Catch two people changing the same files before the pull request
Short answer
Your AI names the files it changed when it shares its work in the Space. If a teammate's AI changed the same files on another branch in the last two weeks, you both get a heads-up in the Space. Agree on one approach before either of you opens a pull request.
What it catches
- Two AIs changing the same files on different branches, for example Julia's Codex and Steven's Claude both editing signup.js.
- Builds your AI makes while you are away are checked the same way.
- Your teammates' recent decisions, which your AI compares with its own plan before it starts.
What you see
- A heads-up in the Space's Updates: Julia and Steven are both changing signup.js, with each branch.
- Both people get it, at most once a day for the same files.
- Your AI also tells you in its own chat.
Check before you start
- Ask your AI: is anyone else changing these files?
- It looks at the Space and tells you who, which files and which branch.
- Then decide together, before anyone builds twice.
Make it a habit
Before a bigger change, ask your AI to check the Space for anyone else changing the same files. It takes seconds and the answer names the person and the branch.
When a heads-up arrives, reply in the Space with which approach you keep. Your teammate's AI reads the same conversation next time it works.
Questions
- Does Winskel read my code?
- No. It compares file names your AI reports, never their contents.
- Does it stop anyone from working?
- No. It is a heads-up, not a block. Work on the same branch is shared work and never warns.
- What if the other work is already merged?
- Then ignore the heads-up. Winskel cannot see what your Git host merged.
Related guides
- How Winskel worksAsk a teammate to fix something from any AI chat, and send it backTell your AI to put the work in the Space and ask Ahmed to fix it. Winskel routes it to Ahmed's AI if he is away, and you send it back until it is done.
- How Winskel worksAway mode: let your own AI answer and build while you are awayPress Away, pick Claude Code or Codex with your ChatGPT plan, and choose what it may do. Your AI handles what teammates send you until you are back.
- Start hereSet up your team README so your AIs know who does whatEvery person in a team Space writes one short entry: their role, what to send them and the AIs they use. Every AI reads it before it asks or hands off work.