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A shell in a tab, opened in the workspace's folder.

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How it works

  1. Press the Terminals section's name and choose Add terminal. Give it a name and, if you like, a Launch command to run first and a Working directory other than the workspace's folder.
  2. The terminal starts at once, in your System shell with the workspace's environment variables. A launch command runs, then leaves you in the shell.
  3. Rest the pointer on a running tab and a dock slides out from its right edge: its CPU and RAM, Unfold, Stop, and in a git folder, the worktree and branch pickers.
  4. Press ⌘K to clear the terminal.

Good to know

  • A stopped terminal shows its own page: what it would run, where, and Start and Edit.
  • A shell that exits keeps what it printed last on screen, with Start again and Hide output on its dock.
  • Turn on Auto-start on launch in its edit dialog and it starts whenever Origami opens.
  • Agents can open terminals, type into them and read what they print through the MCP server.

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