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Prerelease This site documents an alpha of libtmux. Its structure, URLs and APIs are subject to change.

create_window

Create a window running its configured process. Start a pane’s configured process; accepts no command payload.

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Arguments

name optional · string | null
The window name. Omit to let tmux name it after its running command.
session required · string
The session to create the window in, by `$`-prefixed id or name.
start_directory optional · string | null
The window's working directory. Omit for the directory this MCP server started in.

Schemas

The schema defines required fields, nested values, defaults, and validation constraints.

Input schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "The window name. Omit to let tmux name it after its running command.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"session": {
"description": "The session to create the window in, by `$`-prefixed id or name.",
"type": "string"
},
"start_directory": {
"description": "The window's working directory. Omit for the directory this MCP\nserver started in.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
},
"required": [
"session"
],
"type": "object"
}
Output schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"active": {
"description": "Whether this is the session's active window.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"id": {
"description": "The `@`-prefixed tmux identity.",
"type": "string"
},
"index": {
"description": "The window's index within that session.",
"format": "int32",
"type": "integer"
},
"linked": {
"description": "Whether more than one session links this window.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"name": {
"description": "The window name.",
"type": "string"
},
"panes": {
"description": "How many panes the window holds.",
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"session_id": {
"description": "The session this window was reached through.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"session_id",
"index",
"name",
"panes",
"active",
"linked"
],
"type": "object"
}
Tool annotations
{
"destructiveHint": false,
"idempotentHint": false,
"openWorldHint": true,
"readOnlyHint": false,
"title": "Create Window"
}
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