hob integration layer
How hob lets agents work with panes, terminals, artifacts, and shared instruction files.
hob gives agents more context than a standalone terminal session. When hob launches an agent, the agent can work with the same project surface you are using: panes, terminals, files, issues, pull requests, commits, and Activity.
This is not a separate tool you need to learn. It is the layer that lets agents act inside hob instead of acting as isolated shell processes.
What agents can do through hob
Agents launched by hob can use the integration layer to:
- open files, diffs, previews, and other context for review
- create or coordinate panes and workspaces for parallel work
- send work to another agent pane
- run terminal checks and report results
- create issues, pull requests, and commits that show up as artifacts in Activity
Those integrations are scoped to agents that hob starts. From your own terminal, use the hob UI for workspace actions and use normal Git commands for ordinary Git work.
Provenance and artifacts
When an agent creates something durable through hob, hob can link it back to the conversation that produced it. Commits, issues, and plans appear as artifacts in Activity, so you can trace what changed, why it changed, and which agent turn created it.
If a piece of work spans multiple panes, hob can also link the artifact to the other conversations that contributed.
Agent instruction files
hob can keep agent instruction files aligned so different coding agents share the same project guidance:
- Agent file sync creates and keeps
AGENTS.mdandCLAUDE.mdin sync by default. hob uses symlinks when supported, falls back to copy mode when needed, and can be changed or disabled in Settings -> Agent. - Managed hob instructions keeps a small hob-managed guidance block in your agent instruction files. It is on by default.
Managed hob instructions only owns the marked hob block. The rest of your AGENTS.md or
CLAUDE.md stays yours.
Keeping this enabled helps agents understand what hob can do for them, including how to produce artifacts and coordinate with other panes. If you turn it off, agents still run, but they may not use hob's integration layer unless your own instructions tell them how.