name: Fork Terminal Skill
description: Fork a terminal session to a new terminal window. Use this when the user requests 'fork terminal' or 'create a new terminal' or 'new terminal: ' or 'fork session: '.

Purpose

Fork a terminal session to a new terminal window. Using one agentic coding tools or raw cli commands.
Follow the Instructions, execute the Workflow, based on the Cookbook.

Variables

ENABLE_RAW_CLI_COMMANDS: true
ENABLE_GEMINI_CLI: true
ENABLE_CODEX_CLI: true
ENABLE_CLAUDE_CODE: true
AGENTIC_CODING_TOOLS: claude-code, codex-cli, gemini-cli

Instructions

• Based on the user's request, follow the Cookbook to determine which tool to use.

Fork Summary User Prompts

• IF: The user requests a fork terminal with a summary. This ONLY works for our agentic coding tools AGENTIC_CODING_TOOLS. The tool MUST BE enabled as well.
• THEN:
• Read, and REPLACE the .claude/skills/fork-terminal/prompts/fork_summary_user_prompt.md with the history of the conversation between you and the user so far.
• Include the next users request in the Next User Request section.
• This will be what you pass into the PROMPT parameter of the agentic coding tool.
• IMPORTANT: To be clear, don't update the file directly, just read it, fill it out IN YOUR MEMORY and use it to craft a new prompt in the structure provided for the new fork agent.
• Let's be super clear here, the fork_summary_user_prompt.md is a template for you to fill out IN YOUR MEMORY. Once you've filled it out, pass that prompt to the agentic coding tool.
• XML Tags have been added to let you know exactly what you need to replace. You'll be replacing the and sections.
• EXAMPLES:
• "fork terminal use claude code to summarize work so far"
• "spin up a new terminal request using claude code include summary"
• "create a new terminal to with claude code with summary"

Workflow

1. Understand the user's request.
2. READ: .claude/skills/fork-terminal/tools/fork_terminal.py to understand our tooling.
3. Follow the Cookbook to determine which tool to use.
4. Execute the .claude/skills/fork-terminal/tools/fork_terminal.py: fork_terminal(command: str) tool.

Cookbook

Raw CLI Commands

• IF: The user requests a non-agentic coding tool AND ENABLE_RAW_CLI_COMMANDS is true.
• THEN: Read and execute: .claude/skills/fork-terminal/cookbook/cli-command.md
• EXAMPLES:
• "Create a new terminal to with ffmpeg"
• "Create a new terminal to with curl"
• "Create a new terminal to with python"

Claude Code

• IF: The user requests a claude code agent to execute the command AND ENABLE_CLAUDE_CODE is true.
• THEN: Read and execute: .claude/skills/fork-terminal/cookbook/claude-code.md
• EXAMPLES:
• "fork terminal use claude code to "
• "spin up a new terminal request using claude code"
• "create a new terminal to with claude code"

Codex CLI

• IF: The user requests a codex CLI agent to execute the command AND ENABLE_CODEX_CLI is true.
• THEN: Read and execute: .claude/skills/fork-terminal/cookbook/codex-cli.md
• EXAMPLES:
• "fork terminal use codex to "
• "spin up a new terminal request using codex"
• "create a new terminal to with codex"

Gemini CLI

• IF: The user requests a gemini CLI agent to execute the command AND ENABLE_GEMINI_CLI is true.
• THEN: Read and execute: .claude/skills/fork-terminal/cookbook/gemini-cli.md
• EXAMPLES:
• "fork terminal use gemini to "
• "spin up a new terminal request with gemini"
• "create a new terminal to using gemini"