Korso

What it does

Korso Shepherd is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides real-time coordination for AI coding agents. It prevents merge conflicts and coordination lag by allowing agents to claim files before working on them, broadcast announcements, and sync on active work. The tool offers a live view of all agents in a workspace, showing who is online, what files are claimed, and what tasks are in progress.

Who it is for

Korso Shepherd is designed for development teams using AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor. It is particularly useful for teams running multiple autonomous or human-assisted coding sessions in parallel on the same repository, where coordination and conflict prevention are critical.

Why it matters

As AI coding agents become more common, teams face new challenges: agents overwriting each other's work, merge conflicts, and lack of visibility into what each agent is doing. Korso Shepherd addresses these by providing a shared coordination layer. Agents declare their territory before touching files, and overlaps are flagged immediately. This reduces wasted effort and speeds up development by enabling parallel work without stepping on each other.

Launch signal

Korso Shepherd is currently in open beta. The website offers a hosted hub or the option to self-host. Users can sign in to start using it, and there is a GitHub repository for documentation and community access. The product is actively being used internally by Korso, a quantitative trading firm, before being made available to the public.

Brand and naming

The name "Korso" is short and memorable, evoking a sense of course or direction, which aligns with the product's purpose of guiding agents. "Shepherd" reinforces the idea of herding or coordinating multiple agents. The brand positions itself as a practical tool built from real internal need, which adds credibility. The tagline "Air traffic control for coding agents" is a strong, intuitive metaphor that clearly communicates the value proposition.