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An AI agent workspace: shared files for every agent you use

Short answer

1folder is a workspace for what your AI agents work on, not a place that runs them. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini each connect on their own, see only the folders you allow, and read or update the same files. Every change is a version that names the agent, and one link shows the latest.

Checked on November 12, 2026 against 6 sources.

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An example release: a handoff Claude Code saved and a task board Codex keeps current. Both sit in one folder that every connected agent can open.

What you end up with

  • Release handoffSaved by Claude Code

    What the agent leaves for the next one: what is done, what is open and what to leave alone. The next agent reads this instead of the old session.

  • Task boardSaved by Codex

    Who is doing what. Each agent updates its own rows, and a version shows which agent changed which line.

What an AI agent workspace is, and what 1folder is

“AI agent workspace” is used for two different things. One is a place where agents run: a computer or code sandbox where an agent can execute commands, plus a schedule that starts it. The other is a place where agents keep and share what they work on: files that more than one agent, and you, can open. 1folder is the second.

It doesn’t run agents, schedule them or give them a computer or code sandbox. There is no AI inside 1folder either. Your agents keep running in the apps you already use, and they save their work here when you ask: a plan, a table, a handoff note, a report.

That is the part that goes missing between agents. A session ends and its notes go with it, or one agent’s output sits in a folder only that agent can reach. In a shared workspace, the next agent opens the same file and carries on.

Set up a workspace for several agents

  1. Make one folder for the work

    Start with one project, such as a release, a research task or a client job. Add what every agent should know: a brief, the goals, a list of what is off limits.

  2. Connect each agent on its own

    Connect Claude Code, Codex and Cursor from their own settings, each with its own sign-in. In ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini you add 1folder as a custom connector; not every plan or country can add one. Gemini’s custom apps, for example, need a personal Google account in the US.

  3. Choose what each agent can see and do

    On the Allow page you pick the whole space or only some folders, and view or view and edit. An agent that only reads can’t change a file. An agent can’t leave the folders you gave it, can’t make a file public and can’t delete one for good.

  4. Ask for the work to be saved

    An agent saves when you ask: “save this to 1folder”. It can keep updating the same file. To save every time, add “save my work to 1folder” to the app’s custom instructions or project rules. Nothing is collected automatically.

  5. See what each agent changed, and undo it

    Open the file’s versions. Each one names who made it, you or which agent. Compare two versions, restore an older one, or undo everything one agent did in one go.

An AI collaboration workspace where each agent has its own connection

Every agent signs in separately, so each one is a connection you can see by name. Give Codex one folder to edit and let Claude only read, if that is all it needs. Remove a connection and its access stops at once. A shared workspace for AI agents stays safe when you can change one agent’s access without touching the others.

Every saved change is a new version, with the agent’s name beside it and the earlier version kept. History is kept for 30 days on Free and a year on Pro and Team; older versions are hidden, never deleted. You can search inside files, including the words in pictures and PDFs, and download any file in its original format.

Each file has a private link that people with access open after signing in. One link means everyone, and every agent, points at the latest version. A public link is read-only and only you can turn it on.

What 1folder does not do for your agents

It doesn’t start an agent, run one on a schedule, or give one a computer, a terminal or a code sandbox. It doesn’t read your chat history or an app’s memory, and it doesn’t sync with Google Drive or other drives. If you need agents to run on their own, use the agent product for that and let 1folder hold what they make. The agent does the work; 1folder keeps it.

Hand work between agents, using files

  • In Claude Code

    “Save a handoff page called Release handoff in 1folder. List what is done, what is still open and what the next agent should leave alone. Give me the link.”

  • In Codex

    “Read Release handoff in 1folder, fix the failing Android test, then update the Task board table: mark it done and add one line on what you changed.”

  • In Cursor

    “Read Release handoff and Task board in 1folder. Work only on the rows assigned to Cursor and set each to Done when you finish. Do not edit the other rows.”

  • In Claude

    “Read Task board in 1folder and draft the release notes as a page called Release notes. Quote only rows marked Done.”

Questions

Does 1folder run my AI agents?
No. It doesn’t run, schedule or host agents, and it has no AI of its own. Your agents run in the apps you already use. 1folder holds the files they read and save.
Which agents can share a workspace?
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, plus other apps that can add a connection. Each connects separately and has its own access.
Can I limit what one agent can change?
Yes. Choose the whole space or only some folders, and view or view and edit. An agent can’t leave its folders, make a file public, delete for good or lock a file.
What if an agent makes a mess of a file?
Every change is a version. Restore an earlier one, or undo everything that one agent did in one go. Older versions stay visible for 30 days on Free and a year on Pro and Team.
Can other people use the same workspace?
Yes. Invite people to the space. On Free only you edit; on Pro you and two others edit; on Team everyone on the team edits. Viewers don’t count.
Will agents save their work without being asked?
No. Ask each one to save, or add “save my work to 1folder” to its custom instructions. Nothing is automatic.

Sources

Checked on November 12, 2026.

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