Shell Mode

Overview

Shell mode lets you send commands to a dedicated shell pane alongside your AI session. Useful for running tests, checking output, or executing commands without leaving unitmux.

Toggle Shell Mode

Press Ctrl+B to toggle shell mode on/off. When active, the input placeholder changes to "Type shell command..."

Shell Pane

• A unitmux-shell window is created automatically in the same tmux session on first use
• Uses your default shell (bash, zsh, fish, etc.)
• If manually closed, it is recreated on the next send
• Auto-deleted when the session's last claude/codex pane is closed

Keyboard Shortcut

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+B	Toggle shell mode (key configurable in Settings)

Preview in Shell Mode

Pane preview (Ctrl+P) and live streaming work for the shell pane when in shell mode.