One Fable 5 instance is good. Twelve is better.

Run a dozen Claude Code instances at once — and actually see what every one of them is doing. Hivemind is a free, open-source dashboard that turns your Claude Code sessions and their sub-agents into live mission control: who's thinking, coding, spawning sub-agents, what it's costing, and how full each context window is. In this walkthrough I run several real Claude Code projects side by side and show how to: • Watch every instance + sub-agent live, in sync with VS Code / your terminal • Click any agent to read its work, queue another task, stop it, or talk to it by voice • Answer Claude's multiple-choice / permission prompts right from the dashboard (1/2/3 · ↑/↓) • Manage each project's skills, agents, hooks and MCP servers — and copy MCP between projects • Launch a session (with an optional "dangerously skip permissions") and watch it spawn a security-auditor sub-agent • Track usage + cost — see what a run would've cost on an API key • Switch views — connector grid, pixel art, abstract, or a top-down "office floor" where agents clock out when they finish This isn't one programmer using a tool — it's managing a whole AI workforce from one screen. ⬇️ Get Hivemind — free & open source: https://github.com/weellio/gander Note: cost figures are estimated at API list prices — on a Max/subscription plan you aren't literally paying that; treat them as a "spending fast" signal. Tested on Windows today — if you're on Mac/Linux, clone it and help me get it working. CHAPTERS 0:00 Claude Code's free upgrade: the Hivemind 0:23 Every Claude instance + sub-agents, live 0:45 Watch them think, code & spawn 1:00 Click an agent: queue, stop, talk to it 1:30 Answer Claude's multiple-choice prompts 1:41 Manage projects, skills, agents, hooks & MCP 2:10 Launch options + a security-auditor sub-agent 2:30 Usage & cost vs an API key 2:58 Open any agent on GitHub 3:08 More views: grid, pixel art & the office floor 3:47 Monitor projects, new tasks & clock-outs