iTerm2 automate tab creation

new-tabs.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3.7

import iterm2


# This script was created with the "basic" environment which does not support adding dependencies
# with pip.

async def main(connection):
    # Your code goes here. Here's a bit of example code that adds a tab to the current window:
    app = await iterm2.async_get_app(connection)
    window = app.current_terminal_window
    if window is not None:
        tab = await window.async_create_tab()
        await tab.async_set_title('something new')

        session1 = tab.current_session
        session2 = await session1.async_split_pane(vertical=False)
        await session1.async_send_text('vi\n')

        change = iterm2.LocalWriteOnlyProfile()
        color = iterm2.Color(255, 128, 128)
        change.set_tab_color(color)
        change.set_use_tab_color(True)
        for s in tab.sessions:
            await s.async_set_profile_properties(change)

    else:
        # You can view this message in the script console.
        print("No current window")


iterm2.run_until_complete(main)