diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 697fd04..c367239 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import {
   getCurrentSessionTitle,
 } from "./features/claude-code-session-state";
 import { updateTerminalTitle } from "./features/terminal";
-import { builtinTools, createCallOmoAgent, createBackgroundTools, createLookAt } from "./tools";
+import { builtinTools, createCallOmoAgent, createBackgroundTools, createLookAt, interactive_bash, getTmuxPath } from "./tools";
 import { BackgroundManager } from "./features/background-agent";
 import { createBuiltinMcps } from "./mcp";
 import { OhMyOpenCodeConfigSchema, type OhMyOpenCodeConfig, type HookName } from "./config";
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ const OhMyOpenCodePlugin: Plugin = async (ctx) => {
     ? await createGoogleAntigravityAuthPlugin(ctx)
     : null;
 
+  const tmuxAvailable = await getTmuxPath();
+
   return {
     ...(googleAuthHooks ? { auth: googleAuthHooks.auth } : {}),
 
@@ -271,6 +273,7 @@ const OhMyOpenCodePlugin: Plugin = async (ctx) => {
       ...backgroundTools,
       call_omo_agent: callOmoAgent,
       look_at: lookAt,
+      ...(tmuxAvailable ? { interactive_bash } : {}),
     },
 
     "chat.message": async (input, output) => {
diff --git a/src/tools/index.ts b/src/tools/index.ts
index 33b7754..b61a006 100644
--- a/src/tools/index.ts
+++ b/src/tools/index.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import { grep } from "./grep"
 import { glob } from "./glob"
 import { slashcommand } from "./slashcommand"
 import { skill } from "./skill"
-import { interactive_bash } from "./interactive-bash"
+
+export { interactive_bash, startBackgroundCheck as startTmuxCheck } from "./interactive-bash"
+export { getTmuxPath } from "./interactive-bash/utils"
 
 import {
   createBackgroundTask,
@@ -63,5 +65,4 @@ export const builtinTools = {
   glob,
   slashcommand,
   skill,
-  interactive_bash,
 }
diff --git a/src/tools/interactive-bash/index.ts b/src/tools/interactive-bash/index.ts
index 6353035..72b101e 100644
--- a/src/tools/interactive-bash/index.ts
+++ b/src/tools/interactive-bash/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 import { interactive_bash } from "./tools"
+import { startBackgroundCheck } from "./utils"
 
-export { interactive_bash }
+export { interactive_bash, startBackgroundCheck }
diff --git a/src/tools/interactive-bash/tools.ts b/src/tools/interactive-bash/tools.ts
index 714db9b..32ccadd 100644
--- a/src/tools/interactive-bash/tools.ts
+++ b/src/tools/interactive-bash/tools.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { tool } from "@opencode-ai/plugin/tool"
 import { DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS, INTERACTIVE_BASH_DESCRIPTION } from "./constants"
+import { getCachedTmuxPath } from "./utils"
 
 /**
  * Quote-aware command tokenizer with escape handling
@@ -53,13 +54,15 @@ export const interactive_bash = tool({
   },
   execute: async (args) => {
     try {
+      const tmuxPath = getCachedTmuxPath() ?? "tmux"
+
       const parts = tokenizeCommand(args.tmux_command)
 
       if (parts.length === 0) {
         return "Error: Empty tmux command"
       }
 
-      const proc = Bun.spawn(["tmux", ...parts], {
+      const proc = Bun.spawn([tmuxPath, ...parts], {
         stdout: "pipe",
         stderr: "pipe",
       })
diff --git a/src/tools/interactive-bash/utils.ts b/src/tools/interactive-bash/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aa3462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/interactive-bash/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { spawn } from "bun"
+
+let tmuxPath: string | null = null
+let initPromise: Promise<string | null> | null = null
+
+async function findTmuxPath(): Promise<string | null> {
+  const isWindows = process.platform === "win32"
+  const cmd = isWindows ? "where" : "which"
+
+  try {
+    const proc = spawn([cmd, "tmux"], {
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    })
+
+    const exitCode = await proc.exited
+    if (exitCode !== 0) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    const stdout = await new Response(proc.stdout).text()
+    const path = stdout.trim().split("\n")[0]
+
+    if (!path) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    const verifyProc = spawn([path, "-V"], {
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    })
+
+    const verifyExitCode = await verifyProc.exited
+    if (verifyExitCode !== 0) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    return path
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+export async function getTmuxPath(): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (tmuxPath !== null) {
+    return tmuxPath
+  }
+
+  if (initPromise) {
+    return initPromise
+  }
+
+  initPromise = (async () => {
+    const path = await findTmuxPath()
+    tmuxPath = path
+    return path
+  })()
+
+  return initPromise
+}
+
+export function getCachedTmuxPath(): string | null {
+  return tmuxPath
+}
+
+export function startBackgroundCheck(): void {
+  if (!initPromise) {
+    initPromise = getTmuxPath()
+    initPromise.catch(() => {})
+  }
+}