wezterm

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Control WezTerm terminal emulator via CLI. Manage panes, tabs, workspaces, and execute commands in running terminals.

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Added on2026-02-10

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add dicklesworthstone/agent_flywheel_clawdbot_skills_and_integrations wezterm

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WezTerm Skill

Use the

wezterm

CLI to control and interact with WezTerm terminal instances.

CLI Location

bash

/Applications/WezTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/wezterm

Or add to PATH for easier access.

Listing and Connecting

List all WezTerm panes:

bash

wezterm cli list

List in JSON format:

bash

wezterm cli list --format json

List clients (GUI windows):

bash

wezterm cli list-clients

Pane Management

Get current pane ID:

bash

wezterm cli get-pane-direction

Split pane horizontally (new pane to right):

bash

wezterm cli split-pane --right

Split pane vertically (new pane below):

bash

wezterm cli split-pane --bottom

Split with specific command:

bash

wezterm cli split-pane --right -- htop

Move focus between panes:

bash

wezterm cli activate-pane-direction up
wezterm cli activate-pane-direction down
wezterm cli activate-pane-direction left
wezterm cli activate-pane-direction right

Activate specific pane by ID:

bash

wezterm cli activate-pane --pane-id <pane-id>

Tab Management

Create new tab:

bash

wezterm cli spawn

Create tab with command:

bash

wezterm cli spawn -- vim

Create tab in specific domain:

bash

wezterm cli spawn --domain-name SSH:server

Activate tab by index:

bash

wezterm cli activate-tab --tab-index 0

Activate tab relative:

bash

wezterm cli activate-tab --tab-relative 1   # next tab
wezterm cli activate-tab --tab-relative -1  # previous tab

Sending Commands to Panes

Send text to a pane:

bash

wezterm cli send-text --pane-id <pane-id> "ls -la\n"

Send text to current pane:

bash

wezterm cli send-text "echo hello\n"

Workspaces

List workspaces:

bash

wezterm cli list --format json | jq '.[].workspace' | sort -u

Zoom

Toggle pane zoom:

bash

wezterm cli zoom-pane --toggle

Zoom pane:

bash

wezterm cli zoom-pane --zoom

Unzoom:

bash

wezterm cli zoom-pane --unzoom

Multiplexer Domains

List domains (local, SSH, etc.):

bash

wezterm cli list --format json | jq '.[].domain_name' | sort -u

Connect to SSH domain:

bash

wezterm cli spawn --domain-name SSH:myserver

Configuration

Config file:

~/.config/wezterm/wezterm.lua

Show effective config:

bash

wezterm show-keys

Launching

Start new window:

bash

wezterm start

Start with command:

bash

wezterm start -- htop

Start in directory:

bash

wezterm start --cwd /path/to/dir

Connect to running mux server:

bash

wezterm connect unix

wezterm

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content

WezTerm Skill

CLI Location

Listing and Connecting

Pane Management

Tab Management

Sending Commands to Panes

Workspaces

Zoom

Multiplexer Domains

Configuration

Launching