The colored pane that is a second install

The startup idea

The problem

Too many Claude windows, and the one that is waiting is not the one in front.

Who would pay for this?

Primary

A person who keeps several Claude Code windows open.

Secondary

Someone who will add a marketplace and install a second plugin.

Early adopter

One board, one closed chat, and the new-tab line.

How could it make money?

Possible models. Nothing here is a claim about what termkit charges.

• No price. MIT.
• Claude Code is one the user already runs.
• The post does not name a seat.

What would the MVP look like?

1. The hub, then window-board.
2. Colors for needs-you, working, and done.
3. A closed chat that resumes in a new tab.
4. The dino named as a separate plugin.

How to validate the idea

• Ask five people which window is waiting, without reading the titles.
• If a closed chat did not come back, search was the missing piece.
• Do not count a new tab as the old window.

How to differentiate

• The color is the state, not the title.
• Search is by what you remember, not the filename.
• It is a plugin, not a new terminal.
• Do not become another coding agent.

Product that inspired this idea

Tiru's post says a Sessions pane colors every Claude Code window. Red needs him, yellow is working, green is done. Click to jump to that tab. Old chats are searchable by what you remember. The readme says termkit is a set of Claude Code plugins, MIT. The hub is one plugin. The colored pane is a second plugin, window-board, installed with its own command. A click on an open window switches to it. A closed session is searchable, and a click resumes it in a new tab. The same repo also ships a Chrome-dino runner that plays while Claude works. The post does not say the pane is a separate install, or that a closed chat opens somewhere new. This page did not install the plugin.

Posted by @tirupathipodugu. Watch the original launch. No separate product site is listed unless the post itself is the source.

• claude
• terminal

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