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Ghostty

  • 57 installs
  • 70 repo stars
  • Updated June 19, 2026
  • dicklesworthstone/agent_flywheel_clawdbot_skills_and_integrations

Control the Ghostty terminal emulator via CLI to manage windows, tabs, splits, and configuration through IPC actions.

About

Documents ghostty +action IPC commands for creating windows, tabs, and splits and navigating between them. Use it when scripting or automating the Ghostty terminal.

  • +new-split:right/down and +goto-split navigation
  • +list-actions to discover available IPC commands

Ghostty by the numbers

  • 57 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #290 of 550 CLI & Terminal skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 4, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Last updatedJune 19, 2026
Repositorydicklesworthstone/agent_flywheel_clawdbot_skills_and_integrations

What it does

Control the Ghostty terminal emulator via CLI to manage windows, tabs, splits, and configuration through IPC actions.

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Ghostty Skill

Use the ghostty CLI to control and configure the Ghostty terminal emulator.

CLI Location

/Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/MacOS/ghostty

Or if symlinked: ghostty

Actions (IPC Commands)

Ghostty supports actions via +action flag. These control the running instance.

List available actions:

ghostty +list-actions

Create new window:

ghostty +new-window

Create new tab:

ghostty +new-tab

Create splits:

ghostty +new-split:right
ghostty +new-split:down

Navigate splits:

ghostty +goto-split:previous
ghostty +goto-split:next
ghostty +goto-split:up
ghostty +goto-split:down
ghostty +goto-split:left
ghostty +goto-split:right

Close current surface:

ghostty +close-surface

Toggle fullscreen:

ghostty +toggle-fullscreen

Reload configuration:

ghostty +reload-config

Font Management

Increase/decrease font size:

ghostty +increase-font-size:1
ghostty +decrease-font-size:1

Reset font size:

ghostty +reset-font-size

Configuration

Config file location:

~/.config/ghostty/config

Show current config:

ghostty +show-config

List available themes:

ghostty +list-themes

List available fonts:

ghostty +list-fonts

List keybinds:

ghostty +list-keybinds

Launch Options

Start with specific config:

ghostty --config-file=/path/to/config

Start with command:

ghostty -e "htop"

Start in directory:

ghostty --working-directory=/path/to/dir

Debugging

Check version:

ghostty --version

Validate config:

ghostty +validate-config

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