FORM AG-001 · PLEASE KEEP YOUR AGENTS UNDER SUPERVISION
YOUR PROMOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED

You used to
write code.
Now you supervise.

Meet agterm. A terminal for running several AI agents at once, so you can experience the joy of being blocked by five coworkers who don’t exist.

Native macOS. Real terminal. Imaginary promotion.

quarterly-deliverables4 direct reports / 0 accountability
$ agterm · your new corner office
◉
claude / implementing-a-buttonReconsidering the nature of buttons.
!
codex / quick-fixNeeds approval to fix its previous fix.
✓
agent-03 / testsAll tests pass. Removed the failing ones.
…
agent-04 / documentation“Let’s delve into the robust synergy.”
manager@localhost ~ % ▌
100% fewer mystery tabs*Unlimited opportunities to say “no”*Your mysteries may vary
01 / Organizational excellence

Chaos, but with
a reporting structure.

Same existential dread. Much better session names.

[01] NAMED WORKSPACES

Put your problems
in little departments.

“work,” “personal,” and “this-was-supposed-to-take-ten-minutes.” Finally, a place for every crisis.

Organization ≠ resolution.
[02] AGENT STATUS

Know exactly who
is waiting on you.

Active. Blocked. Done. Those little status glyphs turn vague anxiety into an actionable queue of specific anxieties.

You are the bottleneck. Visibly.
[03] FULL CONTROL API

Automate the act
of looking busy.

Let scripts create sessions, type into panes, and read the output. Delegate your delegation. Become management’s management.

A local socket. A global sense of importance.
02 / Mandatory management training

One tiny feature.
What could go wrong?

A fictional simulation. No agents, repositories, or sensible engineering practices were harmed.

Your task: change a button color. Your strategy: throw more agents at it. Your quarterly review: pending.

ACTIVE DIRECT REPORTS1Estimated delivery: after lunch.

$ change-button-color --team-size=1

[agent-01] Sure. Just checking the existing styles.

[you] This should be straightforward.

Before agterm, I had 19 tabs and no idea what was happening. Now I have 19 named sessions and know exactly how bad it is.
— A fictional engineer, recently promoted against their will
03 / Onboarding paperwork

Unfortunately,
the terminal is good.

The jokes are fake. The app is real: native macOS, named workspaces, a full control API, and Ghostty’s engine underneath.

brew install --cask umputun/apps/agterm

Apple Silicon · macOS 14+ · Open source

Visit the responsible website
04 / Questions from HR

We’ve anticipated
your objections.

Is this actually the official website?

No. This is an affectionate parody. The real product lives at agterm.com and has considerably less paperwork.

Does agterm make my agents smarter?

It organizes their sessions. If an agent proposes rewriting your app to change a margin, at least you’ll know which one.

Why not just use tabs?

You can. You can also name all your files “final-final-v7-REAL.” Some traditions deserve to end.

Where’s the enterprise pricing?

It’s open source. Please expense a coffee and pretend you negotiated a very competitive contract.

Does it have a built-in AI revolution?

It has a terminal and a control API. The revolution is your problem. We’ve provided a place to run it.