tmux

The tmux skill enables agents to interact with tmux sessions, windows, and panes. It provides capabilities to list sessions, capture pane output, send keyboard input, and manage session lifecycles.

5.2K
Installs
5
Use cases
5/10
Quality

Is tmux safe to install?

Review the source first

Review the source first: our audit of tmux's source files found 16 shell commands, 0 external URLs, no file writes (high risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill executes shell commands directly on the host system to control tmux sessions.

How we audit skills: our security review methodology.

Who is this skill for?

Developers and system administrators who need to automate or monitor interactive CLI applications running inside tmux.

What can you do with it?

  • Listing active tmux sessions, windows, and panes.
  • Capturing pane output for monitoring or analysis.
  • Sending text and control sequences to interactive CLI processes.
  • Creating, renaming, and terminating tmux sessions.
  • Waiting for specific text patterns in pane output.

How good is this skill?

Quality score: 5/10. The skill documentation is clear, provides specific command examples, and defines the target format for tmux sessions.

What does the skill file contain?

SKILL.md
# tmux

Use for existing interactive tmux sessions. For one-shot commands, use normal shell. For new non-interactive background jobs, use background execution.

## Basics

```bash
tmux ls
tmux list-windows -t shared
tmux list-panes -t shared:0
tmux capture-pane -t shared:0.0 -p
tmux capture-pane -t shared:0.0 -p -S -
```

Target format: `session:window.pane`, e.g. `shared:0.0`.

## Send input

Literal text, then Enter:

```bash
tmux send-keys -t shared:0.0 -l -- "Please continue"
tmux send-keys -t shared:0.0 Enter
```

Special keys:

```bash
tmux send-keys -t shared:0.0 C-c
tmux send-keys -t s...

Frequently asked questions

What are the system requirements for this skill?

The host system must have tmux installed and be running on darwin or linux.

How does the skill handle special keys like Enter or Escape?

The skill uses the tmux send-keys command to transmit specific key sequences to the target pane.

Can the skill capture the entire scrollback history of a pane?

Yes, using the -S - flag with the tmux capture-pane command captures the full scrollback.

Data sourced from steipete/clawdis on GitHub. Install counts from skills.sh. The summary and security audit are derived from the skill's source files: every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the source.

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