Microsoft introduced Terminal Chat, an AI assistant for Windows Terminal that uses ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot and Azure OpenAI to support users when working with the command line.
Microsoft continues to integrate artificial intelligence into the system, and the latest addition is “Terminal Chat” – an AI assistant that is available not only in Windows Terminal. This tool thus opens up working with the command line to users who are not so literate in scripting.
Users can interact with Terminal Chat directly within Windows Terminal. For specific questions about commands or problems, Terminal Chat provides environment-specific recommendations. For example, in PowerShell it will recommend the command “New-Item -ItemType Directory”, while in Linux it will offer the equivalent command “mkdir”. In short, it can recognize the type of console the user is typing in and adapt the commands to it.
Unfortunately, Terminal Chat requires a paid key from GitHub Copilot, OpenAI or Azure OpenAI. To increase security, Microsoft has implemented privacy measures such as not saving chat history, with the ability to export conversations to text files. The feature certainly has potential, but it’s a shame that it’s paid.
Source: pctuning.cz
