Lanes is a local-first desktop application designed to help developers manage and interact with AI coding agents in a private, secure environment where all work remains on the user’s machine. It operates on the principle that sensitive development data, such as source code, terminal activity, prompts, AI responses, and project configurations, should never leave the local device, ensuring full confidentiality and control. It integrates with third-party AI coding agents and CLI tools like Codex, Claude Code, or Gemini CLI, but does not act as an intermediary; instead, all communication occurs directly between the user’s machine and those services. This architecture allows developers to use powerful AI tools while maintaining strict data privacy and ownership. Lanes supports account management through simple authentication and collects only minimal, anonymous telemetry data, such as feature usage patterns, session duration, and crash reports, to improve performance.