Claude Fleet Monitor

Fleet monitoring for Claude Code sessions. See all your running sessions at a glance, get notified when one needs input, and jump to the right terminal tab instantly.

Features

• TUI Dashboard -- Textual-based interactive UI with search/filter, status-colored rows, and click-to-focus
• tongs Plugin -- embeds as a screen in tongs via the TongsPlugin ABC
• Process Discovery -- finds running sessions cross-platform even before hooks fire
• MCP Server -- any Claude session can query fleet status programmatically
• Terminal Focus -- switch to a session's tab and raise the window, across 8 supported terminals
• Desktop Notifications -- notify-send alerts when a session has been idle for over 2 minutes
• Hooks Integration -- Claude Code hooks emit real-time status (running, idle, waiting, error) per session
• Per-Session Terminal Detection -- each session captures its terminal type at hook time, not at focus time

Supported Terminals

Nested terminals (e.g. tmux inside Konsole) are handled automatically: the focus command switches the tmux pane, then detects the parent terminal via process tree walking and raises that window too.

Install

pip install claude-fleet-monitor
claude-fleet install

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/andre-motta/claude-fleet-monitor.git
cd claude-fleet-monitor
pip install .
claude-fleet install

Restart your Claude Code sessions after the first install to activate hooks.

tongs Integration

To use the fleet monitor as a plugin inside tongs:

pip install claude-fleet-monitor[tongs]

Then launch tongs and open the command palette (Ctrl+P) to find "Fleet Monitor".

Upgrading

pip install --upgrade claude-fleet-monitor

No need to re-run claude-fleet install or restart sessions. Hooks and MCP server point to pip-installed entry points, so upgrades take effect immediately.

Dependencies

• python3 >= 3.10
• textual >= 1.0

Optional (for terminal focus):

• qdbus -- Konsole tab switching (KDE)
• xdotool -- GNOME Terminal / X11 window focus
• pywinctl -- Windows Terminal window focus
• notify-send -- desktop notifications (Linux)

Usage

TUI Dashboard

claude-fleet monitor              # default 2s refresh
claude-fleet monitor --refresh 5  # 5s refresh

Navigate with arrow keys or mouse. Press Enter or click a row to focus that session's terminal. Press / to search/filter by repo name, detail, or status. Press q to quit.

Focus a Session

claude-fleet focus autofix         # by repo name
claude-fleet focus 2467709         # by PID
claude-fleet focus abc123          # by session ID prefix

The focus command reads the session's stored terminal type and uses the right API. Works across Konsole, tmux, iTerm2, and others.

Quick Status (no TUI)

claude-fleet status

MCP Tools

Any Claude Code session with the fleet MCP server can use these tools:

Just ask Claude: "what sessions are running?" or "focus on the autofix session".

How It Works

                                                              <-- MCP server
Claude Code sessions --\                                      <-- TUI monitor
  (hooks per event)     |-- write --> ~/.claude/fleet/*.json   <-- tongs plugin
                       /                                      <-- CLI status
  (process discovery) -                                       <-- focus command

1. Hooks fire on Claude Code events (start, prompt, tool use, stop, permission request, end)
2. Each hook captures the session's terminal type and PID, writes to ~/.claude/fleet/
3. Process discovery scans for claude processes cross-platform to find sessions without hooks
4. Consumers (TUI, MCP, tongs plugin, CLI, focus) read the JSON files
5. Focus reads the session's terminal field and dispatches to the right terminal API

Terminal Detection Flow

Hook fires inside session
  --> detect terminal via env vars (TMUX, KONSOLE_VERSION, ITERM_SESSION_ID, ...)
  --> capture terminal-specific env (socket paths, DBus service, session IDs)
  --> store in fleet JSON: {"terminal": "tmux", "terminal_env": {"TMUX": "..."}}

Focus command reads session JSON
  --> get_terminal_api("tmux") --> TmuxAPI
  --> find_tab(pid) --> switch_tab() --> raise_window()
  --> for nested terminals: detect parent terminal, chain to parent API

Session States

Architecture

src/claude_fleet_monitor/
    models.py           # SessionStatus enum, FleetSession dataclass
    hook.py             # Claude Code hook handler
    discovery.py        # Process discovery, session file I/O
    tui.py              # Textual standalone app (FleetMonitorApp)
    cli.py              # claude-fleet CLI entry point
    focus.py            # Session lookup + terminal focus dispatch
    mcp_server.py       # FastMCP server
    tongs_plugin.py     # TongsPlugin ABC implementation
    widgets/
        session_table.py  # SessionTable(DataTable) widget
    views/
        fleet_screen.py   # FleetScreen(Screen) for tongs
    terminal_apis/
        base.py           # TerminalAPI ABC
        konsole.py        # KDE Konsole
        tmux.py           # tmux
        zellij.py         # zellij
        gnome.py          # GNOME Terminal
        iterm2.py         # iTerm2
        macos_terminal.py # macOS Terminal.app
        windows_terminal.py # Windows Terminal
        generic.py        # Fallback

Known Limitations

• Same-name tabs in different windows (Konsole/KDE): When multiple sessions share the same repo name and live in different Konsole windows, the focus command will switch to the correct tab but may raise the wrong window. Workaround: keep same-name sessions grouped in the same Konsole window.
• Wayland window activation: On Wayland/KDE, window raising uses KWin scripting via DBus. Other Wayland compositors may not support programmatic window activation.
• GNOME Terminal / Windows Terminal: No tab switching API available; window raise only.

Configuration

Environment Variables

Uninstall

claude-fleet uninstall              # removes everything including data
claude-fleet uninstall --keep-data  # keeps ~/.claude/fleet/

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, code style, and PR process.

License

MIT