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Agents scale output. Zeus Mode scales your attention to match.

Zeus surfaces the few things that need you across Claude Code and Codex, so you can run more agents without drowning in their output.

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zeus · today 12 agents · read from ~/.claude and ~/.codex
working
8
sessions with a heartbeat in the last 2 m
finished
2
branches with a PR and passing tests
blocked
1
paused at a checkpoint on a budget limit
need you
4
gates waiting for a person, oldest 41 m
01

The fleet produces faster than you can read.

Twelve agents write code, run tests, and open pull requests. The output is simultaneous, continuous, and does not stop. Most of it needs nobody. Finding the four things that need you is the work you did not sign up for.

12 agents · everything they did today 1 412 events
read retry check build fetch test run grep diff read retry check build fetch test run edit diff read retry check build fetch test plan edit diff read retry check build fetch think plan edit diff read retry check build write think plan edit diff read retry question commit write think plan edit diff read retry push commit write think plan edit diff read lint push commit write think plan edit diff grep lint push commit write think plan edit run grep lint push commit write think plan test run grep lint push commit write think fetch test run grep lint push commit write build fetch test run grep lint push commit PR ready build fetch test run grep lint push retry check build fetch test run grep lint read retry check build fetch test run grep diff read retry check build fetch test run edit diff read retry check build fetch test plan edit diff read retry check build fetch think plan edit question read retry check build write think plan edit diff read retry check commit write think plan edit diff read retry push commit write think plan edit diff read lint push commit write think plan edit diff grep budget 85 % push commit write think plan edit run grep lint push commit write think plan test run grep lint
read retry check build fetch test run grep diff read retry check build fetch test run edit diff read retry check build fetch test plan edit diff read retry check build fetch think plan edit diff read retry check build write think plan edit diff read retry question commit write think plan edit diff read retry push commit write think plan edit diff read lint push commit write think plan edit diff grep lint push commit write think plan edit run grep lint push commit write think plan test run grep lint push commit write think fetch test run grep lint push commit write build fetch test run grep lint push commit PR ready build fetch test run grep lint push retry check build fetch test run grep lint read retry check build fetch test run grep diff read retry check build fetch test run edit diff read retry check build fetch test plan edit diff read retry check build fetch think plan edit question read retry check build write think plan edit diff read retry check commit write think plan edit diff read retry push commit write think plan edit diff read lint push commit write think plan edit diff grep budget 85 % push commit write think plan edit run grep lint push commit write think plan test run grep lint
zeus reads all of it and keeps what needs a person ↓
Two questions waiting on you
cl-a41f2c · cx-0c77d3
One PR ready for review
PR #412 · tests pass
One budget nearing its limit
Claude weekly · 85 %
One plan waiting for approval
cl-9b02e1 · auth migration
1 412 in · 4 out the other 1 408 stay readable, not read
02

Focus only on what needs you.

Zeus surfaces all gates that need you across the agent fleet. You approve, answer, review, or steer in place. The agents keep working.

Everything else stays a click away: the agent's goal line, its thread, its queue, its flow chart. Readable when you want it, never in your way.

zeus · needs you 4
Approve the plan for the auth migration
cl-9b02e1 · plan approval · 12 m
plan
ApproveEdit planOpen thread
Retry policy for 5xx: backoff or fail fast?
cl-a41f2c · question · 41 m
question
Backoff, 5 triesFail fastReply
PR #412 rate-limit middleware
cl-a41f2c · pull request · tests pass
review
ReviewMerge
Hand off the load test to another agent?
cl-a41f2c · delegation · 6 m
delegate
AllowKeep it here
8 agents working normally. No action needed. 8 working
the agent wants to zeus
Present a plan asks you
Start implementing asks you
Edit, test, commit inside the plan continues
Open a pull request shows you
Run an eval asks you
Change model asks you
Delegate work to another agent asks you
Gates come from the agent's charter. When the charter changes, Zeus marks the chart stale until you look.
03

Give agents more autonomy without giving up control.

More autonomy should not mean less control. Zeus knows which steps an agent may take on its own and which ones stop for you: plan approval, the start of implementation, a pull request, an eval, a model change, a decision to delegate.

Everything between those gates runs without you. The gate is where your attention goes, and the only place it has to.

04

Your agents can work together.

As agents work, they create more work — plans, code, docs to write. Agents queue the work in the Zeus work service, and the relevant agent with room claims it automatically. Delegation lets specialized, long-running agents work in parallel, and Zeus Mode shows you the hand-offs and the work queues.

work service pending 7 · claimed 11
api: document the limits
from cl-a41f2c · 6 m
claimed · cl-9b02e1
api: load test at 2× limit
from cl-a41f2c · 6 m · delegation approved
pending
billing: retry dashboard
from cl-f012a3 · 2 h
pending
auth: remove legacy provider
from cx-0c77d3 · 3 h
pending
3 items have no owner and no agent free to claim them. Start agent
05

Now scale from one engineer to the team.

Throughput is a team number. Everyone runs the same agents. When work piles up at one desk, agents at another desk claim it. Budget goes where the work is.

without zeus mode wed 14:10
You
5 agents
billing: retries
docs: runbook
52 % budget
Priya
4 agents
api: rate limits
api: auth migration
api: docs
api: tests
100 % budget
Sam
3 agents
web: checkout tests
Two agents idle. Free for new work.
31 % budget
waiting 3 items · 2 days idle budget 69 % of Sam windows open 3
with zeus mode wed 11:40
You
5 agents
api: docs
billing: retries
docs: runbook
60 % budget
Priya
4 agents
api: tests
Three items moved to You and Sam at 85 %.
85 % budget
Sam
3 agents
api: rate limits
api: auth migration
web: checkout tests
57 % budget
waiting 0 idle budget 43 % of Sam windows open 1
same agents, any desk
Work carries its checkpoint. Your agents and Sam's pick up Priya's items where hers left them.
budget follows the work
Priya stops at 85 % instead of 100 %. The budget you and Sam had left does the rest of the week.
06

Attention scales in step with agents.

Your agents work autonomously. Zeus surfaces what needs you. You decide, in place, and the agents keep going. Through the work service, agents delegate to each other, so the fleet grows.

Adding agents should not mean adding the same amount of supervision. Each turn of the loop is built to hold that.

one loop, four stops
a · agents work
Pick work. Produce code and docs.
b · zeus surfaces
What needs you. Nothing else.
c · you decide
In place.
d · agents delegate
Work for each other. The fleet grows.
07

Runs where your agents already run.

Zeus is a macOS app and a background program. It reads the files Claude Code and Codex already write. Your source, transcripts and tool output never leave your machine. Team mode shares task status and hand-off summaries only.

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Do I replace Claude Code or Codex?
No. Zeus reads what they already write.
no
Does Zeus need my repository in the cloud?
No. It runs on your Mac against your working copies.
no
Does my source leave my machine?
No. Source, transcripts and tool output stay local.
no
What does team mode share?
Task status and hand-off summaries. Nothing else.
summaries
Do I change how I work?
Very little. Keep your terminals. Zeus is one more window.
barely
requirementversion
macOS14 or later
Claude Code or Codexany current release