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Forkbench vs Claude Code Agent Teams
Agent Teams is Claude Code's built-in feature for coordinating Claude sub-agents inside a single Claude session (experimental, off by default).
This is not really an either/or. Agent Teams coordinates Claude sub-agents inside one Claude Code session — a team lead spawning teammates with a shared task list. Forkbench sits a layer below any single vendor: it's the workspace where Claude Code (with or without Agent Teams), Codex, Gemini CLI, and your own scripts all run together. Use Agent Teams inside a Forkbench lane if you like.
| Forkbench | Claude Code Agent Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Cross-vendor workspace + control surface | Claude sub-agents in one session |
| Agent support | Any terminal CLI, mixed | Claude only |
| Runs where | Any/all your Macs + web | One session, one machine |
| Secrets handling | Zero-read Vault | Inherits the shell env |
| Persistent notes / board | Notebooks + shared task board | In-session task list |
| Availability | Shipped | Experimental (opt-in flag) |
| Relationship | The workspace Agent Teams can run inside | A feature of one agent |
Where Claude Code Agent Teams is strong
- First-party and native to Claude Code — no extra app to run.
- Deep integration with Claude's own model, context windows, and hooks.
- The right tool when your whole workflow is Claude, in one session, on one machine.
Where Forkbench differs
- Cross-vendor: coordinate Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Aider, and custom scripts on one board — not Claude sub-agents alone.
- Zero-read Vault brokers secrets so none of those agents ever see a raw key.
- Reaches across every Mac you own and out to the web/phone — Agent Teams is one session on one machine.
- A durable workspace: your Threads, notebooks, git panel, and scheduler don't change when your model does.
The bottom line
If your whole workflow is Claude, in one session, Agent Teams is a natural fit — and you can still run it inside Forkbench. If you mix agents, want your secrets brokered away from every one of them, or coordinate across machines and answer agents remotely, Forkbench is the layer that holds it all together.
Comparison based on publicly available information as of mid-2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us.