A focused blog for design decisions, engineering tradeoffs, release notes, and the practical details behind Blackcrab.
A design-focused release that makes the desktop workspace denser, more keyboard-friendly, and more predictable in smaller windows while keeping the local Claude Code workflow intact.
A focused quality release for the workflows people touch every day: switching between conversations, reading long transcripts, and keeping local Claude Code sessions connected reliably.
The first two updates after the initial preview focused on making Blackcrab more reliable as a daily Claude Code workspace: better attention signals, safer handoffs, usage dashboards, project reporting, faster search, and signed update artifacts.
The product is not trying to hide Claude Code. It gives the CLI a native workspace for parallel sessions, local context, and the parts of agent work that are easier to manage visually.
Running one agent at a time is simple, but it leaves a lot of attention unused. The grid is Blackcrab's attempt to make parallel agent work legible without turning it into a control room.
Local-first is not a vibe for this product. It is a practical constraint around where transcripts live, how Claude Code runs, and what kind of trust the app should ask for.
