# Show HN: Breakout coordinator (Launch cross-vendor breakout sessions instantly)

> Source: <https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator>
> Published: 2026-10-28 19:04:19+00:00

You're coding or designing with Claude or Codex, and you want a few agents to go discuss something and come back with answers. This does that.

*Claude Code on the left asks two agents to review this README. The right side
shows them talking. Waits are sped up.*

Ask from your conversation ("break out on this design with an architect and a skeptic"). The agents go off, argue it out, and the answer comes back to the same conversation. You can then ask them follow-up questions or ask for changes. Mix Claude, Codex, or OpenAI-compatible models. Your agent passes them the context, so you don't have to.

```
git clone https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator.git && cd breakout-coordinator
python3 -m breakout demo --document examples/review.txt   # pretend agents, no accounts
```

Python 3.11+, macOS. No dependencies.

```
python3 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -e . && export PATH="$PWD/.venv/bin:$PATH"
breakout install --provider claude --config-dir ~/.claude
breakout install --provider codex --config-dir ~/.codex
breakout daemon start
```

You need Claude Code or Codex installed and logged in. Restart your session and
ask for a breakout. See the [guide](https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator/blob/main/docs/GUIDE.md).

- Agents only discuss. They can't run commands or edit your files.
- Answers show up at your next message, not instantly.
- Tested live with Claude and Codex. Everything else is covered by tests only; see
[verification](https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator/blob/main/docs/VERIFICATION.md) .
- Next up: agents that build and test code, not just talk.
See the [roadmap](https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator/blob/main/ROADMAP.md) .

[Reference](https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator/blob/main/docs/REFERENCE.md) · [Contributing](https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) ·
[Security](https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator/blob/main/SECURITY.md) · [MIT license](https://github.com/saranyan/breakout-coordinator/blob/main/LICENSE)

Sibling project: [agent-relay](https://github.com/saranyan/agent-relay), which
lets two coding sessions pass work back and forth.