Notes Directly On Terminals
Pin sticky notes directly to a terminal session, toggle them from the pane toolbar, and review those terminal notes later from the central Sticky Notes library.
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Why You Need This
How this feature boosts your daily productivity
Terminal work produces context that is easy to lose: a command you want to retry later, a warning from an AI agent, or a half-formed instruction you do not want to send yet. Notes Directly On Terminals lets you keep that context on the terminal itself instead of copying it into another app or leaving it buried in scrollback. The same notes also surface in the Sticky Notes library from the header, so terminal notes become searchable alongside notes from files and other project surfaces.
How It Works
Get started in 4 simple steps
Open a Terminal
Click "+" to create a new terminal tab. Choose from Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Amp, bash, zsh, or custom shells.
Arrange Your Layout
Switch between grid, columns, or fullscreen with one click. Drag dividers to resize panes to your preference.
Run Your Agents
Start your AI agents with pre-configured prompts or type freely. Watch them work in real-time with status indicators.
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
The 1DevTool Way
How it compares
Notes about a terminal session usually go in a separate notes app or a scratch file, away from the output they refer to.
1DevToolBuilt inBuilt inNotes pin to the terminal itself, toggle from the pane toolbar, and also show up in the Sticky Notes library, searchable alongside notes from files and other parts of the project.
- iTerm2Built inBuilt in
iTerm2 lets you select text in a session and add an annotation to it, shown as a note attached to that spot in the output.
- Partly
Warp Drive has notebooks that mix markdown with runnable commands. They are stored in Warp Drive, apart from any one session.
- Not built in
tmux has no notes feature. People keep notes in an editor pane or a text file next to the session.
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Key Capabilities
Everything included with Notes Directly On Terminals
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.
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Run Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Amp, OpenCode, Qwen, and custom AI commands in dedicated terminal tabs with recognizable agent logos, custom colors, and status indicators.
Flexible Terminal Layouts
View terminals in 2×2 grid, side-by-side columns, or single fullscreen mode with resizable panes.
Terminal Dashboard
Kanban-style board view of all terminal statuses — Idle, Running, and Review — with real-time polling.
Session Persistence
Terminal sessions persist across app restarts with full scrollback history via tmux integration.
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