AI Coding Tools

Termbridge works great for monitoring AI coding assistants. Start an agent in your terminal, then watch it work from your phone while you're away from your desk.

Why use Termbridge with AI tools?

• Monitor remotely: Watch Claude Code or Codex work from your couch
• Stay informed: See when agents need input or hit errors
• Quick intervention: Send commands or cancel processes from your phone
• No VPN needed: Secure access from anywhere

Supported tools

Termbridge streams whatever runs in the tmux session, so it doesn't need to know about the tool. The examples on this page use:

• Claude Code (claude)
• Codex (codex)
• OpenCode (opencode)

These three are also the agents that sandbox mode can install and sign in automatically. Other terminal-based agents run the same way but are not tested.

Local workflow

Watch Claude Code from your phone

# Start Termbridge with a named session
termbridge --session claude

# In the terminal (via UI or locally), start Claude
claude

Scan the QR code and watch Claude work from anywhere.

Start the agent first

If you prefer to start the agent before Termbridge:

# Create a tmux session and start the agent
tmux new-session -d -s claude "claude"

# Then attach Termbridge to it
termbridge --session claude

Codex workflow

tmux new-session -d -s codex
tmux send-keys -t codex "codex" Enter
termbridge --session codex

Sandbox workflow

For isolated environments, run agents in a Daytona sandbox. Termbridge can install agent CLIs and sync your auth automatically.

Quick setup

export TERMBRIDGE_BACKEND=sandbox-daytona
export TERMBRIDGE_SANDBOX_AGENTS=claude-code,codex

termbridge

This will:

1. Create a Daytona sandbox
2. Install the agent CLIs
3. Sync your local auth files so agents are ready to use

See the Coding Agents guide for full details.

Tips

Named sessions

Use meaningful session names so you know what's running:

termbridge --session claude-refactor
termbridge --session codex-tests

Multiple agents

Run different agents in different terminals:

TERMBRIDGE_SESSIONS=2 termbridge

Start Claude in one, Codex in another, and switch between them.

Long-running tasks

AI agents can run for a long time. Termbridge handles this well:

• Your session persists even if you close the browser
• Reconnect anytime by refreshing the page
• tmux keeps the agent running even if Termbridge restarts

Intervention

Need to stop or redirect an agent?

1. Use the Ctrl+C button to interrupt
2. Type new instructions in the input field
3. The agent receives your input just like a local terminal

Sandbox vs local

For most users, local mode is simpler. Use sandbox mode when you want:

• A clean, disposable environment
• To keep your laptop free while agents work
• To run experiments without affecting your local setup