Workstreams

One worktree per task

The + next to a repository starts a workstream. Every workstream is its own git worktree on a branch named malini/<id>, branched from a private clone of the repository. Malini installs dependencies for you from the lockfile: pnpm, npm, yarn, or bun.

Two agents never edit one checkout, so they never clobber each other.

Malini owns git

The agent bridge refuses to commit, push, rebase, reset, or run gh pr create. Agents write code, and Malini writes the history: it commits, pushes, and opens the pull request when you ask it to.

The sidebar

• Lines added and removed, unread marks, queued prompts, and pull request status on every workstream.
• Drag to reorder, or use ⌥↑ and ⌥↓.
• Hide a repository and keep its workstreams. Clone or open it again and it comes back.
• Recently archived, at the bottom of the sidebar, lists archived workstreams, newest first. Drag its top edge to make it taller, or click Show all. Click one to restore it, or open the pull request it merged. Archiving stops the commands its agents left running in the background.
• Connect another repository from the button at the bottom of the sidebar.
• Open a workstream in your editor or reveal it in Finder.
• Open a repository on GitHub from its right-click menu, the repository list, or its page.
• Each workstream holds many chats, as tabs, named for you. ⌘W closes one and ⌘K finds the ones that don't fit.

A repository opens on its scratchpad, where you keep ideas. Any paragraph moves into a new workstream.

From prompt to merged

• Draft opens a draft pull request. The agent writes the commit subject and the pull request title in your repository's convention, and Malini commits, pushes, and opens it.
• Merge queues it: push, mark ready, update from main, wait for checks and review, and merge with the repository's own merge method. The workstream archives itself when it lands and moves to Recently archived.
• A dev server doesn't hold it. The queue merges past a command the agent left running in the background, and archiving stops it.
• While it waits, it works. The queue runs the Fix checks, Update from main, and Address review jobs as needed, then replies to and resolves the review threads it fixed.
• Blockers clear themselves. When main moves or a reviewer requests changes, Update from main or Address review runs on its own, and the top bar says Clearing blockers. Each review is addressed once, then Malini waits for the reviewer.
• Needs you, only when it does. A reviewer asks something only you can answer, a fix gave up, GitHub blocks the merge, or your GitHub sign-in expired. The top bar names the reason, and the merge picks up again on its own once it is resolved.
• Exactly the commit that passed. Malini merges with --match-head-commit.
• Closed on GitHub? Reopen brings the same pull request back, with its number and reviews, or Archive puts the workstream away.

Your open malini/* pull requests open as workstreams on every Mac you use Malini on.