It must not ask for or inspect credentials, tokens, session links, private keys, or account data.
▍ Free open skill · no account · source visible
Keep your coding agent running. Verify what “running” means first.
Install one provider-neutral workflow for Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot CLI, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and other terminal agents. It starts with the computer and infrastructure you already have, asks before changing anything, and proves the reconnect path.
Claude CodeCodexCopilot CLIGemini CLIOpenCode
Install with an Agent Skills client
A small instruction bundle, not a background service.
The skill has no scripts, hooks, MCP server, telemetry, or credential access. Review the Markdown before installing it.
Universal install
npx skills add Anchras/terminalbox-tools --skill keep-agent-running Native plugin commands
GitHub Copilot CLI
copilot plugin marketplace add Anchras/terminalbox-tools copilot plugin install keep-agent-running@terminalbox-tools Claude Code
claude plugin marketplace add Anchras/terminalbox-tools claude plugin install keep-agent-running@terminalbox-tools The decision order
Use the least infrastructure that meets the continuity test.
The skill must rule out paths 1–3 before presenting path 4.
- 01 · Current computer
Keep the local host awake.
Use the agent’s normal CLI and a bounded tmux session when the laptop can remain on.
Free · fewest moving parts - 02 · Provider-native
Use the official cloud or remote mode.
Prefer it when its execution model preserves everything the task actually needs.
Provider terms and limits apply - 03 · Existing host
Reuse a server you already control.
Choose SSH plus tmux when that machine has the right access, capacity, and uptime.
No new hosting purchase - 04 · New paid host
Buy continuity only when it is the missing capability.
A managed host fits when the full interactive shell must survive the laptop being off.
Explicit approval required
Verification boundary
“Detached” is not the same as “survives disconnect.”
The workflow names the exact process that must continue, detaches or disconnects for real, reconnects through the intended device and transport, and checks that the same process and state remain. It cannot call a setup successful from a running local tab.
1 · Name the process and state 2 · Detach or disconnect 3 · Reconnect through the real path 4 · Observe the same live state
Safety contract
Advice first. Changes only after review.
It shows the command or change before installing, starting, stopping, editing, or opening remote control.
It must not disable verification, expose an unauthenticated service, or add dangerous approval flags.
Only if path 4 is yours
Keep one full Linux terminal online for €6/month.
Terminalbox Base keeps one terminal, its files, processes, and tmux session available when the laptop is off. Bring your own coding-agent account; provider access and usage are not included.
14-day first-payment refund. Read the plain-English policy.
Open formats, inspectable source
Why this installs across agent clients.
The workflow follows the open Agent Skills format. GitHub documents skills and plugins as reusable ways to extend Copilot, while OpenAI documents skills for repeatable Codex workflows. Each client decides which parts it supports.