ap-terminal SKILL.md skillA
ap-terminal from agentproto/ts is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add agentproto/ts/ap-terminal@git:20261009.68c5ce6Pins git:20261009.68c5ce6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- agentproto/ts
- Path
packages/skill-pack-agentproto/src/skills/ap-terminal/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261009.68c5ce6, committed Oct 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 1, 2026
- Size
- 3,671 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- Apache-2.0
Open a real PTY terminal session through agentproto to drive interactive TUIs (vim, htop, an interactive CLI wizard, a nested claude TUI) with live keystrokes and byte-buffered output. Trigger phrases include "open a terminal", "start a PTY session", "type into the interactive prompt", "attach a terminal panel", "send keys to the TUI".
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Real PTY Terminals
## When to use
Use `ap-terminal` when a task needs a genuine interactive terminal — a TUI
that repaints in place, a CLI that prompts step by step, or anything
expecting a real tty (raw mode, cursor control, paste detection). Batch,
non-interactive work belongs in `command_execute` (see ap-run-command), not
here.
## MCP tool: terminal_start
Spawn a PTY running `argv` (e.g. `['bash']`, or an interactive CLI directly).
Set `cwd`, a `name`/`label` for the session list, and `cols`/`rows` if the
TUI is picky about terminal size.
```json
{
"tool": "terminal_start",
"args": {
"argv": ["claude"],
"cwd": "/Volumes/SSDExternalMacStudio/Code/products/agentik/agentik-studio/apps/simone",
"name": "simone-claude-tui",
"cols": 120,
"rows": 40
}
}
```
## MCP tool: terminal_output
Read the current screen/buffer. `clean: true` strips ANSI escape codes for
readable text; `lastBytes` caps how much of the tail you pull back. The
buffer is a ring of roughly 64KiB — older output is gone once it rolls off.
```json
{ "tool": "terminal_output", "args": { "sessionId": "term_4b91", "clean": true, "lastBytes": 4000 } }
```
## MCP tool: terminal_input
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add agentproto/ts/ap-terminal@sha256:f1f35760fbe8442aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.68c5ce6, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_mer52rsrwvczf5dp)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 1, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, about one every 38 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261009.68c5ce6 latest | 2026-10-09 | 68c5ce6 | 3,671 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260901.0259d5f | 2026-09-01 | 0259d5f | 3,446 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3671 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
agentproto/ts · 10 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mer52rsrwvczf5dp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=agentproto/ts/ap-terminal GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f1f35760fbe8442ad0112c00e6da8843f0957a4b063c98192dbee43f5cce280d
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.