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title: "Clone a repo into separate folders for parallel agents"
description: "Clone a repo into multiple folders and start an agent in each"
canonical: "https://ian.is/parallel-repo-clones"
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[Ian Nuttall](https://ian.is/)

# Clone a repo into separate folders for parallel agents

January 16, 2026

for non-technical people:

this means you just clone the same repo into a bunch of folders and start an agent in each!

use the github cli and it’s very easy:

```text
gh repo clone owner/repo repo-1
```

if you wanna get fancy ask an agent to write a script to create them in bulk!

![Image from the original X post](https://ian.is/media/tweets/2012211538082365824/2012211538082365824/ab5c2a0d46f5add63abbefc4f34b17d9c96b0f7f47c95f58350e39a9ae552a43.jpg)

[![](https://ian.is/media/tweets/2011880333348913355/25401953/791e08987788404f2598ff7ae3227f2572225d043931e18536df350f8857ae05.png)**Peter Steinberger 🦞**@steipete](https://x.com/steipete)

> me: i don’t use worktrees, I just have multiple checkouts because less mental load
> people: 500 replies with over-engineered worktree management apps ☠️🙃

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