Zed ships Parallel Agents with new Threads Sidebar
Zed has shipped Parallel Agents, letting developers run multiple AI agents simultaneously — including Claude Agent, Codex, Zed's own agent, or any ACP-compatible agent — and manage them all from a new Threads Sidebar across projects in a single window.
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Developers can now orchestrate multiple AI coding agents from different providers in parallel inside Zed, eliminating the need to context-switch between tools or windows when running concurrent agentic tasks.
- 01Zed shipped a new feature called Parallel Agents.
- 02Developers can run multiple AI agents simultaneously within a single window.
- 03Supported agents include Claude Agent, Codex, Zed's native agent, and any ACP-compatible agent.
Zed has shipped Parallel Agents, enabling developers to run multiple AI agents concurrently from within a single editor window. The feature supports mixing and matching agents from different providers, including Claude Agent, Codex, Zed's own built-in agent, and any agent compatible with ACP (Agent Communication Protocol).
A new Threads Sidebar serves as the central management interface, giving users visibility and control over all running agent threads across projects at once.
A new Threads Sidebar serves as the central management interface, giving users visibility and control over all running agent threads across projects at once. The announcement was made by @zeddotdev on April 22, 2026.
Key facts
- 01Zed shipped a new feature called Parallel Agents.
- 02Developers can run multiple AI agents simultaneously within a single window.
- 03Supported agents include Claude Agent, Codex, Zed's native agent, and any ACP-compatible agent.
- 04A new Threads Sidebar provides centralized management of all active agent threads.
- 05The feature works across multiple projects at once.
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