Cadre gives coding agents a Kanban board instead of a stack of terminals. Each task carries a brief, acceptance criteria and tags. An agent can pick up the work, ask for input, propose a plan and return a diff to the same board.
The desktop app connects to coding tools already installed on the machine, including Claude Code, Codex, Grok and OpenCode. Cadre says runs use isolated Git worktrees, while credentials stay in the operating system keyring. Developers bring their existing CLI subscriptions or provider keys rather than buying model tokens from Cadre.
The free local version runs one agent at a time and queues further tasks. Cadre advertises higher parallel-run limits for its Pro and Team tiers, alongside optional online workspaces. The free board does not require an account; syncing and shared workspaces are separate choices.
Cadre puts questions, plans, commands and diffs behind separate human approval gates. Developers review the proposed plan and changes before accepting an agent's output.