How I Use 4 Terminal Setups with Claude Code Agent Teams

Introduction I stopped opening my IDE. Claude Code is my development environment now — VSCode is only for the occasional visual check. One feature I use daily is Agent Teams: multiple Claude Code instances working as a coordinated team, with one leader assigning tasks and members working independently in their own context windows. It's especially effective for parallel investigation, code review, and debugging. Agent Teams support two display modes: in-process mode (any terminal) and split-pane mode (each member gets its own pane). Split-pane mode requires tmux or iTerm2, which sent me on a search for the best terminal setup on Mac. I tested four environments, found that each has trade-offs, and ended up building an fzf session picker that lets me choose the right one every time I open a window. What I Need from a Terminal When Claude Code is your primary development tool, terminal requirements expand: Clickable URLs and file paths — Claude outputs links constantly (PR URLs, docs, depl