zellij

Zellij Pane Controller

Read from and write to other zellij terminal panes using zellij action commands.

Writing to Panes

Send command (with Enter to execute):

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-send.sh $'ls -la\n'

Send text (without Enter, for partial input):

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-send.sh "partial text"

Specify direction:

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-send.sh right $'echo hello\n'
~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-send.sh left "some text"

Directions: next (default), left, right, up, down

Reading from Panes

View adjacent pane (visible screen):

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-dump.sh next

View pane in specific direction:

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-dump.sh left
~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-dump.sh right
~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-dump.sh up
~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-dump.sh down

Include full scrollback:

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-dump.sh next --full

Layout Info

Show tabs and panes:

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-info.sh

Creating Panes

New pane (auto direction):

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-new-pane.sh

New pane with direction:

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-new-pane.sh right
~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-new-pane.sh down

New pane and run command:

~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-new-pane.sh "npm run dev"
~/.claude/skills/zellij/tools/zellij-new-pane.sh down "tail -f /var/log/app.log"

Limitations

• Flicker on read/write: Uses focus shift (zellij limitation)
• Requires zellij session: Only works inside zellij