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title: Third-Party Agents
description: Run tools such as Claude Code or Codex in a visible terminal, while TurnPanel supervises and checks their work.
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# Third-Party Agents

Run tools such as Claude Code or Codex in a visible terminal, while TurnPanel supervises and checks their work.

## Supervised agent pattern

1. **Brief.** Tell the tool exactly which folder to work in, which project instructions to follow, what it may change, and which tests to run.
2. **Launch.** Start the tool in a live terminal below the Job.

### The tool keeps its own account and approval rules

**Context:** Claude Code

The child terminal keeps the third-party tool’s own account and approval boundaries visible.

- **Claude Code** [active]: Third-party CLI agent
- **CLI sandbox and approvals** [ready]: Owned by the child tool
- **Signed-in operating-system user** [local]: Execution identity
3. **Supervise.** Watch for questions in the terminal. You handle credentials and important decisions yourself.
4. **Verify.** After the tool finishes, TurnPanel checks the files, changes, and tests instead of trusting the tool’s summary.


## Failure states

A quiet terminal may be waiting at a menu or question. Check the screen before assuming the tool finished, answer only prompts you approved, and verify its claims separately.