Quick way to copy current pane ID without interrupting running processes?

[kukat]

When I need an agent to read output from another pane (e.g., adb logcat), I need that pane's ID. But if a process is already running, I can't just echo $HERDR_PANE_ID.

My current solution — a keybinding that copies the pane ID to clipboard:

  ##### get current pane id #####
  [[keys.command]]
  key = "prefix+I"
  type = "shell"
  command = "PANE_ID=$(herdr pane current --current | jq -j '.result.pane.pane_id') && printf '%s' \"$PANE_ID\" | pbcopy && herdr notification show \"Copied Pane ID: $PANE_ID\""
  description = "get current pane id"

Focus the pane → prefix+i → pane ID is on clipboard + shown in notification. Then I can ask agent to "read pane <paste_pane_id>"

Works, but still a manual step. Anyone have a better approach? curious what others are doing.

[Hambrook]

Hmmm I thought I had an easy solution for you since Herdr auto-populates these in the shell:

• $HERDR_ENV
• $HERDR_PANE_ID
• $HERDR_SOCKET_PATH
• $HERDR_TAB_ID
• $HERDR_WORKSPACE_ID

But only the socket path was available when I tried using them in your command.

The pane border stays in the "selected" state, so Herdr still knows which pane is active, but it's just not populating the rest of the data while running the command.