityWhat is live, what needs assets and what waits for a decision stays visible.
CmdBrief is not the publishing system; the CMS or channel stays the system of record.
Review traffic with product context
- Owned tools stay the source
Search ConsoleSearch Console, analytics and billing stay in the tools that own the data. - A signal becomes a task
signal → taskCapture one traffic opportunity with its measurement window noted, then move on. - Fix it with the right agent
task → agentStart the bounded fix with the product context already attached, then review the diff. - Come back after the window
7-day windowReopen the dashboard when the window closes and measure the effect in the tool that owns it.
Measurement stays in the tool that owns the data; CmdBrief keeps the loop around it.
Before and after.
| Without CmdBrief | With CmdBrief |
|---|---|
| Build context scattered across terminals, editors and chat sessions | One persistent workspace for every product, from repo to release |
| A launch checklist living outside the product going live | Release checks, previews and follow-ups attached to the launch |
| Marketing work recreated in every app before a task can start | Bounded campaign tasks beside the files, browser tools and agents |
| Traffic reviewed in a dashboard with no link back to the work | A signal becomes a task, the task becomes an agent run, the window gets measured |
| Context rebuilt every time you switch products | Saved workspaces restore the whole setup for any stage |
Field guides
Go deeper on the loop.
Guides with sources for choosing agents, scoping tasks and supervising parallel work on real products.
Claude Code vs Codex (2026): benchmarks, cost per task, and a fair trial
Current Terminal-Bench harness scores, token and cost-per-task figures, the one independent head-to-head, 2026 plan pricing for both — and the repository trial that decides it for your codebase.
Read guideClaude Code workflows that survive real product work
A repeatable loop for discovery, implementation, verification, review, and session handoff.
Read guideCodex CLI workflow for local product development (2026)
Run Codex from a local repository with the commands, config.toml keys, sandbox and approval settings, AGENTS.md conventions, non-interactive runs, and session resume that make the work reviewable.
Read guideRun Claude Code and Codex in parallel with Git worktrees
Create separate worktrees, launch Claude Code and Codex, divide ownership, and review the combined result. Includes commands and a reusable task brief.
Read guide
How the loop works.
How the loop works at each stage, where the boundaries sit, and which tools stay in charge of their own data.
CmdBrief restores the product workspace exactly as you left it — repos, panes, tasks, and startup commands — and attaches the working diff, agent runs, and verification evidence to that product. The terminal stays a terminal; the context around it stops scattering.
No. Publication, deployment, and measurement stay in the authoritative services: the deploy pipeline, the CMS, and the analytics tools keep the data they own. CmdBrief keeps the work and evidence around those tools in one workspace, and launch checks or follow-ups become tracked tasks.
Whatever owns the stage you are working on: the staging app and deploy dashboard during Launch, the CMS or channel during Market, and Search Console or analytics during Review. Any URL printed in terminal output is Cmd-clickable straight into a browser pane.
Inspect the dashboard in the tool that owns the data, capture a specific signal as a task with the measurement window noted, launch Claude Code, Codex, or another supported agent for the bounded implementation, then return to the owning tool after the window closes to measure the effect.
Yes. Workspaces are saved as named layouts with ${NAME} secret references, so every product gets the same repeatable setup — tabs, panes, layout, and startup commands — without duplicating secrets into files.
Any supported agent: Claude Code, Codex, Grok CLI, Kimi CLI, OpenCode, and Cursor CLI all get the supervision layer with live working, needs-action, completed, and failed states, notifications, and session resume. Any other CLI can run in a regular terminal pane without the status layer.
Still unsure?Write to [email protected] or use the contact form.Contact CmdBrief →
Run the loop for every product you ship.
For founders running Claude Code, Codex and other agent CLIs across real products. One workspace per product, the same loop for each.
Generally available · macOS 26+ · Monthly or yearly billing