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worktree-terminal

Open a terminal in the session's worktree or any agent's worktree: /term, or the buttons above the prompt

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worktree-terminal

A Claude Code mod that opens a terminal in the worktree you or your agents are working in.

When Claude runs agents in their own git worktrees (Agent with isolation: "worktree", EnterWorktree), their changes live in .claude/worktrees/<name>. /term opens a shell right there: as a split next to Claude, a tab, or a window.

Usage

CommandOpens
/termthe session's current directory (the worktree, once Claude entered one)
/term listlists every worktree of the repo, agents' marked
/term <n> / /term main / /term <name>a worktree by its number, the main one, or part of its folder or branch name
… --split / --tab / --windowoverrides the placement for this call

While agent worktrees exist, a row above the prompt has one button per worktree.

/term runs at once, even mid-turn.

Settings

In /config, under worktree-terminal:

SettingValues
Terminal appauto (default), tmux, zellij, kitty, wezterm, iterm, ghostty, warp, alacritty, gnome-terminal, konsole, terminal, system, custom
Placementsplit (default, right of Claude), tab, window
Custom commandused with custom: argv split on spaces, {dir} replaced by the path, e.g. foot -D {dir}

auto reads the environment of the window Claude runs in; a multiplexer (tmux, Zellij) wins over the terminal hosting it.

Terminals

TerminalsplittabwindowNeeds
tmux✓✓→ tab
Zellij✓✓→ tab
kitty✓✓✓allow_remote_control yes; listen_on unix:/tmp/kitty recommended; splits layout for a right split
WezTerm✓✓✓wezterm on PATH
iTerm2✓✓✓Automation permission for iTerm2 (asked once)
Warp→ tab✓✓
GNOME Terminal→ tab✓✓
Konsole→ tab✓✓
Ghostty→ window→ window✓
Alacritty→ window→ window✓
Terminal.app→ window→ window✓
anything else→ window→ window✓open -a Terminal (macOS), x-terminal-emulator (Linux)

→ is the fallback used when the terminal has no way to open that placement from outside; /term says when it fell back.

Development

claude plugin validate plugins/worktree-terminal
claude plugin test plugins/worktree-terminal
claude --plugin-dir plugins/worktree-terminal   # load from the working copy, hot-reloaded

Adding a terminal: one entry in TERMINALS (hooks/terminals.ts) and one in CASES (tests/terminals.test.ts); a test fails while they disagree.

Source 4 files
hooks/register.tsx 164 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { Worktree } from '../types'
5import { findWorktree, label, parseEnv, parseWorktrees } from './lib'
6import { ENV_NAMES, customPlan, detectTerminal, findTerminal, planLaunch } from './terminals'
7import type { Placement, Plan } from './terminals'
8
9const worktrees = atom({ plugin: 'worktree-terminal', key: 'worktrees' } as const, [])
10const isHidden = atom({ plugin: 'worktree-terminal', key: 'isHidden' } as const, false)
11
12// Prints NAME=value for each name it is given, then the OS.
13const ENV_PROBE = 'for v in "$@"; do printf "%s=%s\\n" "$v" "$(printenv "$v")"; done; printf "OS=%s\\n" "$(uname)"'
14
15const PLACEMENTS: readonly Placement[] = ['split', 'tab', 'window']
16
17const HINTS: Record<string, string> = {
18  kitty: 'kitty needs `allow_remote_control yes` in kitty.conf; add `listen_on unix:/tmp/kitty` too, then restart kitty.',
19  wezterm: 'Is the `wezterm` CLI on PATH?',
20  iterm: 'Allow Claude Code to control iTerm2 under System Settings › Privacy & Security › Automation.',
21}
22
23type Config = { terminal: string; placement: Placement; customCommand: string }
24
25async function readEnv($: EngineInterface): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
26  const { stdout } = await $.process.run(['sh', '-c', ENV_PROBE, 'sh', ...ENV_NAMES])
27
28  return parseEnv(stdout)
29}
30
31async function refresh($: EngineInterface): Promise<Worktree[]> {
32  const cwd = await $.session.cwd()
33  const found = await $.process
34    .run(['git', 'worktree', 'list', '--porcelain'], { cwd })
35    .then(ran => (ran.exitCode === 0 ? parseWorktrees(ran.stdout) : []))
36    .catch(() => [])
37  await update($, worktrees, () => found)
38
39  return found
40}
41
42async function plan($: EngineInterface, config: Config, placement: Placement, dir: string): Promise<Plan | string> {
43  if (config.terminal === 'custom') {
44    return config.customCommand.trim() === ''
45      ? 'Terminal app is "custom" but Custom command is empty: set it in /config.'
46      : customPlan(config.customCommand, dir)
47  }
48  const env = await readEnv($)
49  const terminal = config.terminal === 'auto' ? detectTerminal(env) : findTerminal(config.terminal)
50
51  return terminal === undefined ? `Unknown terminal "${config.terminal}"` : planLaunch(terminal, placement, dir, env)
52}
53
54async function openTerminal($: EngineInterface, config: Config, dir: string, asked?: Placement): Promise<string> {
55  const placement = asked ?? config.placement
56  const planned = await plan($, config, placement, dir)
57  if (typeof planned === 'string') return planned
58
59  const { terminal } = planned
60  const ran = await $.process
61    .run(planned.argv, { cwd: dir, timeoutMs: 10_000 })
62    .catch((error: unknown) => ({ exitCode: 1, stderr: String(error) }))
63  if (ran.exitCode !== 0) {
64    const hint = HINTS[terminal.id]
65
66    return `Could not open ${terminal.name} in ${dir}: ${ran.stderr.trim() || `exit ${ran.exitCode}`}` +
67      (hint === undefined ? '' : `\n${hint}`)
68  }
69  const fellBack = planned.placement === placement ? '' : ` (${terminal.name} cannot open a ${placement} from outside)`
70
71  return `Opened a ${terminal.name} ${planned.placement} in ${dir}${fellBack}`
72}
73
74const listing = (list: readonly Worktree[], cwd: string): string =>
75  list
76    .map(
77      (one, i) =>
78        `${i + 1}. ${label(one)}${one.branch ? ` [${one.branch}]` : ''}${one.isAgent ? ' (agent)' : ''}` +
79        `${one.path === cwd ? ' ← current' : ''}\n   ${one.path}`,
80    )
81    .join('\n')
82
83// `/term [target] [--split|--tab|--window]`
84const parseArgs = (args: string): { query: string; placement?: Placement } => {
85  const words = args.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
86  const placement = PLACEMENTS.find(one => words.includes(`--${one}`))
87
88  return { query: words.filter(word => !word.startsWith('--')).join(' '), placement }
89}
90
91export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
92  const placement = String(options.placement ?? 'split')
93  const config: Config = {
94    terminal: String(options.terminal ?? 'auto'),
95    placement: PLACEMENTS.find(one => one === placement) ?? 'split',
96    customCommand: String(options.customCommand ?? ''),
97  }
98
99  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
100    await $.command.register({
101      name: 'term',
102      description: 'Open a terminal in the current worktree, or in another one (agents included)',
103      argumentHint: '[list | main | <n> | <name>] [--split | --tab | --window]',
104      immediate: true,
105    })
106    void refresh($)
107
108    return next(e)
109  })
110
111  on('command.run', { command: 'term' }, async ($, e) => {
112    const { query, placement: asked } = parseArgs(e.args)
113    const cwd = await $.session.cwd()
114    if (query === '') {
115      return { text: await openTerminal($, config, cwd, asked) }
116    }
117    const list = await refresh($)
118    if (query === 'list' || query === 'ls') {
119      return { text: list.length === 0 ? `No git worktrees under ${cwd}` : listing(list, cwd) }
120    }
121    const target = findWorktree(list, query)
122
123    return target === undefined
124      ? { text: `No worktree matches "${query}".\n${listing(list, cwd)}` }
125      : { text: await openTerminal($, config, target.path, asked) }
126  })
127
128  // Agents create and remove worktrees: keep the list fresh around them.
129  on('tool.call', { tool: ['Agent', 'EnterWorktree', 'ExitWorktree'] }, async ($, e, next) => {
130    const ran = await next(e)
131    void refresh($)
132
133    return ran
134  })
135
136  on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
137    void refresh($)
138
139    return next(e)
140  })
141
142  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
143    const agents = (await read($, worktrees)).filter(one => one.isAgent)
144    if (e.props.hasSurvey || agents.length === 0 || (await read($, isHidden))) {
145      return next(e)
146    }
147    const { Box, Button, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
148
149    return (
150      <Box gap={1}>
151        <Text dimColor>Agent worktrees:</Text>
152        {agents.slice(0, 6).map(one => (
153          <Button
154            key={`open:${one.path}`}
155            label={`▸ ${label(one)}`}
156            onPress={async () => $.ui.toast(await openTerminal($, config, one.path))}
157          />
158        ))}
159        <Button key="hide" label="Hide" onPress={() => update($, isHidden, () => true)} />
160      </Box>
161    )
162  })
163}
164
hooks/lib.ts 47 lines
1import type { Worktree } from '../types'
2
3// Where Claude Code puts the worktrees of agents (Agent isolation: "worktree", EnterWorktree).
4const AGENT_WORKTREE = /\/\.claude\/worktrees\//
5
6export const parseWorktrees = (porcelain: string): Worktree[] =>
7  porcelain.split(/\n\n+/).flatMap((block): Worktree[] => {
8    const lines = block.split('\n')
9    const path = lines.find(line => line.startsWith('worktree '))?.slice(9)
10    const branch = lines.find(line => line.startsWith('branch '))?.slice(7).replace(/^refs\/heads\//, '')
11    if (path === undefined) return []
12
13    return [branch === undefined
14      ? { path, isAgent: AGENT_WORKTREE.test(path) }
15      : { path, branch, isAgent: AGENT_WORKTREE.test(path) }]
16  })
17
18export const label = (worktree: Worktree): string =>
19  worktree.path.split('/').filter(Boolean).pop() ?? worktree.path
20
21// `query` is a 1-based index, `main`, or part of a worktree's folder name or branch.
22export const findWorktree = (worktrees: readonly Worktree[], query: string): Worktree | undefined => {
23  const index = Number(query)
24  if (Number.isInteger(index) && index >= 1) {
25    return worktrees[index - 1]
26  }
27  if (query === 'main') {
28    return worktrees[0]
29  }
30  const needle = query.toLowerCase()
31
32  return (
33    worktrees.find(one => label(one).toLowerCase() === needle || one.branch?.toLowerCase() === needle) ??
34    worktrees.find(one => label(one).toLowerCase().includes(needle) || one.branch?.toLowerCase().includes(needle))
35  )
36}
37
38// `NAME=value` lines, as the env probe prints them.
39export const parseEnv = (text: string): Record<string, string> =>
40  Object.fromEntries(
41    text.split('\n').flatMap(line => {
42      const at = line.indexOf('=')
43
44      return at <= 0 ? [] : [[line.slice(0, at), line.slice(at + 1)]]
45    }),
46  )
47
hooks/terminals.ts 197 lines
1// Every terminal /term knows: how to recognise it from the environment of the
2// window Claude runs in, and the command that opens `dir` as a split, a tab or a window.
3
4export type Placement = 'split' | 'tab' | 'window'
5
6export type Env = Readonly<Record<string, string>>
7
8type Launch = (dir: string, env: Env) => string[]
9
10export type TerminalSpec = {
11  id: string
12  name: string
13  detect: (env: Env) => boolean
14  launch: Partial<Record<Placement, Launch>>
15}
16
17// The variables detection and the commands read; the module asks the host for exactly these.
18export const ENV_NAMES = [
19  'TMUX', 'ZELLIJ', 'TERM_PROGRAM', 'TERM', 'KITTY_WINDOW_ID', 'KITTY_PID', 'WEZTERM_PANE',
20  'ITERM_SESSION_ID', 'GHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR', 'ALACRITTY_WINDOW_ID', 'GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN',
21  'KONSOLE_VERSION',
22] as const
23
24const has = (env: Env, name: string): boolean => (env[name] ?? '') !== ''
25const isMac = (env: Env): boolean => env.OS === 'Darwin'
26
27// A launch whose terminal outlives the call and whose output never holds it open.
28export const detached = (argv: readonly string[]): string[] => [
29  'sh', '-c', 'nohup "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1 &', 'sh', ...argv,
30]
31
32// iTerm2 has no CLI for splits or tabs: AppleScript, the directory passed as an argument.
33const iterm = (open: string): Launch => dir => [
34  'osascript',
35  '-e', 'on run argv',
36  '-e', 'tell application "iTerm2"',
37  '-e', open,
38  '-e', 'tell current session of current window to write text "cd " & quoted form of (item 1 of argv) & " && clear"',
39  '-e', 'end tell',
40  '-e', 'end run',
41  dir,
42]
43
44export const TERMINALS: readonly TerminalSpec[] = [
45  // Multiplexers first: inside one, its panes beat the terminal hosting it.
46  {
47    id: 'tmux',
48    name: 'tmux',
49    detect: env => has(env, 'TMUX'),
50    launch: {
51      split: dir => ['tmux', 'split-window', '-h', '-c', dir],
52      tab: dir => ['tmux', 'new-window', '-c', dir],
53    },
54  },
55  {
56    id: 'zellij',
57    name: 'Zellij',
58    detect: env => has(env, 'ZELLIJ'),
59    launch: {
60      split: dir => ['zellij', 'action', 'new-pane', '--direction', 'right', '--cwd', dir],
61      tab: dir => ['zellij', 'action', 'new-tab', '--cwd', dir],
62    },
63  },
64  {
65    // Remote control: allow_remote_control in kitty.conf; listen_on makes it reliable.
66    // --no-response: without a socket the reply comes back on the tty Claude is reading.
67    id: 'kitty',
68    name: 'kitty',
69    detect: env => has(env, 'KITTY_WINDOW_ID') || has(env, 'KITTY_PID') || env.TERM === 'xterm-kitty',
70    launch: {
71      split: (dir, env) => [
72        'kitten', '@', 'launch', '--no-response', '--type=window', '--location=vsplit', '--cwd', dir,
73        ...(has(env, 'KITTY_WINDOW_ID') ? ['--next-to', `id:${env.KITTY_WINDOW_ID}`] : []),
74      ],
75      tab: dir => ['kitten', '@', 'launch', '--no-response', '--type=tab', '--cwd', dir],
76      window: dir => ['kitten', '@', 'launch', '--no-response', '--type=os-window', '--cwd', dir],
77    },
78  },
79  {
80    id: 'wezterm',
81    name: 'WezTerm',
82    detect: env => has(env, 'WEZTERM_PANE') || env.TERM_PROGRAM === 'WezTerm',
83    launch: {
84      split: (dir, env) => [
85        'wezterm', 'cli', 'split-pane', '--right', '--cwd', dir,
86        ...(has(env, 'WEZTERM_PANE') ? ['--pane-id', env.WEZTERM_PANE ?? ''] : []),
87      ],
88      tab: dir => ['wezterm', 'cli', 'spawn', '--cwd', dir],
89      window: dir => ['wezterm', 'cli', 'spawn', '--new-window', '--cwd', dir],
90    },
91  },
92  {
93    id: 'iterm',
94    name: 'iTerm2',
95    detect: env => env.TERM_PROGRAM === 'iTerm.app' || has(env, 'ITERM_SESSION_ID'),
96    launch: {
97      split: iterm('tell current session of current window to split vertically with default profile'),
98      tab: iterm('tell current window to create tab with default profile'),
99      window: dir => ['open', '-a', 'iTerm', dir],
100    },
101  },
102  {
103    id: 'ghostty',
104    name: 'Ghostty',
105    detect: env => env.TERM_PROGRAM === 'ghostty' || has(env, 'GHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR'),
106    launch: {
107      window: (dir, env) =>
108        isMac(env)
109          ? ['open', '-na', 'Ghostty', '--args', `--working-directory=${dir}`]
110          : detached(['ghostty', `--working-directory=${dir}`]),
111    },
112  },
113  {
114    id: 'warp',
115    name: 'Warp',
116    detect: env => env.TERM_PROGRAM === 'WarpTerminal',
117    launch: {
118      tab: dir => ['open', `warp://action/new_tab?path=${encodeURIComponent(dir)}`],
119      window: dir => ['open', `warp://action/new_window?path=${encodeURIComponent(dir)}`],
120    },
121  },
122  {
123    id: 'alacritty',
124    name: 'Alacritty',
125    detect: env => has(env, 'ALACRITTY_WINDOW_ID') || env.TERM === 'alacritty',
126    launch: {
127      window: (dir, env) =>
128        isMac(env)
129          ? ['open', '-na', 'Alacritty', '--args', '--working-directory', dir]
130          : detached(['alacritty', '--working-directory', dir]),
131    },
132  },
133  {
134    id: 'gnome-terminal',
135    name: 'GNOME Terminal',
136    detect: env => has(env, 'GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN'),
137    launch: {
138      tab: dir => ['gnome-terminal', '--tab', `--working-directory=${dir}`],
139      window: dir => ['gnome-terminal', '--window', `--working-directory=${dir}`],
140    },
141  },
142  {
143    id: 'konsole',
144    name: 'Konsole',
145    detect: env => has(env, 'KONSOLE_VERSION'),
146    launch: {
147      tab: dir => detached(['konsole', '--new-tab', '--workdir', dir]),
148      window: dir => detached(['konsole', '--workdir', dir]),
149    },
150  },
151  {
152    id: 'terminal',
153    name: 'Terminal.app',
154    detect: env => env.TERM_PROGRAM === 'Apple_Terminal',
155    launch: { window: dir => ['open', '-a', 'Terminal', dir] },
156  },
157  {
158    // Last: what an unrecognised terminal (or none: the desktop app) gets.
159    id: 'system',
160    name: 'the default terminal',
161    detect: () => true,
162    launch: {
163      window: (dir, env) => (isMac(env) ? ['open', '-a', 'Terminal', dir] : detached(['x-terminal-emulator'])),
164    },
165  },
166]
167
168export const TERMINAL_IDS = TERMINALS.map(spec => spec.id)
169
170export const findTerminal = (id: string): TerminalSpec | undefined => TERMINALS.find(spec => spec.id === id)
171
172export const detectTerminal = (env: Env): TerminalSpec =>
173  TERMINALS.find(spec => spec.detect(env)) ?? (TERMINALS[TERMINALS.length - 1] as TerminalSpec)
174
175const FALLBACK: Record<Placement, readonly Placement[]> = {
176  split: ['split', 'tab', 'window'],
177  tab: ['tab', 'split', 'window'],
178  window: ['window', 'tab', 'split'],
179}
180
181export type Plan = { terminal: TerminalSpec; placement: Placement; argv: string[] }
182
183// The asked placement, or the nearest one the terminal has.
184export const planLaunch = (terminal: TerminalSpec, placement: Placement, dir: string, env: Env): Plan => {
185  const chosen = FALLBACK[placement].find(one => terminal.launch[one] !== undefined) ?? 'window'
186  const launch = terminal.launch[chosen] ?? (() => [])
187
188  return { terminal, placement: chosen, argv: launch(dir, env) }
189}
190
191// A command of the person's own: argv split on spaces, {dir} the directory.
192export const customPlan = (template: string, dir: string): Plan => ({
193  terminal: { id: 'custom', name: 'custom command', detect: () => false, launch: {} },
194  placement: 'window',
195  argv: detached(template.trim().split(/\s+/).map(part => part.replaceAll('{dir}', dir))),
196})
197
types/index.d.ts 8 lines
1export type Worktree = { path: string; branch?: string; isAgent: boolean }
2
3declare module 'claude-code' {
4  interface PluginState {
5    'worktree-terminal': { worktrees: Worktree[]; isHidden: boolean }
6  }
7}
8