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How to watch agents on several machines from one Think Term sidebar with Think Term

Connect remote hosts through Think Term Connect and switch between them in one workspace.

Credentials. The SSH host book stores passwords encrypted with a locally stored key, and anyone with both the key and the encrypted data can decrypt them.

Who it is forAn engineer who runs coding agents on a server and on a laptop and wants to see all of them in one place.

The problemAgents spread across machines are hard to track, and switching between SSH windows loses context about which task is which.

The outcomeRemote workspaces appear in the desktop sidebar beside local work, and processes keep running on their original host.

What you need first

  • 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

Steps

  1. Install Think Term and start it with thinkterm start
  2. Open Think Term Connect and add a remote host using SSH, Mosh, or a persistent mux session
  3. If the server lacks Think Term, accept the offer to install it under your user account
  4. Open the Agents panel to see recognized coding agents and their work status
  5. Switch machines from the sidebar to return to a remote session

Prompt for your agent

Using the RoversX/ThinkTerm repo, connect ThinkTerm to the remote host <host name> with ThinkTerm Connect, then list the recognized agents in the Agents panel. Expected output: each agent with its project and work status. Verify that the agent processes still run on the remote host after the desktop client closes.

Caveat. The README says remote connections make network requests when used, and agent detection can be disabled in settings.

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