ijoka

Ijoka

Unified observability and orchestration for AI coding agents - yoking agents together.

Ijoka (Zulu for "yoke") provides a lightweight desktop application and Claude Code plugin that implements Anthropic's long-running agent pattern for coordinating work across multiple AI coding assistants.

Features

• Desktop App — Lightweight Tauri app with system tray, native notifications
• Kanban Board — Visual task management (To Do → In Progress → Done)
• Real-time Sync — Watch feature_list.json and session transcripts
• Multi-Agent Support — Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI
• Claude Plugin — Hooks, commands, and agents for seamless integration
• Activity Timeline — Track what each agent is doing
• Notifications — Native OS alerts on feature completion

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   Ijoka Desktop (Tauri)                     │
│  - Kanban Board UI                                          │
│  - Activity Timeline                                        │
│  - Progress Stats                                           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                          ▲
           SQLite + File Watcher + HTTP Server
                          │
    ┌─────────────────────┼─────────────────────┐
    │                     │                     │
┌───┴───┐            ┌────┴────┐           ┌────┴────┐
│ Claude │            │  Codex  │           │ Gemini  │
│ Code   │            │  CLI    │           │  CLI    │
└────────┘            └─────────┘           └─────────┘
    │                     │                     │
    └─────────────────────┴─────────────────────┘
                          │
                  feature_list.json

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• pnpm 9+
• Rust 1.75+
• Claude Code (for plugin)

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Shakes-tzd/ijoka.git
cd ijoka

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Run desktop app in development
pnpm dev

# Build for production
pnpm build

Install Claude Plugin

# From the repo root
pnpm plugin:install

# Or manually
cd packages/claude-plugin
claude /plugin install .

Project Structure

ijoka/
├── apps/
│   └── desktop/              # Tauri desktop application
│       ├── src-tauri/        # Rust backend
│       │   ├── src/
│       │   │   ├── main.rs
│       │   │   ├── db.rs     # SQLite database
│       │   │   ├── watcher.rs # File watching
│       │   │   ├── server.rs  # HTTP server for hooks
│       │   │   └── commands.rs # Tauri commands
│       │   └── Cargo.toml
│       └── src/              # Vue frontend
│           ├── App.vue
│           └── components/
├── packages/
│   └── claude-plugin/        # Claude Code plugin
│       ├── .claude-plugin/
│       │   └── plugin.json
│       ├── hooks/
│       │   ├── hooks.json
│       │   └── scripts/
│       ├── commands/
│       ├── agents/
│       └── skills/
├── shared/
│   └── types/                # Shared TypeScript types
└── docs/                     # Documentation

The Long-Running Agent Pattern

Ijoka implements Anthropic's recommended pattern for multi-session development:

feature_list.json

A persistent task queue that survives across sessions:

[
  {
    "category": "functional",
    "description": "User authentication with OAuth",
    "steps": ["Create auth route", "Implement OAuth flow", "Add session management"],
    "passes": false
  }
]

Agent Workflow

1. SessionStart: Agent reads feature_list.json, picks ONE feature where passes: false
2. Implement: Agent works on the feature, commits incrementally
3. Complete: Agent updates ONLY passes: false → true
4. SessionEnd: Clean state, no broken code

Why JSON Not Markdown?

"We use strongly-worded instructions like 'It is unacceptable to remove or edit tests.' After experimentation, we landed on JSON as the model is less likely to inappropriately change or overwrite JSON files compared to Markdown." — Anthropic

Plugin Commands

Command	Description
/init-project	Initialize feature_list.json in current project
/feature-status	Show completion percentage and next tasks
/next-feature	Pick and start the next incomplete feature

Configuration

Desktop App

Settings are stored in:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/com.ijoka.app/
• Windows: %APPDATA%\com.ijoka.app\
• Linux: ~/.config/com.ijoka.app/

Database is stored at ~/.ijoka/ijoka.db

Plugin

Configure watched projects in .claude/settings.json: