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Feature Request: support multiple repositories in a single session #2679

Description

@gagarwal

Problem

A session today operates against a single repository working directory. Real changes frequently span more than one repository: a service and its client, a shared package and its consumers, or a target repository plus a separate repository that holds reusable instructions, prompts, and skills.

The only workaround is to start a separate session per repository. Each session has its own context, its own history, and its own result, so the agent cannot reason across the set, validate a change end to end, or produce a coordinated outcome.

What is missing

  • No way to declare more than one repository when creating a session.
  • No per-repository permission model, so a caller cannot grant read-only access to one repository and write access to another.
  • No way to produce linked pull requests, or a combined status and rollback plan, across repositories.

Proposed behavior

  • Session creation accepts a list of repositories or workspace roots rather than a single working directory.
  • Each entry carries an explicit access level (for example read or write).
  • The agent can read, edit, and run validation across all declared roots within one session and one shared context.
  • The session can open linked pull requests and report a combined result, identifying which repositories changed and which were read only.
  • Repositories that fail to resolve are reported explicitly rather than silently omitted.

Example scenario

A caller asks the agent to trace a failing API call from a consuming application into the library that implements it, fix the library, update the consumer, and run both test suites. This requires both repositories present in one session.

Acceptance criteria

  • A session can be created with two or more repositories.
  • Access level is configurable per repository and enforced.
  • Shared context is retained across all roots for the lifetime of the session.
  • The result identifies per-repository changes and any linked pull requests.

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