{
  "name": "list_windows",
  "wireName": "list_windows",
  "source": {
    "repo": "tmux-python/libtmux-mcp",
    "revision": "4daddc0dfca96c43bf521d818bf91564e1434760",
    "extractedRevision": "4daddc0dfca96c43bf521d818bf91564e1434760",
    "file": "src/libtmux_mcp/tools/session_tools.py",
    "line": 353
  },
  "description": "List tmux windows (terminal tabs) in a session, or across the server.\n\nUse for tmux windows — 'current window', 'this tab' (when terminal-\ncontextual) — not browser tabs or desktop windows. Only searches\nwindow metadata (name, index, layout); to search the actual visible\nterminal text, use search_panes.",
  "schemaStatus": "runtime",
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    "additionalProperties": false,
    "properties": {
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        "anyOf": [
          {
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "type": "object"
          },
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "default": null,
        "description": "Django-style filters as a dict (e.g. ``{\"window_name__contains\": \"dev\"}``)\nor as a JSON string. Some MCP clients require the string form."
      },
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        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "default": null,
        "description": "Session ID (e.g. '$1') to look up."
      },
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        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "default": null,
        "description": "Session name to look up. If omitted along with session_id,\nreturns windows from all sessions."
      },
      "socket_name": {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "type": "string"
          },
          {
            "type": "null"
          }
        ],
        "default": null,
        "description": "tmux socket name. Defaults to LIBTMUX_SOCKET env var."
      }
    },
    "type": "object"
  },
  "outputSchema": {
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          "description": "Serialized tmux window.",
          "properties": {
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              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Pane id (``%N``) of the window's active pane."
            },
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              "description": "Number of panes",
              "type": "integer"
            },
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              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Parent session ID"
            },
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              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Parent session name"
            },
            "window_active": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Active flag ('1' or '0')"
            },
            "window_height": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Height in rows"
            },
            "window_id": {
              "description": "Window ID (e.g. '@1')",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "window_index": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Window index"
            },
            "window_layout": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Layout string"
            },
            "window_name": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Window name"
            },
            "window_width": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ],
              "default": null,
              "description": "Width in columns"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "window_id",
            "pane_count"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": "array"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "result"
    ],
    "type": "object",
    "x-fastmcp-wrap-result": true
  },
  "annotations": {
    "destructiveHint": true,
    "idempotentHint": false,
    "openWorldHint": true,
    "readOnlyHint": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "anthropic/alwaysLoad": true,
    "fastmcp": {
      "tags": [
        "inspect"
      ]
    }
  }
}