set up commands before claude

Author: built-by-as

index.html

@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ <h2 class="modal-title">New Session Configuration</h2>
           </label>
         </div>
 
+        <div class="form-group">
+          <label class="form-label">Setup Commands (optional)</label>
+          <textarea id="setup-commands" class="form-input" rows="3" placeholder="Commands to run before starting coding agent (one per line)&#10;e.g., export API_KEY=...&#10;source .env"></textarea>
+          <span class="text-xs text-gray-400 mt-1 block">These commands will be executed in order before the coding agent starts</span>
+        </div>
+
         <div class="btn-group">
           <button id="cancel-session" class="btn-secondary">Cancel</button>
           <button id="create-session" class="btn-primary">Create Session</button>

main.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ interface SessionConfig {
   parentBranch: string;
   codingAgent: string;
   skipPermissions: boolean;
+  setupCommands?: string[];
 }
 
 interface PersistedSession {
@@ -225,6 +226,13 @@ ipcMain.on("create-session", async (event, config: SessionConfig) => {
         if (dataBuffer.includes("\x1b[?2004h")) {
           terminalReady = true;
 
+          // Run setup commands if provided
+          if (config.setupCommands && config.setupCommands.length > 0) {
+            config.setupCommands.forEach(cmd => {
+              ptyProcess.write(cmd + "\r");
+            });
+          }
+
           // Auto-run the selected coding agent
           if (config.codingAgent === "claude") {
             const claudeCmd = config.skipPermissions ? "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions\r" : "claude\r";
@@ -244,6 +252,13 @@ ipcMain.on("create-session", async (event, config: SessionConfig) => {
             dataBuffer.endsWith("✗") || dataBuffer.endsWith("✓")) {
           terminalReady = true;
 
+          // Run setup commands if provided
+          if (config.setupCommands && config.setupCommands.length > 0) {
+            config.setupCommands.forEach(cmd => {
+              ptyProcess.write(cmd + "\r");
+            });
+          }
+
           // Auto-run the selected coding agent
           if (config.codingAgent === "claude") {
             const claudeCmd = config.skipPermissions ? "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions\r" : "claude\r";
@@ -327,6 +342,13 @@ ipcMain.on("reopen-session", (event, sessionId: string) => {
           dataBuffer.includes("✓ ")) {
         terminalReady = true;
 
+        // Run setup commands if provided
+        if (session.config.setupCommands && session.config.setupCommands.length > 0) {
+          session.config.setupCommands.forEach(cmd => {
+            ptyProcess.write(cmd + "\r");
+          });
+        }
+
         if (session.config.codingAgent === "claude") {
           const claudeCmd = session.config.skipPermissions ? "claude --dangerously-skip-permissions\r" : "claude\r";
           ptyProcess.write(claudeCmd);

renderer.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ interface SessionConfig {
   parentBranch: string;
   codingAgent: string;
   skipPermissions: boolean;
+  setupCommands?: string[];
 }
 
 interface PersistedSession {
@@ -806,6 +807,12 @@ document.getElementById("new-session")?.addEventListener("click", async () => {
     skipPermissionsCheckbox.checked = lastSettings.skipPermissions;
   }
 
+  // Set last used setup commands
+  const setupCommandsTextarea = document.getElementById("setup-commands") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+  if (lastSettings.setupCommands && setupCommandsTextarea) {
+    setupCommandsTextarea.value = lastSettings.setupCommands.join("\n");
+  }
+
   // Show/hide skip permissions based on coding agent
   if (lastSettings.codingAgent === "codex") {
     skipPermissionsGroup?.classList.add("hidden");
@@ -853,11 +860,18 @@ createBtn?.addEventListener("click", () => {
     return;
   }
 
+  const setupCommandsTextarea = document.getElementById("setup-commands") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+  const setupCommandsText = setupCommandsTextarea?.value.trim();
+  const setupCommands = setupCommandsText
+    ? setupCommandsText.split("\n").filter(cmd => cmd.trim())
+    : undefined;
+
   const config: SessionConfig = {
     projectDir: selectedDirectory,
     parentBranch: parentBranchSelect.value,
     codingAgent: codingAgentSelect.value,
     skipPermissions: codingAgentSelect.value === "claude" ? skipPermissionsCheckbox.checked : false,
+    setupCommands,
   };
 
   // Save settings for next time
@@ -872,6 +886,9 @@ createBtn?.addEventListener("click", () => {
   selectedDirectory = "";
   parentBranchSelect.innerHTML = '<option value="">Loading branches...</option>';
   codingAgentSelect.value = "claude";
+  if (setupCommandsTextarea) {
+    setupCommandsTextarea.value = "";
+  }
 });
 
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