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How to build a Terminal Agent like Claude Code or Codex by Garrison Snelling

Exercise: Build a Terminal Agent like Claude Code or Codex Ever wondered how terminal-based AI agents like Claude Code or Codex are built? 🤔 In this Forge session, Garrison Snelling, Founder of @computesdk, walks you through exactly how they work — and how to build one yourself. This is a fully interactive, hands-on experience. Bring your laptop, code alongside Garrison, and learn the core components that power terminal AI assistants. From architecture to implementation, this behind-the-scenes session breaks it all down step by step. Check out the Introduction to Exercise here: https://youtu.be/LMowpx5LRuY Build something amazing with us! 💻 #AI #TerminalAgents #Codex #ClaudeCode #ForgeSession #FrontendNation #FEN2025 💻 Read our blog: https://frontendnation.com/blog 🎟️ Sign up for Frontend Nation 2026 to stay updated: https://frontendnation.com/ 💜 Special thanks to all our event sponsors for 2025: Diamond Sponsors AG Grid: https://www.ag-grid.com/charts/?utm_source=frontend-nation&utm_medium=logo&utm_campaign=frontend-nation-sponsorship-2025 BitterBrains: https://bitterbrains.com/ Vue School: https://vueschool.io/ Certificates.dev: https://certificates.dev/ InstantDev: https://instantdev.io/ Platinum Sponsors Cypress: https://www.cypress.io/ Sentry: https://sentry.io/signup/?utm_source=event&utm_medium=sponsored-event&utm_campaign=general-fy26q2-evergreen&utm_content=signup-frontendnation2025-signup JavaScript Cert: https://certificates.dev/javascript Vue.js Cert: https://certificates.dev/vuejs/ Angular Cert: https://certificates.dev/angular React Cert: https://certificates.dev/react Nuxt Cert: https://certificates.dev/nuxt TypeScript Cert: https://certificates.dev/typescript Agorify: https://agorify.com/ Gold Sponsors Mastering Nuxt: https://masteringnuxt.com/ Mastering Pinia: https://masteringpinia.com/ LevelUp DX: https://levelupdx.com/

June 3, 2025