pattern_gone
the regex stops matching: wait for a spinner/dialog/just-deleted row to clear without racing the redraw.
How to use it
pattern_gone is exposed by the Terminal Driver MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the pattern_gone tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Terminal Driver MCP
claude mcp add terminal --scope user -- npx -y terminal-driver-mcpOther tools in Terminal Driver MCP (3)
the session's process terminates (after :q, ctrl+d, …).
/ stablescreen — output goes quiet / the rendered text stops changing for idlems. Best-effort: continuously-animating UIs (spinners, progress bars, htop) never settle, so these run to timeout — which still returns the current screen, plus a hint to switch to a pattern wait.
(default) — a regex appears on screen: the reliable primitive when you know what you're waiting for.