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Claude Code Terminal Title

Name: Claude Code Terminal Title (Claude Skill)
Author: bluzername

by bluzername · bluzername/claude-code-terminal-title

Auto-updates terminal window titles with the current Claude Code task — stop guessing tabs.

A tiny but loved skill: it watches what Claude Code is doing and pushes a concise label into the terminal's window title. Multi-tab users finally know which is 'refactor billing' vs 'fix the staging deploy'.

▶ Watch demo 📦 Install 💡 Use Cases

Why use it

Key features

Updates xterm window title via ANSI escape on every assistant turn
Works in iTerm, Kitty, WezTerm, Ghostty, gnome-terminal
Tmux pane title support
Configurable label format
Zero runtime cost

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

terminal-title-skill.replay ▶ ready

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Install

Author repository · Claude Skills documentation

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use Claude Code Terminal Title

Stop alt-tabbing into the wrong Claude Code session

👤 Anyone with 4+ Claude Code tabs ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

When to use: You work on multiple repos simultaneously.

Prerequisites

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

Flow

Install

Install bluzername/claude-code-terminal-title and reload Claude Code.✓ Copied

→ Skill installed
Work

Start any task — observe the tab title update to the task summary.✓ Copied

→ Tab title reads 'refactor billing — claude'

Outcome: Tabs you can actually tell apart.

Pitfalls

Some terminals strip title escapes by default (tmux without set-titles on). Enable in your tmux config. — Some terminals strip title escapes by default (tmux without set-titles on). Enable in your tmux config.

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota: See provider docs for rate limits
Tokens per call: Varies by tool
Monetary: See repo README for pricing details
Tip: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: Use environment variables; never commit secrets

Data egress: Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

title doesn't update in tmux

Add set -g set-titles on and set -g set-titles-string '#W' to tmux.conf.

Verify: Reload tmux config

title shows escape codes

Your terminal doesn't support OSC titles. Switch to a modern terminal (iTerm/Kitty/WezTerm).

Verify: echo -ne '\033]0;test\007'

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