foxl-ai tmux Skill
Use tmux for interactive TTY sessions. Prefer exec background mode for non-interactive tasks.
Quickstart
SOCKET_DIR="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/pilot-tmux-sockets"
mkdir -p "$SOCKET_DIR"
SOCKET="$SOCKET_DIR/pilot.sock"
SESSION=pilot-python
tmux -S "$SOCKET" new -d -s "$SESSION" -n shell
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t "$SESSION":0.0 -- 'python3 -q' Enter
tmux -S "$SOCKET" capture-pane -p -J -t "$SESSION":0.0 -S -200
Targeting
- Format:
session:window.pane(defaults to:0.0) - List sessions:
tmux -S "$SOCKET" list-sessions - List panes:
tmux -S "$SOCKET" list-panes -a
Sending Input
# Literal text
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t target -l -- "$cmd"
# Control keys
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t target C-c
# For TUI apps (Claude Code/Codex), send text and Enter separately
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t target -l -- "$cmd" && sleep 0.1 && tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t target Enter
Watching Output
# Capture recent history
tmux -S "$SOCKET" capture-pane -p -J -t target -S -200
# Attach (detach with Ctrl+b d)
tmux -S "$SOCKET" attach -t "$SESSION"
Orchestrating Coding Agents
SOCKET="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/codex-army.sock"
# Create multiple sessions
for i in 1 2 3; do
tmux -S "$SOCKET" new-session -d -s "agent-$i"
done
# Launch agents
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t agent-1 "cd /tmp/project1 && codex --yolo 'Fix bug X'" Enter
tmux -S "$SOCKET" send-keys -t agent-2 "cd /tmp/project2 && codex --yolo 'Fix bug Y'" Enter
# Poll for completion
for sess in agent-1 agent-2; do
if tmux -S "$SOCKET" capture-pane -p -t "$sess" -S -3 | grep -q "❯"; then
echo "$sess: DONE"
fi
done
Cleanup
tmux -S "$SOCKET" kill-session -t "$SESSION"
tmux -S "$SOCKET" kill-server # Kill all