# openrig-cmux

Renders OpenRig agent fleets, missions, and pods into live cmux terminal tiles. Helpful when monitoring running agents without disrupting active sessions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 8227
- Author: mvschwarz
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/HEAD/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-cmux/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/openrig-cmux

## What it does

The skill instructs an agent to display OpenRig fleet sessions directly in cmux. Using `rig terminal open <view> --provider cmux`, it arranges rigs, pods like `pod:<rig>/<podNamespace>`, missions, slices, or saved views into tiled panes. If a node is already open, cmux brings it into focus instead of launching a duplicate tile.

Session handling mirrors the rules from `openrig-herdr`. Mission and slice views attach via `tmux attach -r` in read-only mode, guaranteeing that keystrokes never reach running background agents. If a host is connected over HTTP, the tile degrades with an explicit warning because live streaming demands an SSH link.

Keep in mind that cmux is treated as a best-effort provider, while herdr remains OpenRig's default choice. Custom layouts must be configured by hand in `terminal-views.yaml`, as there is no built-in write command.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-cmux -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/openrig-cmux/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/openrig-cmux/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-cmux -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/openrig-cmux/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-cmux -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/openrig-cmux/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mvschwarz/openrig openrig-cmux
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/openrig-cmux/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-cmux -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig --path skills/_canonical/core/openrig-cmux
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/openrig-cmux/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-cmux -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/HEAD/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-cmux/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- render OpenRig rigs and pods into cmux terminal tiles
- inspect running mission slices in read-only mode
- check provider health with `rig terminal status`
- navigate hand-authored fleet layouts in `terminal-views.yaml`

## Example prompts
- Open slice `<id>` into cmux tiles
- List available views using `rig terminal views`
- Check provider health with `rig terminal status --provider cmux`

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---
name: openrig-cmux
description: >
  Use when opening OpenRig fleet terminals into cmux — turning a rig, pod, mission, slice, or saved
  view into live agent tiles via `rig terminal --provider cmux`, or driving cmux on an agent's
  request. Same OpenRig view semantics as openrig-herdr (the verbs, honest-partial/degrade, read-only
  cross-rig, scroll/copy, same-size-only duplicates); cmux is the **best-effort** provider (herdr is
  the default and the proof-gated one). Prefer openrig-herdr unless cmux is specifically wanted.
metadata:
  openrig:
    stage: candidate
    sibling_skills:
      - openrig-herdr
      - openrig-user
---

# openrig-cmux

cmux is a **provider** for OpenRig views — the same `rig terminal` surface as herdr, rendering the
tiles into cmux instead. It is the provider OpenRig already shipped (the existing "Launch in cmux"
affordance generalizes onto `rig terminal <provider>`), kept working. The OpenRig-semantic half is
identical to openrig-herdr: OpenRig decides **which** agents form a view; the provider renders the
pixels. **Read openrig-herdr first for the full model** — this skill only calls out what differs for
cmux.

## Provider status — cmux is best-effort

- **herdr is the default and the proof-gated provider**; **cmux is best-effort** — it ships on the
  same `rig terminal <provider>` + web-launcher neighborhood, but a cmux miss is not a slice failure.
  Reach for cmux when it is specifically wanted; otherwise default to herdr (`rig terminal open <view>`
  with no `--provider`).
- Views are **provider-agnostic**: the same view + the same agents + the same semantics carry across
  herdr and cmux. A saved view opens in either.

## The surface (same three verbs, `--provider cmux`)

```bash
rig terminal open <view> --provider cmux [--json]   # open a view into cmux (herdr is the no-flag default)
rig terminal views [--json]                          # the same view library, provider-agnostic
rig terminal status --provider cmux [--json]         # cmux liveness / health
```

`<view>` resolves exactly as with herdr: a **rig name** · **`pod:<rig>/<podNamespace>`** ·
**`mission:<id>`** · **`slice:<id>`** (derived live) · a **saved-view name**.

## What carries over unchanged from openrig-herdr

All of these behave identically — see openrig-herdr for the detail:

- **Honest-partial / honest-degrade** — opened / absent / degraded, each named; partial opens exit 0,
  zero-pane exits non-zero; an http-registered host's agents degrade with the reason ("host `<id>` is
  http-registered; tiles need ssh"), never silently dropped.
- **Read-only policy** — a rig or `pod:` view is interactive; `mission:` / `slice:` views are
  read-only by construction; a saved view is per-member (`readOnly`). A read-only pane is
  `tmux attach -r` (client `readonly=1`, keystrokes physically cannot reach the agent). See openrig-herdr.
- **Safety rails (the fleet-safety rail)** — a tile is a *view* (nested `tmux attach`) of a
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