Agent skill

Tmux Terminal

by mikeyobrien in mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator

Interactive terminal control via tmux for TUI apps, prompts, and long-running CLI workflows.

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Install Tmux Terminal

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator tmux-terminal --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal .claude/skills/tmux-terminal && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "tmux-terminal" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal into .claude/skills/tmux-terminal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tmux-terminal", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator tmux-terminal --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal .agents/skills/tmux-terminal && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "tmux-terminal" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal into .agents/skills/tmux-terminal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tmux-terminal", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator tmux-terminal --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal .cursor/skills/tmux-terminal && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "tmux-terminal" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal into .cursor/skills/tmux-terminal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tmux-terminal", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git --path .claude/skills/tmux-terminal

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator tmux-terminal --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal .gemini/skills/tmux-terminal && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "tmux-terminal" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal into .gemini/skills/tmux-terminal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tmux-terminal", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator tmux-terminal

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal .github/skills/tmux-terminal && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "tmux-terminal" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal into .github/skills/tmux-terminal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tmux-terminal", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator tmux-terminal --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal .opencode/skills/tmux-terminal && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "tmux-terminal" agent skill from https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/tmux-terminal into .opencode/skills/tmux-terminal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tmux-terminal", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: tmux-terminal
GitHub stars: 3.2k
Token cost: ~585 tokens
SKILL.md length: 190 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 16
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Interactive terminal control via tmux for TUI apps, prompts, and long-running CLI workflows.

SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Prerequisites and Core Commands, plus 4 more sections
Calls rg

What it does

Tmux Terminal is an agent skill from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator. Interactive terminal control via tmux for TUI apps, prompts, and long-running CLI workflows.

Its SKILL.md is about 590 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with tmux. The repository describes itself as: An improved implementation of the Ralph Wiggum technique for autonomous AI agent orchestration. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

“/tmux-terminal”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit edc2b32. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- rg
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tmux Terminal loads about 585 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 27 tokens; SKILL.md has 190 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~27
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~585

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator at commit edc2b32, republished under its MIT licence (© mikeyobrien). 190 words, ~585 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tmux-terminal/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: tmux-terminal
description: Interactive terminal control via tmux for TUI apps, prompts, and long-running CLI workflows.
hats: developer, qa_tester
metadata.internal: true

tmux-terminal

Overview

Use tmux to drive interactive terminal sessions, including TUI workflows like ralph-tui. tmux lets you send keystrokes, capture screen output, and keep processes running between steps.

When to Use

Testing ralph-tui or any interactive CLI prompts
Managing long-running processes (web server, loops, watch mode)
Capturing live terminal output for QA reports
Interacting with applications that redraw the screen

Prerequisites

tmux installed (pre-installed on macOS)

Verify:

bash

tmux -V

Core Commands

Create a detached session:

bash

tmux new-session -d -s <name>

Send commands (append Enter to execute):

bash

tmux send-keys -t <name> "<command>" Enter

Capture screen output:

bash

tmux capture-pane -t <name> -p

Kill session when done:

bash

tmux kill-session -t <name>

Special Keys

Use send-keys with key names:

Enter
C-c (Ctrl-C)
C-d (Ctrl-D)
Tab
Escape
Up, Down, Left, Right

Examples:

bash

tmux send-keys -t <name> Up
tmux send-keys -t <name> C-c

TUI Interaction Patterns

Start ralph-tui

bash

tmux new-session -d -s ralph-tui
tmux send-keys -t ralph-tui "cargo run -p ralph-tui" Enter

Navigate in TUI

bash

tmux send-keys -t ralph-tui Down
tmux send-keys -t ralph-tui Enter

Capture and parse the screen

bash

tmux capture-pane -t ralph-tui -p -S -200

Use -S -200 to capture the last 200 lines when the screen is noisy.

Long-Running Process Management

Start servers or loops in a tmux session to keep them alive.
Use capture-pane to confirm health (look for "listening" or "ready" text).
Stop cleanly with C-c then kill-session.

Example:

bash

tmux new-session -d -s ralph-web
tmux send-keys -t ralph-web "cargo run -p ralph-cli -- web" Enter
tmux capture-pane -t ralph-web -p | rg -n "listening|ready"
tmux send-keys -t ralph-web C-c
tmux kill-session -t ralph-web

Notes

Keep session names short and unique.
Always clean up sessions to avoid leaking background processes.
If output looks empty, wait briefly and capture again.

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/tmux-terminal of mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit edc2b32

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Works with

tmux

Questions about Tmux Terminal

What does Tmux Terminal do?

Interactive terminal control via tmux for TUI apps, prompts, and long-running CLI workflows. Tmux Terminal is an agent skill from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator. Interactive terminal control via tmux for TUI apps, prompts, and long-running CLI workflows.

How do I install Tmux Terminal in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/tmux-terminal in mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator) into .claude/skills/tmux-terminal in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tmux Terminal in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/tmux-terminal in mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator) into .agents/skills/tmux-terminal in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tmux Terminal in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator --skill tmux-terminal -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tmux-terminal, .gemini/skills/tmux-terminal, .github/skills/tmux-terminal and .opencode/skills/tmux-terminal in your project.

What does Tmux Terminal need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tmux Terminal needs the command-line tools its instructions call (rg).

Does Tmux Terminal access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tmux Terminal safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Tmux Terminal use?

Tmux Terminal is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Tmux Terminal use?

About 585 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Tmux Terminal?

mikeyobrien (a GitHub user) maintains it in mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator, which has 3,168 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Tmux Terminal

Facts

At a glance

What it does

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

tmux-terminal

Overview

When to Use

Prerequisites

Core Commands

Special Keys

TUI Interaction Patterns

Start ralph-tui

Navigate in TUI

Capture and parse the screen

Long-Running Process Management

Notes

Files

Compare with similar skills

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