diff --git a/plugins/available/ssh_agent.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/ssh_agent.plugin.bash
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+++ b/plugins/available/ssh_agent.plugin.bash
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+function get_ssh_agent_timeout(){
+  #28800, 8 hours. then go home
+  local my_timeout=28800
+
+  [ "$SSH_AGENT_TIMEOUT" != "" ] && my_timeout="$SSH_AGENT_TIMEOUT"
+
+  echo $my_timeout
+}
+
+function bind_ssh_agent(){
+  local agent_pid=`ps -U $USER | grep ssh-agent | grep -v grep  | awk '{print $1}' | xargs`
+
+  if [ "$agent_pid" = "" ]; then
+    ssh-agent -t $(get_ssh_agent_timeout) > ~/.ssh/ssh_agent_rc
+
+    . ~/.ssh/ssh_agent_rc 
+
+  else
+    . ~/.ssh/ssh_agent_rc 
+   
+  fi;
+}
+
+function ssh_add_to_ssh_agent(){
+  local id_key_file=$1
+  local added=`ssh-add -l | grep $id_key_file`
+
+  [ "$added" = "" ] && ssh-add -t $(get_ssh_agent_timeout)
+}
+
+MY_KEY_FILE=~/.ssh/id_rsa
+
+if [ "$MY_KEY_FILE" != "" ]; then
+  bind_ssh_agent
+  ssh_add_to_ssh_agent $MY_KEY_FILE
+fi;
+
+#alias kagent="kill -9 $SSH_AGENT_PID"