Use the terminal

The terminal of a session is a real terminal, not a transcript of one. Its tabs are of two kinds, and each says who opened it and where it runs: those the agent launched — with the number of the turn it happened in — and those you open. The footer of a tab repeats it: who launched it, how long it has run, how it ended.

Open and move

• Ctrl ` (⌘ ` on a Mac) shows or hides the terminal; Ctrl ⇧ ` opens a new tab.
• Click a tab to select it; middle-click, or Ctrl and click, to close it.
• The context menu closes one tab, the others, or all.
• In the list of tabs: arrows move, Home and End go to the ends, Delete closes, F2 renames.
• When a tab closes, focus moves to the one that takes its place. The shell’s name stays until you choose one.

A session keeps at most eight tabs.

What it is not

• It is not isolated from the rest of your computer. Its label says where it runs; it promises no isolation that does not exist.
• A command can write files even when the write tool is denied. It is one of the gaps described in Permissions. To close it, restrict the terminal too.

If something goes wrong

• No new tab opens — the session already has eight. Close one.
• A tab seems stuck — its footer says for how long, and in which state.