Programmatically set the color of a tab in iTerm2?

Question

My daily workflow includes me

1. Launching iTerm2
2. Creating 3 tabs
3. Setting one tab each to red, orange and yellow
4. Changing to a specific path in each tab

I would like to script this process; shell, applescript, etc. However, I cannot seem to find a hook that allows me to change the tab color. Is this possible? Here is a screen shot with an example of what I am trying to achieve.

Answer 1

That's possible and you should read iterm escape codes for details.

^[]6;1;bg;red;brightness;N^G

I tried to setup the color of the terminal when I do ssh (.ssh/config) and it worked but surprise, when I close the ssh session, it will not call the script again, in order to restore the title/color.

Added a feature request to auto-colored tabs - do not forget to star it, or add your comments (patches are also welcome!)