Agent Atlas / Coding agents

QwenLM/qwen-code

A terminal coding agent that now documents IDE, desktop, daemon, SDK, messaging, multi-provider, memory, skills, sandbox, and agent-team surfaces.

Coding agent CLI Full dossier Project documented Reviewed July 21, 2026

Intended operator

Developers using an interactive terminal, headless automation, an IDE, or a shared agent service.

Primary surfaces

terminal and headless CLI / IDE and desktop clients / daemon, SDK, and messaging clients

Tracked repository

QwenLM/qwen-code

Teaching mechanism

One daemon can expose a shared agent session over ACP

The documented daemon mode serves one agent session to multiple clients over HTTP and server-sent events, turning client identity and session ownership into protocol questions.

Evidence limitThe daemon is documented as experimental; multi-client reliability and authority require source and interoperability testing.

Inspect the source

System Map

Eight inspection boundaries

Model boundary

OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Qwen, compatible, and local provider paths can be switched at runtime.

Context and memory

Auto-memory, skills, hooks, session management, and worktrees shape durable task context.

Tools and execution

Terminal, IDE, MCP, LSP, computer-use, and headless surfaces expose several execution boundaries.

Permissions and isolation

The project documents sandbox and auto modes; exact enforcement across surfaces remains to be traced.

Sessions and recovery

Interactive, headless, daemon, and SDK clients share session-management concerns.

Delegation

Subagents, agent teams, and delegation through ACP are documented capabilities.

Human control

Plan mode, interactive commands, IDE clients, and an agent arena expose several supervision shapes.

Evidence surface

The public repository, docs, releases, tests, and protocol surfaces provide the starting evidence.

Learn Through This Project

10 lessons

Chapter 1 Before the First Model Request Chapter 2 The Invisible Prompt Chapter 3 Tool Calls: Contract, Authorization, Execution Chapter 4 Loops, Workflows, and Recovery Chapter 5 Delegation Is a Distributed System Chapter 6 Memory Is a Typed Storage Contract Chapter 7 The Approval Trap Chapter 8 The Human Control Loop Chapter 9 Trust Must Make Its Case Chapter 10 The Future Has Three Branches

Compare Its Boundaries

8 labs

Comparison labTool Contracts Comparison labGoverned Memory Comparison labDelegation Receipts Comparison labApproval Boundaries Comparison labHuman Workbench Comparison labSessions And Recovery Comparison labEvidence And Evaluation Comparison labMaturity Signals

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Primary Sources

Qwen Code repository

Primary public source for the terminal agent and its expanding client surface.

Open Questions

How are authority and session ownership kept coherent when one agent serves several clients?

Evidence state describes what this Atlas profile can support today. It is not a product score and it is not evidence that uninspected capabilities are absent.