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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "roversx-thinkterm--keep-agent-sessions-running-after-close",
 "repo": "RoversX/ThinkTerm",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/RoversX/ThinkTerm",
 "repo_slug": "roversx-thinkterm",
 "title": "Keep long builds and agents running after you close the window",
 "page_title": "How to keep long builds and agents running after you close the window with Think Term",
 "summary": "Detach from Think Term and reattach later to the same shells, builds, and agent tasks.",
 "who": "A developer who starts a long build or coding agent task and needs to leave the machine or close the window without losing progress.",
 "problem": "Closing a normal terminal window usually ends the shells and processes running inside it, so long tasks get interrupted.",
 "outcome": "The task keeps running on the mux server, and you reattach from the desktop or the TUI to see its output.",
 "steps": [
  "Install on macOS with `brew install --cask roversx/tap/thinkterm`, or download a release from the Releases page",
  "Open the desktop application with `thinkterm start`",
  "Start a long build or coding agent task in a pane",
  "Close the desktop window; the server-held session keeps running",
  "In a separate terminal, run `thinkterm tui` to reattach and continue the same session"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the RoversX/ThinkTerm repo, start a long-running build in a pane of a ThinkTerm session on <target machine>, detach the client, then reattach with `thinkterm tui`. Expected output: the build log continues from where it was before detaching. Verify that the process is still running after the client disconnects.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Sessions survive a client disconnect, but they do not survive a mux server restart or host reboot, according to the README.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "rust",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux, or Windows (the README lists these as desktop platforms)",
  "Homebrew on macOS for the cask install, or Rust and platform build tools for a source build",
  "Access to the machines you want to connect, if you use remote sessions",
  "A second terminal window to run the TUI client"
 ],
 "risk": "sensitive",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": true,
 "score": 1.0,
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