Cmux

Cmux is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by manaflow-ai in cmux.

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Install in seconds

Install Cmux

Copy Cmux into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/tree/main/skills/cmux ~/.claude/skills/cmux

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/cmux/SKILL.md in manaflow-ai/cmux
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/cmux
Collection: One of 20 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Cmux does

Cmux controls the topology and routing of a multi-pane terminal layout, including windows, workspaces, panes, surfaces, focus, moves, reorder, identify, and trigger flash. Use it when automation needs deterministic placement and navigation in a cmux environment.

Cmux is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Cmux comes from a repository tagged amp, claude-code, cli, codex and coding-agents.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

cmux Core Control

Non-browser cmux topology and routing.

Window: top-level macOS cmux window.
Workspace: tab-like group within a window.
Pane: split container in a workspace.
Surface: a tab within a pane (terminal or browser panel).

Fast start

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Cmux

What else does manaflow-ai publish alongside Cmux?
Cmux is one of 20 skills that DirSkills catalogs from manaflow-ai/cmux, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include CMUX Architecture, CMUX Billing and CMUX Shared Behavior. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Cmux does, and is maintained by manaflow-ai in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the manaflow-ai/cmux page.
How does Cmux compare to other Automation skills?
Cmux ranks #106 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Cmux against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.