Claude Tmux Focus

No matter where your cursor is, one shortcut takes you straight to your Claude Code window.

Manage Claude Code sessions inside tmux, directly in the VS Code editor area.

One shortcut to focus your Claude terminal -- or create, resume, and switch between sessions without leaving the editor.

Features

Claude Tmux: Focus (Cmd+Shift+0)

Focus the existing Claude Tmux terminal tab. If no tab exists, attaches to the current tmux session. If no tmux session is running, shows a resume picker of existing Claude Code sessions. If no past sessions exist, prompts for a name and starts a fresh session.

No tab exists -- creates and focuses the Claude Tmux tab:

Tab exists but not focused -- switches focus to the Claude Tmux tab:

Claude Tmux: Focus Window (Cmd+Shift+9)

Shows a dropdown of running tmux windows (with pane titles) and switches to the selected window.

Claude Tmux: Create Window (Cmd+Shift+8)

Shows a dropdown with "New Claude Code Session" at the top, followed by existing Claude Code sessions. Selecting "New" prompts for a session name and starts a fresh claude --ide instance. Selecting an existing session resumes it in a new tmux window.

New session:

Resume existing session:

How It Works

• All Claude Code sessions run inside tmux and appear as editor-area tabs in VS Code.
• tmux windows are named with Claude Code session IDs for tracking.
• New sessions automatically send /rename to Claude for session identification.

Requirements

• tmux must be installed and available in your PATH
• Claude Code CLI must be installed

Installation

Install from the VS Code Marketplace or search "Claude Tmux Focus" in the Extensions view.

Keybindings

All keybindings can be customized via Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts.

License

MIT