agent-terminal SKILL.md skillA
agent-terminal from coder/agent-tty is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add coder/agent-tty/agent-terminal@git:20260328.5b47c76Pins git:20260328.5b47c76 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- coder/agent-tty
- Path
dogfood/20260327-public-skill/installed-skill/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260328.5b47c76, committed Mar 28, 2026
- Size
- 5,079 bytes
- Repository stars
- 30
- License
- Apache-2.0
Terminal and TUI automation CLI for AI agents. Use when the user needs to create a terminal session, run a command in a terminal, automate an interactive CLI or TUI, wait for terminal output, capture a TUI screenshot, export a terminal recording, or test a CLI workflow with reviewable artifacts.
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
# Terminal Automation with agent-terminal Install the CLI with `npm install -g agent-terminal`, then use `agent-terminal` directly. Prefer isolated homes, JSON envelopes, and renderer-backed artifacts so terminal workflows stay reviewable and reproducible. ## Core Workflow Every terminal or TUI automation task should follow this pattern: 1. **Create an isolated home** with `--home`. 2. **Check prerequisites** with `doctor --json` before screenshot or recording work. 3. **Create a session** with `create --json`. 4. **Run setup commands** with `run` instead of simulating long shell typing. 5. **Wait on observable terminal state** with `wait` instead of blind sleeps. 6. **Inspect the current screen** with `snapshot`. 7. **Capture proof artifacts** with `screenshot` or `record export`. 8. **Destroy the session** when finished. ```bash AGENT_HOME="$(mktemp -d)" agent-terminal --home "$AGENT_HOME" doctor --json SESSION_ID=$(agent-terminal --home "$AGENT_HOME" create --json -- /bin/bash | jq -r '.result.sessionId') agent-terminal --home "$AGENT_HOME" run "$SESSION_ID" 'printf "ready\n"' agent-terminal --home "$AGENT_HOME" wait "$SESSION_ID" --text 'ready' --json …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add coder/agent-tty/agent-terminal@sha256:df7a7beb11f0e45fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260328.5b47c76, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 28, 2026.
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 (5079 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
coder/agent-tty · 30 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_odfq4shurbw7tei6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=coder/agent-tty/agent-terminal GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/df7a7beb11f0e45fe624c54fcf59aa258ec3b6a425d25a143e0ae82333ca961a
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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.