Powered by Claude Code  ·  Codex  ·  macOS native

Go get a coffee.
Come back to done.

For people done babysitting agents across a dozen tabs. Give Claude Code or Codex the work, walk away, and return to what shipped, what remains, and the next move.

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TerminalAI restoring a project with a summary of shipped work, remaining tasks, and a clear next move.
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Used by creative developers, directors who code, and solo operators running too many projects at once
Brandon Aviram
Why I built this

I was sitting down with Claude feeling like a monkey that has to keep pressing enter and watch things. Draining, physically and emotionally. I had 12 windows minimized in various states, copying context from one dead chat to the next. So I built the version where I could leave. Now I give it the hard problem, put down the laptop, and go to dinner. It’s done when I get back.

Brandon Aviram Director, developer, solo operator

The vigilance tax · 10 seconds

AI can do the work.
Why are you still babysitting it?

Walk away while TerminalAI keeps the thread. When you return, see what shipped, what remains, and the next move.

  • Leave without hovering
  • Return without reconstructing
  • Review without digging
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Ten seconds on the real product: preserving human coherence while machine execution compounds in the background.

Claude Code and Codex.
With coherence on top.

TerminalAI runs Claude Code or Codex underneath. It preserves context, session state, and the recovery path around delegated work so leaving doesn’t mean starting over.

Your existing account. Your existing setup. The agent keeps its native capabilities; TerminalAI makes the work easier to leave and return to.

You Describe what you want. Walk away.
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Terminal AI Interface  ·  Skills  ·  Context triage  ·  Sessions  ·  Agent panel
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Claude Code Anthropic's agentic engine. The actual execution.
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Codex OpenAI's coding agent. Switch providers.
Why this matters
✓
Keep the tools you already trust
TerminalAI runs your installed Claude Code or Codex CLI and keeps their native capabilities intact.
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Use your existing account
No new API keys. No new billing. Terminal AI runs through your existing Claude Code or Codex setup. Bring your own accounts. Install once, run everything.
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Continuity around the agent
Skills, live agent progress, Side Quest, persistent sessions, and re-entry briefs keep the work coherent between visits.
✓
Providers stay native
TerminalAI drives the Claude Code or Codex CLI you have installed instead of replacing the agent underneath.
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Recovery fails closed
Completed work stays preserved. If an interrupted task is unsafe to resume, TerminalAI holds it for your judgment instead of guessing.

“I think you should just use Terminal AI, dude. Just from the way you’re navigating here, it tells me that you should just do that instead.”

AH Adrian Head to a friend who was stuck — unprompted, on a call

Nobody wrote this for the website. It’s a power user routing a friend to the tool the moment the friend got stuck. The best pitch is the one you don’t make.

The coherence layer.

Six capabilities that make delegated work safe to leave and cheap to re-enter.

Re-entry Brief
See what shipped, what remains, and the next move when you reopen a project. Resume from a briefing, not a transcript.
state · open work · next
Durable Recovery
Interrupted runs preserve completed tasks, identify what remains, and block unsafe resumes. Recovery starts from durable state instead of guesswork.
durable state · safe recovery
Persistent Sessions
Pick up exactly where you left off. Windows, tabs, and conversations survive quit and relaunch.
restore · search
Judgment Memory
Session takeaways and semantic summaries carry durable decisions forward, so future work starts with the reasoning that shaped the project.
takeaways · summaries
Parallel Agent Runs
Run multiple tasks in parallel. Leave them working from different angles, then return to a clear result and next move.
live agent panel
Screenshot In, Answer Out
Drag a screenshot in, or paste with ⌘V. Stop writing fragile prompts. Hand over the real state of the work and let the agent figure out the rest.
drag · paste · ⌘V

Set Context
Walk away.
Come back to done.

One core loop: you provide intent, agents provide execution. You don't have to watch the sausage get made.

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Open your project
TerminalAI reads your project structure, git history, and loaded skills to build a working picture of your codebase.
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Show it, don't spell it out
Drag a screenshot straight into the window, or just type. Terminal AI reads what you meant and plans the work before writing a single line of code.
03
Agents get to work
Parallel agents tackle the problem from multiple angles. Watch the agent panel, or close the laptop. Come back to a result you can review.
04
Open tomorrow like you never left
Open a session from yesterday and you're back in the room. The dev log shows the major decisions. Explore shows every step. A recap card catches you up the moment you return to a project. Ten-minute "wait, where was I?" is gone.

What shipped

Aug 19, 2026
Build 1233 Latest release
Fixed
  • Foreground Codex chats start ahead of automatic background work.
  • A startup timeout leaves your original prompt ready to resend.
  • Cancel background work without blocking the next Claude task.
Aug 18, 2026 Build 1231 · 1 change →
Fixed
  • Streaming stays pinned to the latest response instead of jumping upward.
Aug 17, 2026 Build 1225 · 6 changes →
What changed
  • Return to a fresh Brief of what changed and what needs you.
  • Explore keeps a complete trail of the work behind that Brief.
Fixed
  • Completed Claude turns come back even if stream delivery ends early.
  • Finished subagents no longer come back marked as stalled.
  • Close Voice Operator mid-response and reopen it ready to listen.
  • The Brief stays current when summaries finish out of order.

Master the keyboard

Command palette
⌘K
New chat
⌘N
New tab (instant)
⌘T
Side Quest
⇧⌘E
Return to dashboard
⌘D
Cancel / close
ESC
Checkpoint session
⇧⌘S
Close all panels
⇧⌘W

Stop babysitting.
Start shipping.

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