Terminal & AI Agents

Mention Files While Prompting From Your Phone

Type @ in the remote terminal to bring up a file typeahead and drop a precise project-file reference into your agent prompt — or open the full file picker sheet to browse and search the whole project. Prompting an agent from your phone gets as exact as it is at your desk.

Mention Files While Prompting From Your Phone

Why You Need This

How this feature boosts your daily productivity

Prompting an agent from your phone used to mean typing full paths by hand or settling for a vague instruction the agent has to guess at. Now an @ in the remote terminal pops up a file typeahead that filters your project as you type, so a couple of keystrokes narrow to the file you mean. Prefer to look around first? The full file picker sheet lets you browse or search the whole project and insert a mention from there. Either way the agent receives a precise @path/to/file reference instead of a hand-typed guess — fewer wrong turns, tighter prompts, from the couch.

How It Works

Get started in 4 simple steps

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Open a Terminal

Click "+" to create a new terminal tab. Choose from Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Amp, bash, zsh, or custom shells.

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Arrange Your Layout

Switch between grid, columns, or fullscreen with one click. Drag dividers to resize panes to your preference.

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Run Your Agents

Start your AI agents with pre-configured prompts or type freely. Watch them work in real-time with status indicators.

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Monitor & Manage

Use the Terminal Dashboard for a bird's-eye view. Sessions persist across restarts so you never lose context.

Without 1DevTool

The manual way vs. the 1DevTool way

The Hard Way

# Search for the right tool online
# Switch between multiple apps
# Copy-paste data between windows
# Lose context every time you switch
# Repeat dozens of times per day

The 1DevTool Way

Everything in one workspace.
No context switching.
All tools integrated and connected.

Key Capabilities

Everything included with Mention Files While Prompting From Your Phone

Support for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Amp, bash, zsh, PowerShell, and custom shells
Real PTY terminals via node-pty — run vim, htop, and any interactive program
Named, color-coded terminal tabs with drag-and-drop reordering
One-click layout switching between grid, columns, and fullscreen modes
Terminal status indicators showing running, idle, and error states
Full scrollback history with configurable buffer size

Why It Matters

The productivity impact of having terminal & ai agents built into your workspace

Zero Context Switching

All your AI agents and terminals live in one window. No more alt-tabbing between 5 different terminal apps.

Visual Status Tracking

Color-coded tabs and the Kanban dashboard tell you which agents are done, running, or need attention — at a glance.

Persistent Sessions

Tmux-backed persistence means your terminal state survives crashes and restarts. Never lose scrollback history again.

Flexible Arrangements

One-click layouts adapt to your task: grid for monitoring, columns for comparing, fullscreen for deep focus.

Ready to boost your workflow?

Download 1DevTool for free and experience Mention Files While Prompting From Your Phone along with 142 other features — all in one app.