{
  "id": 8286065,
  "title": "Airport: Manage Multiple AI Agent Terminals Happily ✈️",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/airport-manage-multiple-ai-agent-terminals-happily",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-18T18:49:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/vignaesh_ram/airport-manage-multiple-ai-agent-terminals-happily-34gg"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As AI coding agents have become more advanced, developers have started running multiple agents simultaneously to handle different tasks and projects. While this approach increases efficiency, it also introduces a new challenge: managing the agents effectively. Developers often find themselves constantly switching between terminals and workspaces, trying to keep track of which agent is working on which files and which ones need their attention.\n\nTo address this issue, a developer named Vignaesh Ram built a tool called Airport. Airport is a VS Code extension that provides a unified interface for managing and monitoring multiple AI coding agents within the same VS Code environment. The extension introduces a dedicated sidebar that displays a live status icon for each agent terminal, indicating whether the agent needs assistance, is actively working, or has finished its task.\n\nAirport offers several key features to streamline the process of managing multiple agents. Firstly, it supports multiple workspaces within a single window, allowing developers to run agents across different projects without the need to constantly switch between separate VS Code windows. It also includes a Files view that follows the selected terminal, making it easy to identify which folder an agent is currently working on.\n\nOne of the most convenient features of Airport is its one-click agent launch capability. Developers can quickly start any of the supported AI agents, such as Claude Code, Codex, Devin, or Antigravity, in a real VS Code terminal. The extension also allows users to create duplicate terminals, either as a copy of an existing setup or with a different agent, enabling them to compare how different agents handle the same task.\n\nTo keep developers informed, Airport provides notifications whenever a terminal requires their input. Additionally, it offers a Session resume feature that allows developers to reopen their workspace and seamlessly continue using the previously opened terminals, without losing their progress.\n\nUnder the hood, Airport leverages VS Code's shell integration API to monitor terminal output and determine the status of each agent. By hooking into this API, Airport can infer the agent's status without needing to parse specific output formats, making it compatible with various shells like bash, zsh, fish, pwsh, and cmd. However, it's important to note that the status indicators require a shell with shell integration support, as terminals without this capability will not display the status light.\n\nThe name \"Airport\" was chosen to reflect the concept of a control tower managing multiple terminals simultaneously. Just as an airport control tower oversees various aircraft in different terminals, Airport aims to provide developers with a centralized view of their AI agents, helping them stay informed and focused on the tasks that require their attention.\n\nIn summary, Airport is a VS Code extension designed to simplify the management of multiple AI coding agents. By providing a unified interface, live status indicators, workspace management, and convenient features like one-click agent launch and terminal duplication, Airport aims to enhance the developer experience when working with multiple agents. As AI agents continue to evolve, Airport seeks to adapt and provide better tools for managing these powerful coding assistants, ultimately streamlining the development process for developers who rely on AI assistance.",
  "summary": "AI coding agents have changed the way I develop software. Instead of one assistant helping with one task at a time, I increasingly found myself running multiple agents in parallel — Claude Code, Codex, Devin, Antigravity, and others, each working on a different project or task. And that's when I ran into a problem I wasn't expecting: managing the agents was becoming harder than using them. The…",
  "key_points": [
    "Airport is a VS Code extension for managing multiple AI coding agents.",
    "Provides live status icons and files view for agent monitoring.",
    "Enables one-click agent launch and session resume features."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}