Polyscope

At a glance

Polyscope is a desktop environment for coordinating coding agents, with particular attention to Laravel projects. It is worth considering when separate repositories, previews and parallel tasks have become difficult to manage. Its cloned workspaces protect the development workflow, but its own permission documentation says shell commands and network access remain unrestricted.

Good fit

Developers already using Claude Code or Codex CLI who want repository branches, diffs and app previews in one place. Documented Laravel integrations add Herd-linked domains and run scripts. The benefit is coordination around those agents, rather than a separate source of model intelligence.

Consider something else when

You need an operating-system security boundary around untrusted agent work. The Agent Permissions page describes checks on named file-writing tools, but explicitly excludes unrestricted Bash, destructive Git operations and network access. A separate repository copy does not constrain every command or credential the process can reach.

Start here

The documented path is Add Repository, create a workspace with the + control, enable plan mode for the first task, and review its diff before merging. Workspace setup can execute scripts from polyscope.json, so inspect that configuration first. This is a researched setup path; the desktop app, an agent run and a merge were not tried.

Cost and requirements

Docs require macOS 13.3+ or Windows, Git and the chosen coding CLI; GitHub sign-in is part of setup, and gh supports GitHub operations. Personal is listed at $0, Pro at $99 yearly and Team at $299 yearly for ten seats, before tax. Model usage is billed separately through the configured provider subscription or API key.

Limits to know

Local SQLite and repository clones are only part of the data flow. The site describes app analytics and online licence validation, while the coding CLI has its own provider and authentication. Source research covered setup, pricing, selected privacy sections and the permission model. It did not establish current build enforcement, desktop usability or comparative productivity.

Related work

• Claude Code: one underlying coding agent supported by Polyscope (complement)
• Codex CLI: another supported agent with separate usage billing (complement)