Tmux Agents
Automates tmux session management, creating, switching, and organizing workflows via Sundial's AI agents.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add tmux-agents npx -- -y @trustedskills/tmux-agents
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tmux-agents": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/tmux-agents"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The tmux-agents skill allows AI agents to interact with and manage tmux sessions. It enables the agent to create, list, attach to, and detach from tmux windows and panes programmatically. This facilitates automated workflows involving terminal multiplexing for tasks like running long processes or managing multiple projects simultaneously within a single interface.
When to use it
- Automated server management: An AI agent can automatically connect to and manage tmux sessions on remote servers for deployments or maintenance.
- Long-running process monitoring: Agents can create and monitor tmux sessions containing long-running processes, ensuring they continue even if the agent disconnects.
- Multi-project development workflows: An agent could switch between different project environments within separate tmux panes based on user requests.
- Automated testing pipelines: An AI agent can manage a series of tests running in multiple tmux panes for parallel execution and analysis.
Key capabilities
- Create new tmux sessions
- List existing tmux sessions
- Attach to specific tmux windows or panes
- Detach from tmux sessions
Example prompts
- "Create a new tmux session named 'dev_env'"
- "List all currently running tmux sessions."
- "Attach me to the 'monitoring' tmux session."
Tips & gotchas
Requires tmux to be installed on the system where the agent is operating. The skill’s functionality depends entirely on the user having appropriate permissions to manage tmux sessions.
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