# microsoft/intelligent-terminal

A fork of Windows Terminal with native agent integration, right in your command line.

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/intelligent-terminal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/intelligent-terminal
Homepage: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-intelligent-terminal-version-0-1/
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: acp, agent, agent-client-protocol, agentic-ai, ai, cli, command-line, console, copilot, terminal, windows, windows-terminal
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:36:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 7
- inputs: {"age_days": 107, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 22, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1796, forks 140 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:37.513660+00:00)

## What it is
Intelligent Terminal is an experimental fork of Windows Terminal by Microsoft that adds native AI agent integration via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). It retains all Windows Terminal features (tabs, profiles, themes, shells) while adding an agent pane, agent status bar, session management, and error detection in the command line.

## Use cases
- run AI coding agents like GitHub Copilot CLI directly inside my terminal
- get a terminal with a built-in AI agent pane for pair programming
- detect and fix command-line errors with AI assistance
- manage multiple AI agent sessions from a terminal status bar
- use any ACP-compatible agent CLI on Windows
- try an AI-enhanced alternative to Windows Terminal

## When to choose
- you're on Windows 10 2004+ and want AI agents integrated into your terminal workflow
- you already use or want to try GitHub Copilot CLI or other ACP-compatible agent CLIs
- you like Windows Terminal but want native agent panes, status bars, and error detection
- you want to experiment with cutting-edge agentic terminal tooling from Microsoft

## When to avoid
- you need a stable, production-hardened terminal - this is explicitly experimental
- you're on macOS or Linux - it's Windows-only
- you don't want an AI subscription or agent CLI dependency
- you need features beyond the Windows Terminal fork's current scope or prefer vanilla Windows Terminal

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: cli, agent-framework, chatbot, developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools, artificial-intelligence, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: windows-terminal, agent-client-protocol, acp, copilot-cli, ai-agents, terminal-emulator, fork, command-line, desktop

## Member repositories
- microsoft/intelligent-terminal (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.513660+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:22:49.722157+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/intelligent-terminal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:37.513660+00:00, sha 9a6c2bf1d3b5)
  - homepage: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-intelligent-terminal-version-0-1/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:01:35.401193+00:00, sha 48dc1290033f)
  - site_page: https://www.microsoft.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T11:01:35.410809+00:00, sha bbce1026981b)
  - site_page: https://choice.microsoft.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:01:35.412945+00:00, sha 2db73202bb74)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.