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15 min

Your first hour

From installer to two agents working side by side in separate lanes.

  1. Install PaneScale
  2. Open a workspace and start a pane
  3. Give the second pane its own lane
  4. Learn the five shortcuts that matter
15 min

Keep track of many sessions

Six agents at once without losing the thread: names, status and who needs you.

  1. Start several panes with a launch set
  2. Read status dots and session names
  3. Answer whoever needs you from the dashboard
  4. Hand a stuck session to another agent
25 min

Set up a night shift

Queue well-scoped tasks in the evening and review diffs in the morning.

  1. Write tasks with a finish line
  2. Fill the autopilot queue
  3. Set limits and a backup agent
  4. Review the morning report
10 min

Fix UI by pointing

Connect your dev server to the browser pane and fix a real component.

  1. Open your dev server in the browser pane
  2. Select an element and describe the change
  3. Review the diff and apply
30 min

Build a release workflow

Agent, tests, a browser check, a Git review and your approval — every time.

  1. Start from the Release recipe
  2. Configure each step in the inspector
  3. Add a trigger
  4. Read a run and export its receipt
10 min

Keep costs predictable

Your subscription limits, daily budgets per engine, loop detection and what “measured” means.

  1. Read your limits and their forecast
  2. Set daily budgets
  3. Understand loop detection
  4. Read the usage history
30 min

Make a product video

A short launch teaser, written as scenes of code and exported locally.

  1. Create a video from a template
  2. Let an agent edit the scenes
  3. Run the checks and export
10 min

Connect other agents via MCP

Turn on the bridge so any MCP client can use your PaneScale board.

  1. Turn on the MCP bridge
  2. Add PaneScale to your client
  3. Call the board tools

Practical reading.

Longer pieces on working with coding agents — most of them useful with or without PaneScale.

One terminal is not enough anymore

Coding agents got good enough to work in parallel. Our tools didn’t. Here is the idea behind PaneScale.

3 min read

Five ways an agent can fake a green build

Agents rarely cheat on purpose, but under pressure to make tests pass they find shortcuts. Here is what to look for — and what PaneScale flags automatically.

2 min read

Checkpoints that never touch your branch

How PaneScale snapshots a working copy byte for byte without moving HEAD, the index or any branch — and why rewinding refuses to overwrite your edits.

2 min read

Write tasks an agent can finish

The difference between a task that runs overnight and one that wanders is usually a single sentence — the finish line. A short template and examples.

2 min read

Bypass mode: a decision table

Skipping an agent’s permission prompts saves hours — and occasionally costs a lot more. When it is reasonable, and what to put in place first.

2 min read

Why the second pane opens instantly

Starting a coding CLI takes seconds. Pre-warmed sessions hide that wait — here is how we do it without eating your memory.

2 min read
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