Claude Code is very capable of making a terminal emulator with exactly (and only) the features you want. I did that for myself and it's now my daily driver. Has a few goodies I care about but nothing much else, and I have no intention of adding features for other people: https://github.com/cartermp/term

A personal Mac terminal emulator built for terminal-based AI work.

How exactly does it help with "terminal-based AI work"?

You're right to push back. It doesn't — he made it up.