workshop-mode

Claude Workshop Mode

Transform your Mac into a developer workshop with a single voice trigger. Type your phrase in Claude Code and your entire environment arranges itself — terminals snap into a grid, music starts playing, apps tile across your screens.

Install

As a Claude Code Plugin (recommended)

/plugin marketplace add kayosouza/claude-workshop
/plugin install workshop-mode

Then run /workshop-mode:workshop-setup to configure your trigger phrase, music, and layout.

Standalone

git clone https://github.com/kayosouza/claude-workshop.git
cd claude-workshop
./install.sh

The interactive installer walks you through setup: trigger phrase, music, terminal count, and app layout.

Usage

Type your trigger phrase in Claude Code. That's it.

> i'm home baby
Workshop online. 6 terminals + Spotify + Slack arranged.

Or use skills (plugin) / slash commands (standalone):

/workshop-mode:workshop              # Full activation
/workshop-mode:workshop --dry-run    # Preview layout without moving windows
/workshop-mode:workshop --detect-only # Show detected screens
/workshop-mode:workshop-setup        # Reconfigure interactively with Claude

How It Works

1. Detects all connected screens via macOS native APIs
2. Calculates an optimal grid layout for your terminals
3. Arranges app windows across screens (Slack, Spotify, Chrome, etc.)
4. Applies color themes to each terminal window
5. Optionally plays music, enables Focus Mode, sets wallpaper

Terminals fill the external monitor in a 3-column adaptive grid — columns with fewer windows get taller terminals so every pixel is used.

Apps tile on your MacBook screen (e.g., Slack left + Spotify right).

Configuration

Edit ~/.claude/workshop.json or run /workshop-setup for guided configuration.

You only need to specify what differs from defaults. A minimal config:

{
  "music": {
    "track": "spotify:track:4cOdK2wGLETKBW3PvgPWqT"
  },
  "terminals": {
    "count": 6
  }
}

All Options

Key	Description	Default
trigger	Regex to match your trigger phrase	i.?(a?m|am) home.? baby
music.app	"Spotify", "Apple Music", or "none"	"Spotify"
music.track	Spotify URI or song identifier	Back in Black
terminals.count	Number of terminals (0 = auto)	0
terminals.screen	Which screen: "largest", "primary"	"largest"
terminals.width_pct	Percentage of screen width	100
terminals.profile	Terminal.app profile name	"Homebrew"
terminals.themes	Array of {name, emoji, color}	9 anime themes
apps.*.app	macOS app name	varies
apps.*.screen	"largest", "primary", "secondary"	varies
apps.*.position	"left", "right", "full"	varies
apps.*.width_pct	Width percentage on screen	50
features.focus_mode	Enable Do Not Disturb	true
features.wallpaper	"black", "none", or file path	"black"
features.startup_sound	Play startup sounds	true
features.greeting	Text spoken on activation	"Welcome back!..."

Screen References

Value	Meaning
"largest"	Screen with most pixels (usually external monitor)
"primary"	macOS main screen (has the menu bar)
"secondary"	The other screen (not the largest)
"smallest"	Screen with fewest pixels
0, 1, 2	Screen by index

Requirements

• macOS (uses AppleScript and JXA)
• Claude Code
• Terminal.app
• Python 3 (ships with macOS)

Uninstall

cd claude-workshop
./uninstall.sh

License

MIT