Presets
A preset saves a team of agents, the way their panes are arranged on screen and, for a Terminal pane, the command to run at startup. You can then relaunch it in one click, on this project or on another. The subtitle of the page sums it up: “Create reusable agent configurations for your projects.” A preset can also be pinned to the project bar: its icon then launches it in one click, in a new tab.
A preset contains neither your project nor your conversations: it only describes the makeup of the team.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”- Know which agents you want to work together. See VibeStarter AI agents.
- Have an idea of how the tasks are split: two agents on the same subject get in each other’s way and use up your quota twice.
Create a preset
Section titled “Create a preset”- Open the Presets page, then New Preset.
- Give it a name in the “Preset name…” field.
- Add the agents that make it up: one button per agent (Claude Code, Codex, Terminal…) adds a pane, numbered “#1,” “#2,” and so on.
- Arrange the layout of the panes, then click Save (Update for an existing preset).
Arrange the layout
Section titled “Arrange the layout”The layout is set with the mouse, by dragging a pane by its header. The help shown on screen says so: “Drag the panes to rearrange them.”
A reading tip: keep on screen the agent you watch the most, and put the others in a row below. You can always enlarge a pane with Ctrl + B, then the zoom key.
The startup command
Section titled “The startup command”A Terminal pane has a “startup command” field, preceded by $. The app says when it
is used: it “Runs on launch,” in that terminal. AI agent panes do not have this field:
their instruction is written in their pane, once launched.
Launch one or more presets
Section titled “Launch one or more presets”From a project’s workspace, the app offers “Select presets for your tabs.” There are two ways to proceed:
- Launch this preset now opens a tab and starts its team.
- Add to launch queue stacks several presets, then the Launch button, followed by the number of tabs, opens them all at once.
Below the list, the “Launch without a preset” section lets you put together a team by hand for this time only: “This configuration won’t be saved as a preset.” To keep a team, create it from the Presets page.
Limits
Section titled “Limits”- A preset does not remember conversations. To pick up work in progress, use a pause instead. See Pause and resume a session.
- It does not reserve memory. A preset of eight agents on a machine that is just enough for memory will trigger the automatic queuing.
- It does not get around the Studio queue. Only one agent drives a place at a time, whatever the number of panes open.
Frequently asked questions
Section titled “Frequently asked questions”“The page says ‘Presets could not be loaded.’” Your presets could not be read. They are still intact: the app saves nothing until it has read them again. Click Retry. Just after the app starts, the page shows “Loading…” while the environment starts up.
“Is a preset tied to a project?” No. You reuse it on any project.
“How many agents should a preset contain?” As many as your machine can support, and above all as many distinct tasks as you have to hand out. See Launch and drive your agents.
“Can I mix different agents?” Yes. A team can combine Claude Code, Codex, and a Terminal in the same tab.