Show active coding sessions

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This skill displays currently active AI coding sessions, such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or Gemini. It identifies sessions as active when the underlying process is alive and the session file was modified within the last two minutes. Use this skill when you need to quickly see which AI tools are running or what sessions are currently open.

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ProductivityBeginner
606/2/2026
Claude CodeCursorCodex
#active-sessions#session-monitoring#ai-tools#productivity-tool

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Our review

Shows currently active AI coding sessions (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini) by checking live processes and recent file modifications.

Strengths

  • Quick overview of running AI sessions
  • Uses both process table and file timestamps for accuracy
  • Simple to use with no arguments

Limitations

  • Requires omnisess to be installed separately
  • Only shows sessions modified within the last 2 minutes
  • May not detect all AI tools not supported by omnisess
When to use it

When you need a quick status of which AI coding assistants are currently active on your system.

When not to use it

When you need cross-machine monitoring or detailed process information.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill only displays active AI coding sessions using a read-only command. It does not perform destructive operations, exfiltrate data, or disable security measures. The binary is from a known public repository, and the skill provides clear installation instructions without automatically fetching or executing untrusted code.

No concerns found

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name: active description: | Show currently active AI coding sessions (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini). A session is active if the underlying process is alive and the session file was modified within the last 2 minutes. Use this skill when asked about active sessions, running sessions, what is currently open, or which AI tools are in use right now. Trigger phrases: "active sessions", "running sessions", "what's open", "current sessions", "is claude running", "what sessions are active", "show active". allowed-tools: Bash argument-hint: "" version: 1.0.0

omnisess active

Show currently active AI coding sessions.

Usage

omnisess active

Instructions

  1. Check that the omnisess binary is available:
if ! command -v omnisess &>/dev/null; then
  echo "omnisess not found. Install it with:"
  echo "  go install github.com/psacc/omnisess@latest"
  exit 1
fi
  1. Run the command:
omnisess active "$@"

Notes

A session is considered active when:

  • The underlying process (claude, cursor, etc.) is alive in the process table
  • The session file was modified less than 2 minutes ago

Example output

claude:5c3f2742  ~/prj/myapp  (process alive, modified 47s ago)
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