nirholas/auto-kill-terminal
🤯 Stop AI agents from leaving zombie terminals in GitHub Codespaces & VS Code. Copy-paste terminal management rules for Copilot, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Aider. Fix "terminal unresponsive" errors, agent refusing to run commands, isBackground true, kill_terminal. Install script + dev container + templates.
This project helps software developers using AI coding agents like Copilot or Claude in GitHub Codespaces. It provides simple rules to prevent agents from creating numerous inactive terminal sessions. By applying these rules to your agent's instruction files, you can avoid issues like unresponsive terminals and wasted AI tokens, leading to a smoother coding experience.
Use this if your AI coding agent in GitHub Codespaces frequently leaves behind inactive terminal sessions, causing commands to time out or the agent to behave erratically.
Not ideal if you are not using AI coding agents with terminal access in GitHub Codespaces or a similar remote development environment.
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