Banjo

Banjo Duet

Banjo Duet is a Second Brain for your code — run Claude Code and Codex in your editor.
Requires Claude Code or Codex installed. Run claude /login if you haven't already.

Editor Support

Features

- Auto-continue with Dots — when Claude pauses at turn limits, Banjo checks for pending Dots tasks and automatically continues
- Auto-resume sessions — continues your last conversation
- Dual engine support — Claude Code and Codex side-by-side
- Streaming output — real-time responses with markdown rendering

Zed-specific

- Code notes as @banjo[id] comments
- LSP diagnostics auto-configured on first run (reload workspace once)
- Duet routing: /claude, /codex, /duet

Neovim-specific

- Dedicated panel with input/output buffers
- Tool call display with folding
- File path navigation (jump to file:line references)
- Input history and session management
- Multi-project workspaces (:BanjoProject) with tab-scoped buffers

Dots Integration

Banjo's killer feature: automatic continuation when Claude hits turn limits.

1. Install Dots
2. Track tasks with dot add "task description"
3. When Claude pauses, Banjo sends "continue working on pending dots"

This keeps Claude working autonomously on complex multi-step tasks.

Architecture

Banjo is written in Zig and implements the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) to communicate with editors.

- Zed: ACP agent via stdio (JSON-RPC 2.0)
- Neovim: WebSocket server with Lua client
- Claude Code: Subprocess with streaming JSON
- Codex: Subprocess with app-server JSON-RPC

Key Components

Documentation

Development

Zed: Cmd+Shift+P → zed: install dev extension → select extension/ directory

Neovim: Use dir = "/path/to/banjo/nvim" in lazy.nvim config

License

MIT