@yemi33/minions 0.1.2403 → 0.1.2405
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- package/dashboard/slim/body.html +1 -1
- package/docs/demo/why-minions.html +1421 -0
- package/package.json +1 -1
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<html lang="en">
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<head>
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<meta charset="UTF-8">
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
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<meta name="description" content="A source-backed decision guide for choosing between a raw coding-agent CLI, GitHub Copilot cloud agent, Multica, and Minions.">
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<title>Why Minions? | A Coding-Agent Orchestration Decision Guide</title>
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<style>
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:root {
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color-scheme: dark;
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--bg: #0d1117;
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--surface: #161b22;
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--surface-strong: #21262d;
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--surface-soft: #0d1117;
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--border: #30363d;
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--text: #e6edf3;
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--muted: #8b949e;
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--blue: #58a6ff;
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--green: #3fb950;
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--yellow: #d29922;
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--purple: #bc8cff;
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--red: #f85149;
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--orange: #e3b341;
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--shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
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--radius-sm: 4px;
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--radius-md: 6px;
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--radius-lg: 8px;
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--radius-xl: 10px;
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--radius-pill: 999px;
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}
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* { box-sizing: border-box; }
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html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
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body {
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margin: 0;
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min-width: 280px;
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background:
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radial-gradient(circle at 14% 3%, rgba(88, 166, 255, 0.11), transparent 31rem),
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radial-gradient(circle at 90% 18%, rgba(188, 140, 255, 0.08), transparent 27rem),
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var(--bg);
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font-family: "Segoe UI", system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;
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}
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a { color: var(--blue); }
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h1, h2, h3, p { margin-top: 0; }
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code {
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border: 1px solid rgba(88, 166, 255, 0.24);
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h2 {
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border-right: 1px solid currentColor;
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background: color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 12%, transparent);
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.ownership-row.cli { color: var(--yellow); }
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position: relative;
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margin-top: 18px;
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color: var(--muted);
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font-size: 0.8rem;
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.coordination-figure figcaption strong { color: var(--text); }
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.progression-grid {
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position: relative;
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display: grid;
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grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
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gap: 14px;
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margin: 0;
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padding: 0;
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list-style: none;
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.progression-grid::before {
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content: "";
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position: absolute;
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top: 25px;
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left: 8%;
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right: 8%;
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height: 1px;
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background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--yellow), var(--purple), var(--orange), var(--blue));
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}
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.progression-step {
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position: relative;
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min-height: 250px;
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padding: 58px 20px 20px;
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border: 1px solid var(--border);
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border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
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background: var(--surface);
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}
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.progression-step::before {
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content: attr(data-step);
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position: absolute;
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top: 10px;
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left: 20px;
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display: grid;
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width: 32px;
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height: 32px;
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place-items: center;
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border: 1px solid currentColor;
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border-radius: 50%;
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background: var(--bg);
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font-size: 0.72rem;
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font-weight: 900;
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}
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.progression-step.cli { color: var(--yellow); }
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.progression-step.copilot { color: var(--purple); }
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.progression-step.multica { color: var(--orange); }
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.progression-step.minions { color: var(--blue); }
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.progression-step h3 {
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margin-bottom: 12px;
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color: var(--text);
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font-size: 1.12rem;
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}
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.progression-step p {
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margin: 0;
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color: var(--muted);
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font-size: 0.91rem;
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}
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+
.progression-step strong { color: #c9d1d9; }
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+
.thesis {
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display: grid;
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grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
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+
gap: 16px;
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|
+
align-items: center;
|
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|
+
margin-top: 24px;
|
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|
+
padding: 20px 22px;
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|
+
border: 1px solid rgba(88, 166, 255, 0.35);
|
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+
border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
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|
+
background: rgba(88, 166, 255, 0.07);
|
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+
}
|
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|
+
.thesis-mark {
|
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+
display: grid;
|
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|
+
width: 36px;
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+
height: 36px;
|
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|
+
place-items: center;
|
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|
+
border-radius: 50%;
|
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|
+
background: var(--blue);
|
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|
+
color: #07111e;
|
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|
+
font-weight: 900;
|
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|
+
}
|
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|
+
.thesis p { margin: 0; }
|
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|
+
|
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|
+
.identity-note {
|
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|
+
display: grid;
|
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|
+
grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
|
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418
|
+
gap: 14px;
|
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419
|
+
align-items: start;
|
|
420
|
+
margin-bottom: 24px;
|
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|
+
padding: 16px 18px;
|
|
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|
+
border-left: 3px solid var(--orange);
|
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|
+
border-radius: 0 var(--radius-md) var(--radius-md) 0;
|
|
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|
+
background: rgba(227, 179, 65, 0.07);
|
|
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|
+
color: #c9d1d9;
|
|
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|
+
}
|
|
427
|
+
.identity-note strong {
|
|
428
|
+
color: var(--orange);
|
|
429
|
+
font-size: 0.74rem;
|
|
430
|
+
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
|
|
431
|
+
text-transform: uppercase;
|
|
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|
+
}
|
|
433
|
+
.identity-note p { margin: 0; }
|
|
434
|
+
.identity-note a { white-space: nowrap; }
|
|
435
|
+
|
|
436
|
+
.option-legend {
|
|
437
|
+
display: flex;
|
|
438
|
+
flex-wrap: wrap;
|
|
439
|
+
gap: 9px;
|
|
440
|
+
margin-bottom: 18px;
|
|
441
|
+
}
|
|
442
|
+
.option-key,
|
|
443
|
+
.option-name {
|
|
444
|
+
display: inline-flex;
|
|
445
|
+
align-items: center;
|
|
446
|
+
gap: 7px;
|
|
447
|
+
font-weight: 850;
|
|
448
|
+
}
|
|
449
|
+
.option-key {
|
|
450
|
+
padding: 6px 10px;
|
|
451
|
+
border: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
452
|
+
border-radius: var(--radius-pill);
|
|
453
|
+
background: var(--surface);
|
|
454
|
+
color: #c9d1d9;
|
|
455
|
+
font-size: 0.78rem;
|
|
456
|
+
}
|
|
457
|
+
.option-key::before,
|
|
458
|
+
.option-name::before {
|
|
459
|
+
content: "";
|
|
460
|
+
width: 8px;
|
|
461
|
+
height: 8px;
|
|
462
|
+
border-radius: 50%;
|
|
463
|
+
background: var(--option-color);
|
|
464
|
+
}
|
|
465
|
+
[data-option="cli"], .option-take.cli { --option-color: var(--yellow); }
|
|
466
|
+
[data-option="copilot"], .option-take.copilot { --option-color: var(--purple); }
|
|
467
|
+
[data-option="multica"], .option-take.multica { --option-color: var(--orange); }
|
|
468
|
+
[data-option="minions"], .option-take.minions { --option-color: var(--blue); }
|
|
469
|
+
|
|
470
|
+
.comparison-list {
|
|
471
|
+
display: grid;
|
|
472
|
+
gap: 16px;
|
|
473
|
+
}
|
|
474
|
+
.dimension-card {
|
|
475
|
+
padding: 24px;
|
|
476
|
+
border: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
477
|
+
border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
|
|
478
|
+
background: var(--surface);
|
|
479
|
+
}
|
|
480
|
+
.dimension-heading {
|
|
481
|
+
display: grid;
|
|
482
|
+
grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
|
|
483
|
+
gap: 14px;
|
|
484
|
+
align-items: start;
|
|
485
|
+
margin-bottom: 18px;
|
|
486
|
+
}
|
|
487
|
+
.dimension-number {
|
|
488
|
+
display: grid;
|
|
489
|
+
width: 34px;
|
|
490
|
+
height: 34px;
|
|
491
|
+
place-items: center;
|
|
492
|
+
border: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
493
|
+
border-radius: var(--radius-md);
|
|
494
|
+
background: var(--surface-strong);
|
|
495
|
+
color: var(--muted);
|
|
496
|
+
font: 800 0.72rem ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Consolas, monospace;
|
|
497
|
+
}
|
|
498
|
+
.dimension-heading h3 {
|
|
499
|
+
margin: 0 0 4px;
|
|
500
|
+
font-size: 1.2rem;
|
|
501
|
+
}
|
|
502
|
+
.dimension-heading p {
|
|
503
|
+
margin: 0;
|
|
504
|
+
color: var(--muted);
|
|
505
|
+
font-size: 0.9rem;
|
|
506
|
+
}
|
|
507
|
+
.option-grid {
|
|
508
|
+
display: grid;
|
|
509
|
+
grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
|
|
510
|
+
gap: 12px;
|
|
511
|
+
}
|
|
512
|
+
.option-take {
|
|
513
|
+
min-width: 0;
|
|
514
|
+
padding: 15px;
|
|
515
|
+
border: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
516
|
+
border-top: 2px solid var(--option-color);
|
|
517
|
+
border-radius: var(--radius-md);
|
|
518
|
+
background: var(--surface-soft);
|
|
519
|
+
}
|
|
520
|
+
.option-name {
|
|
521
|
+
margin-bottom: 8px;
|
|
522
|
+
color: #c9d1d9;
|
|
523
|
+
font-size: 0.78rem;
|
|
524
|
+
}
|
|
525
|
+
.option-take p {
|
|
526
|
+
margin: 0;
|
|
527
|
+
color: var(--muted);
|
|
528
|
+
font-size: 0.83rem;
|
|
529
|
+
line-height: 1.52;
|
|
530
|
+
}
|
|
531
|
+
.option-take strong { color: #c9d1d9; }
|
|
532
|
+
.source-mark {
|
|
533
|
+
display: inline-block;
|
|
534
|
+
margin-left: 0.2em;
|
|
535
|
+
color: var(--blue);
|
|
536
|
+
font-size: 0.72rem;
|
|
537
|
+
font-weight: 850;
|
|
538
|
+
text-decoration: none;
|
|
539
|
+
vertical-align: super;
|
|
540
|
+
}
|
|
541
|
+
|
|
542
|
+
.choice-grid {
|
|
543
|
+
display: grid;
|
|
544
|
+
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
|
|
545
|
+
gap: 16px;
|
|
546
|
+
}
|
|
547
|
+
.choice-card {
|
|
548
|
+
position: relative;
|
|
549
|
+
overflow: hidden;
|
|
550
|
+
padding: 26px;
|
|
551
|
+
border: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
552
|
+
border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
|
|
553
|
+
background: var(--surface);
|
|
554
|
+
}
|
|
555
|
+
.choice-card::before {
|
|
556
|
+
content: "";
|
|
557
|
+
position: absolute;
|
|
558
|
+
inset: 0 auto 0 0;
|
|
559
|
+
width: 3px;
|
|
560
|
+
background: var(--choice-color);
|
|
561
|
+
}
|
|
562
|
+
.tone-cli { --choice-color: var(--yellow); }
|
|
563
|
+
.tone-copilot { --choice-color: var(--purple); }
|
|
564
|
+
.tone-multica { --choice-color: var(--orange); }
|
|
565
|
+
.tone-minions { --choice-color: var(--blue); }
|
|
566
|
+
.choice-label {
|
|
567
|
+
margin-bottom: 8px;
|
|
568
|
+
color: var(--choice-color);
|
|
569
|
+
font-size: 0.72rem;
|
|
570
|
+
font-weight: 900;
|
|
571
|
+
letter-spacing: 0.12em;
|
|
572
|
+
text-transform: uppercase;
|
|
573
|
+
}
|
|
574
|
+
.choice-card h3 {
|
|
575
|
+
margin-bottom: 14px;
|
|
576
|
+
font-size: 1.35rem;
|
|
577
|
+
}
|
|
578
|
+
.choice-card ul {
|
|
579
|
+
margin: 0 0 18px;
|
|
580
|
+
padding-left: 20px;
|
|
581
|
+
color: #c9d1d9;
|
|
582
|
+
}
|
|
583
|
+
.choice-card li + li { margin-top: 7px; }
|
|
584
|
+
.watch-out {
|
|
585
|
+
margin: 0;
|
|
586
|
+
padding-top: 14px;
|
|
587
|
+
border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
588
|
+
color: var(--muted);
|
|
589
|
+
font-size: 0.88rem;
|
|
590
|
+
}
|
|
591
|
+
.watch-out strong { color: var(--text); }
|
|
592
|
+
|
|
593
|
+
.tradeoff-layout {
|
|
594
|
+
display: grid;
|
|
595
|
+
grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.15fr) minmax(300px, 0.85fr);
|
|
596
|
+
gap: 18px;
|
|
597
|
+
}
|
|
598
|
+
.tradeoff-card,
|
|
599
|
+
.decision-rule {
|
|
600
|
+
border: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
601
|
+
border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
|
|
602
|
+
background: var(--surface);
|
|
603
|
+
}
|
|
604
|
+
.tradeoff-card { padding: 26px; }
|
|
605
|
+
.tradeoff-card h3 { margin-bottom: 18px; }
|
|
606
|
+
.cost-pair {
|
|
607
|
+
display: grid;
|
|
608
|
+
grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
|
|
609
|
+
gap: 12px;
|
|
610
|
+
}
|
|
611
|
+
.cost-pair div {
|
|
612
|
+
padding: 16px;
|
|
613
|
+
border: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
614
|
+
border-radius: var(--radius-md);
|
|
615
|
+
background: var(--surface-soft);
|
|
616
|
+
}
|
|
617
|
+
.cost-pair strong {
|
|
618
|
+
display: block;
|
|
619
|
+
margin-bottom: 7px;
|
|
620
|
+
}
|
|
621
|
+
.cost-pair p {
|
|
622
|
+
margin: 0;
|
|
623
|
+
color: var(--muted);
|
|
624
|
+
font-size: 0.9rem;
|
|
625
|
+
}
|
|
626
|
+
.decision-rule {
|
|
627
|
+
display: flex;
|
|
628
|
+
flex-direction: column;
|
|
629
|
+
justify-content: center;
|
|
630
|
+
padding: 28px;
|
|
631
|
+
background:
|
|
632
|
+
linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(88, 166, 255, 0.1), transparent 60%),
|
|
633
|
+
var(--surface);
|
|
634
|
+
}
|
|
635
|
+
.decision-rule blockquote {
|
|
636
|
+
margin: 0 0 18px;
|
|
637
|
+
color: var(--text);
|
|
638
|
+
font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 2.4vw, 1.6rem);
|
|
639
|
+
font-weight: 750;
|
|
640
|
+
line-height: 1.35;
|
|
641
|
+
}
|
|
642
|
+
.decision-rule blockquote span { color: var(--blue); }
|
|
643
|
+
.decision-rule p {
|
|
644
|
+
margin: 0;
|
|
645
|
+
color: var(--muted);
|
|
646
|
+
font-size: 0.9rem;
|
|
647
|
+
}
|
|
648
|
+
|
|
649
|
+
.source-grid {
|
|
650
|
+
display: grid;
|
|
651
|
+
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
|
|
652
|
+
gap: 16px;
|
|
653
|
+
}
|
|
654
|
+
.source-group {
|
|
655
|
+
padding: 22px;
|
|
656
|
+
border: 1px solid var(--border);
|
|
657
|
+
border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
|
|
658
|
+
background: var(--surface);
|
|
659
|
+
}
|
|
660
|
+
.source-group h3 {
|
|
661
|
+
margin-bottom: 14px;
|
|
662
|
+
font-size: 1.08rem;
|
|
663
|
+
}
|
|
664
|
+
.source-group ol {
|
|
665
|
+
margin: 0;
|
|
666
|
+
padding-left: 24px;
|
|
667
|
+
}
|
|
668
|
+
.source-group li {
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<a class="skip-link" href="#main-content">Skip to the decision guide</a>
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<nav class="site-nav" aria-label="Why Minions explainer">
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<span class="brand-mark" aria-hidden="true">M</span>
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<span>Why Minions</span>
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<a href="#progression">Progression</a>
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<a href="#comparison">Compare</a>
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<a href="#choose">Choose</a>
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<a href="#trade-offs">Trade-offs</a>
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<a href="#sources">Sources</a>
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<a class="decision-link" href="../onboarding.md">How it runs</a>
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<p class="eyebrow">A decision guide, not a leaderboard</p>
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<h1 id="hero-title">Why <span>Minions?</span></h1>
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<p class="hero-lede">
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|
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A coding agent can solve a task. The harder problem begins when the work
|
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outlives one session: who routes the next task, isolates branches, remembers
|
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state, reacts to CI, coordinates repositories, and shows a human what needs a decision?
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</p>
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<div class="hero-actions">
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<a class="button-link primary" href="#choose">Find the smallest fit <span aria-hidden="true">↓</span></a>
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<a class="button-link" href="#comparison">Compare ten dimensions</a>
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<span class="verified-dot" aria-hidden="true"></span>
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Claims were checked against current Minions source documentation and official
|
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GitHub, Anthropic, and Multica material on July 22, 2026.
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<figure class="coordination-figure" aria-labelledby="ownership-caption">
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<p class="figure-kicker">How much coordination the system owns</p>
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<div class="ownership-stack" aria-hidden="true">
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<div class="ownership-row cli">
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<span class="ownership-name">Raw CLI</span>
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<div class="ownership-meter"><span>session</span></div>
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</div>
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<div class="ownership-row copilot">
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<div class="ownership-meter"><span>session + PR</span></div>
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</div>
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<div class="ownership-row multica">
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<span class="ownership-name">Multica</span>
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<div class="ownership-meter"><span>team + task lifecycle</span></div>
|
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</div>
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<div class="ownership-row minions">
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<span class="ownership-name">Minions</span>
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<div class="ownership-meter"><span>engineering lifecycle</span></div>
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<figcaption id="ownership-caption">
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<strong>This is not a quality ranking.</strong> More ownership means more
|
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automation and more operating machinery. Stop at the first model that owns
|
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the coordination you actually need.
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<section class="section" id="progression" aria-labelledby="progression-heading">
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<div class="section-heading">
|
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<p class="eyebrow">From a session to a system</p>
|
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<h2 id="progression-heading">The agent is only the first layer.</h2>
|
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<p>
|
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Each option moves a different amount of work out of the operator's head.
|
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The progression is about durable coordination, not model intelligence.
|
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</p>
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<h3>Run a coding CLI directly</h3>
|
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<p>
|
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|
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<strong>Tight feedback loop.</strong> You pick the repository, prompt,
|
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permissions, model, and moment-to-moment direction. You also own the
|
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queue, branch safety, hand-offs, and recovery between sessions.
|
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</p>
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<article class="progression-step copilot" data-step="02">
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<h3>Delegate a GitHub task</h3>
|
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<p>
|
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<strong>Background work becomes a visible GitHub session.</strong>
|
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|
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commits, and can produce a branch and pull request for review.
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</article>
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|
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<article class="progression-step multica" data-step="03">
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<h3>Manage agents as a team</h3>
|
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<p>
|
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<strong>Issues, agents, squads, runtimes, and Autopilots share a board.</strong>
|
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Multica adds assignment, progress, reusable skills, and local or cloud
|
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execution across a broad set of coding CLIs.
|
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<article class="progression-step minions" data-step="04">
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<h3>Operate an engineering loop</h3>
|
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<p>
|
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+
<strong>Work and repository signals become durable control-plane state.</strong>
|
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+
Minions continuously discovers, routes, isolates, reviews, repairs,
|
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verifies, remembers, and recovers across linked projects.
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</p>
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</article>
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<div class="thesis">
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<span class="thesis-mark" aria-hidden="true">!</span>
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<p>
|
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+
<strong>The Minions bet:</strong> after agents can write code, leverage comes
|
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+
from making the surrounding engineering lifecycle explicit, inspectable,
|
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and restart-safe.
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</p>
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<p class="eyebrow">Concrete operating differences</p>
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<h2 id="comparison-heading">Compare the coordination layer, not the demo.</h2>
|
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<p>
|
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+
All four options can produce useful code. The difference is what remains
|
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durable after a run, what reacts without a person watching, and where the
|
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workflow boundary sits.
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<strong>Identity check</strong>
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<p>
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This page interprets "MultiCA" as <strong>Multica</strong>, the project at
|
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<a href="https://github.com/multica-ai/multica">multica-ai/multica</a>,
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whose official description is "the open-source managed agents platform."
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If another product was intended, the Multica column does not apply.
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</p>
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|
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<div class="option-legend" aria-label="Compared operating models">
|
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+
<span class="option-key" data-option="cli">Raw coding-agent CLI</span>
|
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|
+
<span class="option-key" data-option="copilot">GitHub Copilot cloud agent</span>
|
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+
<span class="option-key" data-option="multica">Multica</span>
|
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|
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<span class="option-key" data-option="minions">Minions</span>
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|
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+
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+
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|
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+
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|
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+
<div>
|
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+
<h3>Task intake and routing</h3>
|
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+
<p>Who notices work and decides which specialist should own it?</p>
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|
+
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|
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+
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+
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|
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+
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|
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+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
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+
<p>You select a CLI and prompt it. Custom agents and subagents may delegate inside a run, but the cross-session queue and routing policy are yours.</p>
|
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+
</div>
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<div class="option-take copilot">
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<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
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<p>Start sessions from GitHub, IDEs, chat, APIs, or integrations; choose Copilot or a custom agent. Automations can start work on schedules or events.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-start" aria-label="Copilot source C2">C2</a></p>
|
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+
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<div class="option-take multica">
|
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+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
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+
<p>Assign an issue to a named agent or a squad. A squad leader can route work to the right member while the board owns issue status.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-multica-readme" aria-label="Multica source A1">A1</a></p>
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+
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|
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+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
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+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
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+
<p>PR signals, project and central work items, plans, and schedules enter one discovery loop. <code>routing.md</code>, priority, dependencies, and availability select the agent.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-discovery" aria-label="Minions source M1">M1</a></p>
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|
|
977
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
978
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
979
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">02</span>
|
|
980
|
+
<div>
|
|
981
|
+
<h3>Parallel agents and isolation</h3>
|
|
982
|
+
<p>Can work run concurrently without agents colliding in one checkout?</p>
|
|
983
|
+
</div>
|
|
984
|
+
</div>
|
|
985
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
986
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
987
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
988
|
+
<p>Multiple terminals, subagents, or cloud sandboxes can run in parallel. You still choose the isolation strategy and prevent branch, port, and file collisions.</p>
|
|
989
|
+
</div>
|
|
990
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
991
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
992
|
+
<p>Each background task runs in an ephemeral GitHub Actions-powered environment. A task is limited to one repository, one branch, one PR, and a 59-minute session.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-about" aria-label="Copilot source C1">C1</a></p>
|
|
993
|
+
</div>
|
|
994
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
995
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
996
|
+
<p>The daemon supports concurrent tasks and creates an isolated workspace directory for each task. Its public guide does not call that directory a Git worktree.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-multica-daemon" aria-label="Multica source A2">A2</a></p>
|
|
997
|
+
</div>
|
|
998
|
+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
|
999
|
+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
|
1000
|
+
<p>Project dispatches run in engine-owned Git worktrees, bounded by fleet concurrency. SQL live-path guards, branch mutexes, ownership markers, and quarantine protect active work.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-worktrees" aria-label="Minions source M2">M2</a></p>
|
|
1001
|
+
</div>
|
|
1002
|
+
</div>
|
|
1003
|
+
</article>
|
|
1004
|
+
|
|
1005
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
1006
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
1007
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">03</span>
|
|
1008
|
+
<div>
|
|
1009
|
+
<h3>Durable state</h3>
|
|
1010
|
+
<p>What remains authoritative when a process, terminal, or machine restarts?</p>
|
|
1011
|
+
</div>
|
|
1012
|
+
</div>
|
|
1013
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
1014
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
1015
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
1016
|
+
<p>Session history, memory, and files vary by CLI. Merely launching a CLI does not create a shared ledger for work items, dependencies, PR state, retries, and schedules.</p>
|
|
1017
|
+
</div>
|
|
1018
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
1019
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
1020
|
+
<p>GitHub hosts the session log, commits, branch, and PR. That is durable product state, but its storage implementation is managed by GitHub rather than exposed as your local control-plane database.</p>
|
|
1021
|
+
</div>
|
|
1022
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
1023
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
1024
|
+
<p>The open-source stack uses a Go backend and PostgreSQL 17 with pgvector for managed issues, users, agents, and platform data; it can be cloud-hosted or self-hosted.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-multica-selfhost" aria-label="Multica source A3">A3</a></p>
|
|
1025
|
+
</div>
|
|
1026
|
+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
|
1027
|
+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
|
1028
|
+
<p>Local <code>engine/state.db</code> is the sole runtime-state authority. SQLite migrations, transactions, WAL reads, and event emission cover work, dispatch, PR, pipeline, schedule, watch, and memory records.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-state" aria-label="Minions source M3">M3</a></p>
|
|
1029
|
+
</div>
|
|
1030
|
+
</div>
|
|
1031
|
+
</article>
|
|
1032
|
+
|
|
1033
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
1034
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
1035
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">04</span>
|
|
1036
|
+
<div>
|
|
1037
|
+
<h3>Schedules, pipelines, and watches</h3>
|
|
1038
|
+
<p>Can time, dependencies, or a state change trigger the next action?</p>
|
|
1039
|
+
</div>
|
|
1040
|
+
</div>
|
|
1041
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
1042
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
1043
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
1044
|
+
<p>Use shell scripts, CI, or CLI-specific scheduling features. They can be powerful, but you define the durable trigger, shared state, dependency hand-off, and failure policy.</p>
|
|
1045
|
+
</div>
|
|
1046
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
1047
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
1048
|
+
<p>Copilot automations can start sessions on a schedule or event. GitHub Actions can supply broader workflow composition; it is separate from the agent session itself.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-start" aria-label="Copilot source C2">C2</a></p>
|
|
1049
|
+
</div>
|
|
1050
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
1051
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
1052
|
+
<p>Autopilots create and route issues from cron, webhook, or manual triggers. The public overview does not claim dependency-aware pipelines or general state-condition watches.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-multica-readme" aria-label="Multica source A1">A1</a></p>
|
|
1053
|
+
</div>
|
|
1054
|
+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
|
1055
|
+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
|
1056
|
+
<p><strong>Schedules, pipelines, and watches</strong> are separate primitives: cron creates work, stages pass hand-offs through dependency gates, and persistent conditions fire notifications or follow-up actions.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-watches" aria-label="Minions source M4">M4</a></p>
|
|
1057
|
+
</div>
|
|
1058
|
+
</div>
|
|
1059
|
+
</article>
|
|
1060
|
+
|
|
1061
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
1062
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
1063
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">05</span>
|
|
1064
|
+
<div>
|
|
1065
|
+
<h3>PR review and fix loops</h3>
|
|
1066
|
+
<p>Who notices feedback, red CI, or conflicts and closes the loop?</p>
|
|
1067
|
+
</div>
|
|
1068
|
+
</div>
|
|
1069
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
1070
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
1071
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
1072
|
+
<p>You bring the PR, comments, or logs back into a session, ask for a fix, push, and request review again. Scripts can automate this, but it is not implied by direct use.</p>
|
|
1073
|
+
</div>
|
|
1074
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
1075
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
1076
|
+
<p>Copilot can open a PR and respond when <code>@copilot</code> is asked to make changes. Humans iterate through GitHub; Copilot code review is a related, distinct capability.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-about" aria-label="Copilot source C1">C1</a></p>
|
|
1077
|
+
</div>
|
|
1078
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
1079
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
1080
|
+
<p>Agents can ship code, comment, report blockers, and reuse code-review skills. Public documentation does not establish an automatic provider-polled review → fix → re-review or CI-failure loop.</p>
|
|
1081
|
+
</div>
|
|
1082
|
+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
|
1083
|
+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
|
1084
|
+
<p>GitHub and ADO polling can dispatch review, human-feedback, review-fix, build-fix, conflict-fix, and re-review work. Freshness, deduplication, cooldown, and pause gates constrain the loop.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-pr-loop" aria-label="Minions source M5">M5</a></p>
|
|
1085
|
+
</div>
|
|
1086
|
+
</div>
|
|
1087
|
+
</article>
|
|
1088
|
+
|
|
1089
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
1090
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
1091
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">06</span>
|
|
1092
|
+
<div>
|
|
1093
|
+
<h3>Human control and observability</h3>
|
|
1094
|
+
<p>Can a person steer, pause, inspect, and decide without reading process output?</p>
|
|
1095
|
+
</div>
|
|
1096
|
+
</div>
|
|
1097
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
1098
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
1099
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
1100
|
+
<p><strong>Direct synchronous control:</strong> watch every tool call, steer immediately, and grant permissions. Aggregate fleet visibility requires terminals or tooling you assemble.</p>
|
|
1101
|
+
</div>
|
|
1102
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
1103
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
1104
|
+
<p>Session logs, commits, branch diffs, and the PR make background work reviewable. Repository policies, setup steps, firewall rules, and runner settings shape execution.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-env" aria-label="Copilot source C3">C3</a></p>
|
|
1105
|
+
</div>
|
|
1106
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
1107
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
1108
|
+
<p>Agents have profiles, board presence, comments, statuses, and blockers. WebSocket progress plus runtime and usage surfaces provide a team-oriented operating view.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-multica-readme" aria-label="Multica source A1">A1</a></p>
|
|
1109
|
+
</div>
|
|
1110
|
+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
|
1111
|
+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
|
1112
|
+
<p>The local dashboard exposes work, plans, agents, PRs, logs, settings, and live output. Plans and merges are human approval gates by default; polling and auto-fix have master pause controls.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-human" aria-label="Minions source M6">M6</a></p>
|
|
1113
|
+
</div>
|
|
1114
|
+
</div>
|
|
1115
|
+
</article>
|
|
1116
|
+
|
|
1117
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
1118
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
1119
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">07</span>
|
|
1120
|
+
<div>
|
|
1121
|
+
<h3>Memory and knowledge</h3>
|
|
1122
|
+
<p>Does useful context survive and reach the right future task?</p>
|
|
1123
|
+
</div>
|
|
1124
|
+
</div>
|
|
1125
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
1126
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
1127
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
1128
|
+
<p>Modern CLIs may offer instruction files, auto-memory, skills, hooks, and session history. Scope and sharing follow the selected CLI unless you build a wider knowledge workflow.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-cli-claude" aria-label="Raw CLI source R2">R2</a></p>
|
|
1129
|
+
</div>
|
|
1130
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
1131
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
1132
|
+
<p>Repository custom instructions, skills, MCP, and Copilot Memory can carry context into future work. Memory availability and scope depend on plan and product surface.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-about" aria-label="Copilot source C1">C1</a></p>
|
|
1133
|
+
</div>
|
|
1134
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
1135
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
1136
|
+
<p>Reusable skills are a first-class promise, and issues preserve team activity. Its public overview does not establish a provenance-scoped team knowledge base with task-ranked retrieval.</p>
|
|
1137
|
+
</div>
|
|
1138
|
+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
|
1139
|
+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
|
1140
|
+
<p>Markdown inbox, team notes, knowledge, personal files, and pinned context pair with scoped SQLite/FTS5 retrieval. Optional task episodes and untrusted-input fences preserve provenance and boundaries.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-memory" aria-label="Minions source M7">M7</a></p>
|
|
1141
|
+
</div>
|
|
1142
|
+
</div>
|
|
1143
|
+
</article>
|
|
1144
|
+
|
|
1145
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
1146
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
1147
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">08</span>
|
|
1148
|
+
<div>
|
|
1149
|
+
<h3>Runtime and model choice</h3>
|
|
1150
|
+
<p>Is the orchestration layer tied to one agent harness?</p>
|
|
1151
|
+
</div>
|
|
1152
|
+
</div>
|
|
1153
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
1154
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
1155
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
1156
|
+
<p><strong>Direct provider choice.</strong> Start whichever CLI and model you want, with its native flags, permissions, MCPs, skills, hooks, and release cadence.</p>
|
|
1157
|
+
</div>
|
|
1158
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
1159
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
1160
|
+
<p>This column covers Copilot cloud agent itself: GitHub manages the agent environment, and some entry points allow model selection. It is not a wrapper around arbitrary local CLI providers.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-about" aria-label="Copilot source C1">C1</a></p>
|
|
1161
|
+
</div>
|
|
1162
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
1163
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
1164
|
+
<p>The daemon advertises a broad provider list, including Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Cursor Agent, and others, on local or cloud runtimes.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-multica-daemon" aria-label="Multica source A2">A2</a></p>
|
|
1165
|
+
</div>
|
|
1166
|
+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
|
1167
|
+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
|
1168
|
+
<p>Select Claude Code, Copilot CLI, or Codex CLI per agent through a versioned adapter contract. The built-in provider set is narrower than Multica's; adding one requires an adapter.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-runtimes" aria-label="Minions source M8">M8</a></p>
|
|
1169
|
+
</div>
|
|
1170
|
+
</div>
|
|
1171
|
+
</article>
|
|
1172
|
+
|
|
1173
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
1174
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
1175
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">09</span>
|
|
1176
|
+
<div>
|
|
1177
|
+
<h3>Failure recovery</h3>
|
|
1178
|
+
<p>What happens when an agent, checkout, engine, or dependency fails?</p>
|
|
1179
|
+
</div>
|
|
1180
|
+
</div>
|
|
1181
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
1182
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
1183
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
1184
|
+
<p>You inspect output, resume or restart the session, repair the checkout, and decide whether to retry. Native resume features help, but there is no independent supervisor by default.</p>
|
|
1185
|
+
</div>
|
|
1186
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
1187
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
1188
|
+
<p>GitHub owns the ephemeral environment and session logs. Setup steps can make runs repeatable; sessions stop at the 59-minute hard limit, after which the task must be narrowed or restarted.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-about" aria-label="Copilot source C1">C1</a></p>
|
|
1189
|
+
</div>
|
|
1190
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
1191
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
1192
|
+
<p>Task lifecycle states, heartbeats, watchdogs, blocker reporting, and task-workspace garbage collection make daemon execution observable and recoverable.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-multica-daemon" aria-label="Multica source A2">A2</a></p>
|
|
1193
|
+
</div>
|
|
1194
|
+
<div class="option-take minions">
|
|
1195
|
+
<span class="option-name">Minions</span>
|
|
1196
|
+
<p>Retries, cooldowns, per-agent reassignment, typed failures, stale-orphan detection, PID reattachment, and guarded worktree quarantine preserve state and avoid success-shaped loss.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-recovery" aria-label="Minions source M9">M9</a></p>
|
|
1197
|
+
</div>
|
|
1198
|
+
</div>
|
|
1199
|
+
</article>
|
|
1200
|
+
|
|
1201
|
+
<article class="dimension-card">
|
|
1202
|
+
<div class="dimension-heading">
|
|
1203
|
+
<span class="dimension-number">10</span>
|
|
1204
|
+
<div>
|
|
1205
|
+
<h3>Multi-project workflows</h3>
|
|
1206
|
+
<p>Can one outcome coordinate changes and verification across repositories?</p>
|
|
1207
|
+
</div>
|
|
1208
|
+
</div>
|
|
1209
|
+
<div class="option-grid">
|
|
1210
|
+
<div class="option-take cli">
|
|
1211
|
+
<span class="option-name">Raw CLI</span>
|
|
1212
|
+
<p>Open multiple repositories or script several sessions. You own dependency order, compatible branches, cross-repo context, separate PRs, and end-to-end verification.</p>
|
|
1213
|
+
</div>
|
|
1214
|
+
<div class="option-take copilot">
|
|
1215
|
+
<span class="option-name">Copilot</span>
|
|
1216
|
+
<p>Official limits say one session can change only its specified GitHub repository. MCP may broaden context, but one run cannot make changes across repositories.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-copilot-about" aria-label="Copilot source C1">C1</a></p>
|
|
1217
|
+
</div>
|
|
1218
|
+
<div class="option-take multica">
|
|
1219
|
+
<span class="option-name">Multica</span>
|
|
1220
|
+
<p>Projects and isolated workspaces organize work across teams. The public overview does not claim one dependency plan that fans implementation and verification into several repositories.</p>
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<p>A cross-repo plan routes each item to its configured project, exposes cross-repo dependencies as advisory refs, tracks separate PRs, and creates one verify task per touched project.<a class="source-mark" href="#src-minions-crossrepo" aria-label="Minions source M10">M10</a></p>
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The cheapest coordination is the coordination you do not need. Each option
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is the better fit in a recognizable situation.
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<p class="watch-out"><strong>Better than Minions when:</strong> setup and orchestration would cost more than the task. For one well-scoped change, Minions is probably too much.</p>
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<li>An ephemeral, GitHub-managed environment is an advantage.</li>
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<li>Your team wants logs, commits, and iteration where review already happens.</li>
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<p class="watch-out"><strong>Better than Minions when:</strong> GitHub-native delegation is the whole requirement and you do not want to operate a local engine, dashboard, worktrees, or state database.</p>
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<h3>You want an open managed-agent workspace for humans and agents.</h3>
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<li>A board, agent profiles, squads, comments, and blockers match your team model.</li>
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<li>You need a broad set of local and cloud coding-agent runtimes.</li>
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<li>Autopilots and reusable skills matter more than a Minions-specific PR loop.</li>
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<p class="watch-out"><strong>Better than Minions when:</strong> multi-user team operations and provider breadth justify a Next.js, Go, PostgreSQL, and daemon stack. Verify any required PR-loop or cross-repo behavior yourself.</p>
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<h3>You need durable engineering orchestration around the agents.</h3>
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<li>Several specialized agents must route and run work concurrently.</li>
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<li>Plans, dependencies, PR feedback, CI failures, schedules, or watches must trigger the next step.</li>
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<li>Local SQL state, isolated worktrees, cross-repo coordination, and shared knowledge need one lifecycle.</li>
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<p class="watch-out"><strong>Cost to accept:</strong> you operate a Node engine and dashboard, configure projects and policies, maintain worktree capacity, and review automation rather than treating the agent as a disposable command.</p>
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<p class="eyebrow">Honest trade-offs</p>
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<h2 id="tradeoffs-heading">Minions moves coordination into software. That is both the value and the cost.</h2>
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<p>
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It does not make a weak model strong or remove the need for engineering
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judgment. It makes the queue, state, isolation, transitions, and evidence
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explicit enough to operate.
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<h3>What you gain, and what you now own</h3>
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<strong>Gain: continuity</strong>
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<p>Work items, dependencies, retries, PR state, schedules, watches, and memory survive individual agent processes.</p>
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<strong>Cost: an engine</strong>
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<p>A daemon, dashboard, SQLite file, config, linked projects, and operational health become part of your development system.</p>
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<strong>Gain: parallel safety</strong>
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<p>Engine-owned worktrees and branch gates let agents work concurrently without sharing the operator checkout.</p>
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</div>
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<div>
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<strong>Cost: workspace capacity</strong>
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<p>Worktrees consume disk and can hit platform-specific locks; recovery logic reduces risk but does not remove infrastructure limits.</p>
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<p>PR review, comments, failing CI, conflicts, and state watches can create the next bounded task automatically.</p>
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<strong>Cost: policy design</strong>
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<p>Routing, pause switches, approval gates, retry semantics, and trustworthy completion reports must be configured and monitored.</p>
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<blockquote>
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Choose Minions when the recurring problem is no longer
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<span>"Can an agent write this code?"</span> but
|
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"Who coordinates everything around the code?"
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</blockquote>
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If a person can comfortably hold the queue, branch state, review loop,
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+
and recovery plan in their head, prefer the simpler option.
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<div class="section-heading">
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<p class="eyebrow">References</p>
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<h2 id="sources-heading">Sources and evidence boundary</h2>
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<p>
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+
Product capabilities change quickly. These links support the concrete claims
|
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+
above; silence in public documentation is labeled as unknown rather than
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treated as proof that a feature does not exist.
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<h3>Minions (current repository documentation)</h3>
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<li id="src-minions-worktrees"><a href="../worktree-lifecycle.md">M2 - Engine-owned worktrees, live guards, pooling, and quarantine</a></li>
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<li id="src-minions-state"><a href="../design-state-storage.md">M3 - Implemented SQLite state cutover and operations</a></li>
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<li id="src-minions-pr-loop"><a href="../pr-review-fix-loop.md">M5 - Review, feedback, build-fix, conflict-fix, and re-review loop</a></li>
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<li id="src-minions-human"><a href="../human-vs-automated.md">M6 - Human gates and automated responsibilities</a></li>
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<li id="src-minions-memory"><a href="../team-memory.md">M7 - Markdown plus SQLite/FTS5 memory, provenance, and fencing</a></li>
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<li id="src-minions-runtimes"><a href="../runtime-adapters.md">M8 - Claude, Copilot, and Codex adapter contract</a></li>
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<li id="src-minions-recovery"><a href="../engine-restart.md">M9 - Restart reattachment</a>; <a href="../timeouts-and-liveness.md">timeout and orphan recovery</a></li>
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<li id="src-minions-crossrepo"><a href="../cross-repo-plans.md">M10 - Cross-repo item routing, advisory dependencies, and verify fan-out</a></li>
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<li id="src-copilot-start"><a href="https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/use-copilot-agents/cloud-agent/start-copilot-sessions">C2 - Official session entry points and automations</a></li>
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<li id="src-copilot-env"><a href="https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-on-github/customize-copilot/customize-cloud-agent/customize-the-agent-environment">C3 - Ephemeral environment, setup steps, and runners</a></li>
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<li id="src-multica-daemon"><a href="https://github.com/multica-ai/multica/blob/main/CLI_AND_DAEMON.md">A2 - Official CLI and daemon guide: task isolation, concurrency, heartbeats, watchdogs, and GC</a></li>
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<li id="src-multica-selfhost"><a href="https://github.com/multica-ai/multica/blob/main/SELF_HOSTING.md">A3 - Official self-hosting architecture: Next.js, Go, PostgreSQL 17 with pgvector, and local daemon</a></li>
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<h3>Direct CLI examples</h3>
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<li id="src-cli-copilot"><a href="https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/copilot-cli/about-copilot-cli">R1 - GitHub Copilot CLI: interactive and programmatic use, sandboxes, customization, and memory</a></li>
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<li id="src-cli-claude"><a href="https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview">R2 - Claude Code: terminal workflow, memory, skills, subagents, background agents, and schedules</a></li>
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<p>
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<strong>Scope note:</strong> "Raw CLI" is an operating mode, not a single
|
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product, so its cells deliberately say "varies by CLI." The Copilot column
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covers GitHub Copilot cloud agent, not every GitHub or third-party agent
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feature. The Multica column uses only claims in its official public repository.
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Minions claims describe the checked-out source at the date above.
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