Are Agent Teams and Background Agents interchangeable?

They overlap in what they do (they share at least one category or use case), but they differ in install path and how far they were checked: Agent Teams is L3, Background Agents is L3. Confirm the install command in the table above, then try it in an isolated profile.

Which one is more current?

Background Agents was checked more recently (2026-09-09 against 2026-09-08). That date is when this directory last verified the listing, not when the plugin last shipped a release.

Agent Teams vs Background Agents

These two listings overlap in this directory — they share a category or a use case, so they are candidates for the same job. Below is every field this directory checked, side by side: verification level, security scan, compatibility target and install command.

Agent Teams

NanmiCoder

An AgentTeams orchestration plugin that runs several agents as a coordinated team inside DSH.

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Background Agents

PerryLink

Durable background agents started from a session, watched in the Web UI sidebar, messaged and interrupted at will.

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Field	Agent Teams	Background Agents
Verification	L3 · Install spec	L3 · Install spec
Security scan	Unverified	Unverified
Health	Active	Active
dshTarget	rc.5	rc.6
Last checked	2026-09-08	2026-09-09
Licence	MIT	Apache-2.0
Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Stars (context only)	1,492	11
Categories	Skills & Agents, Workflow & Automation	Skills & Agents, Workflow & Automation
Use cases	—	—
Install command	dsh plugin --profile web add @nanmicoder/dsh-agent-teams	dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-background-agents

Every row is a public field of the two listings. This page does not score plugin quality.

Which to pick

Both are at verification L3, so the difference is not how far the install was checked.
They declare different harness targets (rc.5 vs rc.6); the older target may simply not have caught up with the current preview line.
Agent Teams has the larger community (1,492 stars), though star counts measure attention rather than safety or quality.

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Questions

Are Agent Teams and Background Agents interchangeable?: They overlap in what they do (they share at least one category or use case), but they differ in install path and how far they were checked: Agent Teams is L3, Background Agents is L3. Confirm the install command in the table above, then try it in an isolated profile.
Which one is more current?: Background Agents was checked more recently (2026-09-09 against 2026-09-08). That date is when this directory last verified the listing, not when the plugin last shipped a release.

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