NTM - Named Tmux Manager
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NTM turns tmux into a local control plane for multi-agent software development. It combines session orchestration, graph-aware work triage, safety policy and approvals, Agent Mail coordination, durable state capture, machine-readable robot surfaces, and a local REST/WebSocket API in one Go binary.
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TL;DR
The Problem
Running several coding agents in parallel is easy to start and annoying to sustain. Plain tmux gives you panes, but it does not give you durable coordination, work selection, safety policy, approvals, history, replayable automation surfaces, or a shared control model that both humans and agents can use.
The Solution
NTM gives you a single local system for:
- spawning labeled multi-agent sessions in tmux
- sending work, interrupts, and follow-ups across panes
- triaging what to do next with br and bv
- coordinating agents with Agent Mail, file reservations, and assignments
- protecting dangerous operations with policy, approvals, and guards
- exposing the whole system through --robot-, REST, SSE, WebSocket, and OpenAPI
- capturing state with checkpoints, timelines, audit trails, and pipeline state
Why NTM
| Area | What NTM provides | Typical commands | | --- | --- | --- | | Session orchestration | Spawn, label, inspect, zoom, dashboard, palette | ntm spawn, ntm dashboard, ntm palette | | Work intelligence | Graph-aware triage, next-step selection, impact analysis, assignment | ntm work triage, ntm work next, ntm assign | | Coordination | Human overseer mail, inbox views, file reservations, worktrees | ntm mail, ntm locks, ntm worktrees | | Safety | Destructive-command protection, policy editing, approval workflows | ntm safety, ntm policy, ntm approve, ntm guards | | Durable operations | Checkpoints, timelines, audit logs, saved sessions, pipelines | ntm checkpoint, ntm timeline, ntm audit, ntm pipeline | | Automation surfaces | Robot JSON, REST API, SSE/WebSocket streams, OpenAPI | ntm --robot-snapshot, ntm serve, ntm openapi generate |