signalHacker News Show HN2026-09-28
Show HN: Agenttab: Status Icons for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode Tabs
Agenttab displays an AI agent's state as an icon in the terminal tab title for Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode. The title shows the state icon and conversation title (or directory name). It is installed via a curl script and configured with per-agent hooks; it requires jq and works on macOS, with Linux untested.
- for who
- Developers using terminal-based AI coding agents who want to monitor agent state in the tab title.
- why now
- Newly released tool adds real-time agent status to terminal tabs, supporting Codex 0.157 and later.
- what changes
- They can see agent status (idle, busy, waiting) directly in the terminal tab title, avoiding context switching.
- to do
- Install agenttab via the provided curl script, add the hooks to Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode, and set the terminal tab title format to display the status.
key points
- Agenttab shows agent state icon and conversation title in terminal tab for Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode
- Install via curl script, configure hooks per agent; requires jq, works on macOS, Linux untested
- Supports states like idle, busy, wait, end; tab title shows state icon and conversation or directory name
#terminal tool#agent status#open source#Claude Code#Codex
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