tmux

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tmux · The standard terminal multiplexer for persistent sessions.

$ brew install tmux

One-liner to try

$ tmux new -s work

Agent pack

Copy into an agent

A markdown-ready setup brief with install, verify, safe starting commands, and guardrails for AI agents.

Open .md JSON

Readiness

Human-first CLI · 35/100

Verify

tmux --version

Agent URL

/cli/tmux/agent.md

Quick reference

Install

brew install tmux

Verify

tmux --version

First command

tmux new -s work

Machine JSON

/cli/tmux.json

About

The standard terminal multiplexer for persistent sessions. Built by tmux. Start with `tmux new -s work` and go from there. Runs entirely on your machine.

Example workflow

1. tmux new -s work

2. tmux ls

3. tmux attach -t work

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