FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Is Proliferate local or cloud?
Local today. Workspaces run on your machine, in a checkout or a worktree. Cloud workspaces are coming soon.
When should I use Cowork instead of a workspace?
Use Cowork to ask a question, shape a plan, or make an artifact before you pick a repository. Use a workspace when the output should be a branch, diff, or pull request.
Which agents can Proliferate run?
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI, OpenCode, and Grok, with more as new harnesses ship. Proliferate runs each natively rather than replacing it with a house agent. Which ones you see depends on what your organization allows and what credentials are configured.
What is a workspace?
A workspace is an isolated work surface for a repository. It can be a local checkout, a new worktree, or a cloud workspace.
Can I move a running workspace to a different target?
Not mid-task. The target is fixed when you create the workspace. Everything is git-backed, so this is rarely a real limit: push the branch, open a new workspace on it elsewhere, keep going.
Are worktrees a security boundary?
No. They isolate branch and workflow state, nothing more.
What is a workflow?
A saved chain of agent steps and human approvals that runs in one workspace. See Workflows.