How I Manage All My Claude Code Sessions from a Single Terminal

I run multiple Claude Code sessions all day — one per feature, one per service, sometimes five at once. Every session was asking me for permission in its own terminal. I'd miss requests buried in a background tab. I'd switch windows mid-thought just to approve a git status . I'd lose context constantly. And there was no single place to see what Claude was doing across all of them. So I built Gatekeeper — a TUI daemon that intercepts every Claude Code tool call and routes it to one unified approval dashboard. The dashboard Three panes, one terminal: Left — all active Claude sessions, with status badges: [auto] means auto-approve is on, [linked] means it's wired to a terminal window Middle — pending permission requests with an age timer so you know what's been waiting longest Right — full request detail, danger warnings, and the numbered approval menu Every Claude Code tool call — Bash , Edit , Write , Agent — passes through a PreToolUse hook before executing. The hook connects to Gatekeeper's Unix socket, sends the request, and blocks. Gatekeeper shows it in the UI. When you decide, the answer travels back and Claude proceeds or stops. Approving requests The menu in the right pane mirrors Claude Code's own style: 1 Allow once 2 Always allow 3 Deny ↑ / ↓ moves the cursor, Enter confirms. Or just press 1 , 2 , 3 directly. A and D are quick shortcuts for allow/deny. Option 2 — always allow — is where it gets useful. Choosing it saves a persistent rule so the same request never surfaces again: Bash → saves the command pattern (e.g. npm run * ) to config Edit / Write → saves the directory to an allowlist Agent → enables auto-approve for that session The rule is written both to Gatekeeper's own config and to Claude Code's settings.json allowlist — so Claude Code itself won't prompt for it either. Auto-approve sessions Press A in the Sessions pane to mark a session as trusted. It shows [auto] — routine tool calls pass silently without appearing in the queue. But some things