hive.terminal-tools-job-control

hive.terminal-tools-job-control is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by aden-hive. Its author describes it as: “Use when launching anything that runs longer than a minute, anything that streams logs, anything you want to keep running while doing other work — or when terminal_exec auto-backgrounded on you and returned a job_id.…”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/terminal-tools-job-control`.

What hive.terminal-tools-job-control does

Background jobs are how you do things that take time without blocking your conversation. Three tools cover the surface: `terminal_job_start`, `terminal_job_logs`, `terminal_job_manage`.

Installation

Add hive.terminal-tools-job-control to your agent with:

git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/terminal-tools-job-control

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

What's inside

The SKILL.md for hive.terminal-tools-job-control is organised into these sections:

• When to use a job
• Lifecycle
• Offset bookkeeping — the only rule that matters
• mergestderr — interleaved or separate
• Signal escalation
• Stdin
• Take-over: when terminalexec auto-backgrounds
• Hard rules

When to use it

Reach for hive.terminal-tools-job-control when you want workflow help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt
• Ships in aden-hive/hive, an established project with 10,923 GitHub stars
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

Topics

Frequently asked questions

What does hive.terminal-tools-job-control do?

Use when launching anything that runs longer than a minute, anything that streams logs, anything you want to keep running while doing other work — or when terminal_exec auto-backgrounded on you and returned a job_id. Teaches the start→poll→wait pattern with terminal_job_logs offset bookkeeping, the `wait_until_exit=True` blocking-poll idiom, the truncated_bytes_dropped resumption signal, the merge_stderr decision, the SIGINT→SIGTERM→SIGKILL escalation ladder via terminal_job_manage, and the hard rule that jobs die when the terminal-tools server restarts. Read before calling terminal_job_start, or right after terminal_exec auto-backgrounded.

How do I install hive.terminal-tools-job-control?

Run git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/terminal-tools-job-control in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/aden-hive/hive before installing.

Is hive.terminal-tools-job-control free to use?

Yes. hive.terminal-tools-job-control is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.

Where does hive.terminal-tools-job-control come from?

hive.terminal-tools-job-control ships inside aden-hive/hive, a repository that contains 25 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 10,923 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.