# Supported agents

The coding agents Waycar can find and start from New Agent, which ones work in Chat Mode, and how Waycar finds them on a Host.

Waycar starts the coding agents you already have installed on your Host. When you pick a Host in New Agent, Waycar looks for each supported agent's command there and lists the ones it finds in the **Agent** picker, along with **Default Shell** for a plain terminal.

## Which agents can Waycar start?

| Agent | Command |
| --- | --- |
| Claude Code | `claude` |
| Codex | `codex` |
| omp | `omp` |
| pi | `pi` |
| opencode | `opencode` |
| Gemini CLI | `gemini` |
| Amp | `amp` |
| Antigravity | `agy` |
| Cline | `cline` |
| Cursor Agent | `cursor-agent` |
| Devin CLI | `devin` |
| Droid | `droid` |
| GitHub Copilot CLI | `copilot` |
| Grok Build | `grok` |
| Hermes Agent | `hermes` |
| Kilo Code | `kilo` |
| Kimi CLI | `kimi` |
| Kiro CLI | `kiro-cli` |
| Maki | `maki` |
| Mastra Code | `mastracode` |
| Muse | `muse` |
| Qoder CLI | `qodercli` |
| Qwen Code | `qwen` |

Muse needs herdr 0.9.0 or later on the Host.

## Which agents work in Chat Mode?

Claude Code, Codex, omp, pi and opencode. Other agents open in the terminal. See [Chat Mode](https://waycar.dev/help/chat-mode).

## How does Waycar find them?

Waycar checks the Host for each agent's command, including tools installed with Homebrew, Linuxbrew, Bun, Cargo, mise, or in your user's own folders. While it looks, the sheet shows "Detecting installed Agents…".

## Troubleshooting

- **No Agents Found**: install a supported agent on the Host, then tap **Detect Again**. Or choose **Default Shell** and run the agent yourself.
- **An agent is missing from the list**: make sure it is one of the agents above and is installed in one of the places Waycar checks.
- **Status shows Unknown on tmux**: live status on tmux comes from Waycar hooks for Claude Code, Codex, omp, pi and opencode. See [Agent status shows Unknown](https://waycar.dev/help/status-unknown).

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Waycar Help › Start and talk to agents: https://waycar.dev/help/supported-agents