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Mauro Huculak

I tried Microsoft’s new AI-powered Terminal, and it is a surprisingly different experience

Intelligent Terminal open in the Windows 11 desktop on the Agents page.

Windows 11 has a new command-line terminal with AI agent integration, but don't worry, Microsoft's not adding AI to the Windows Terminal. Instead, the company forked the open-source terminal project and created a new tool known as "Intelligent Terminal."

The tool was introduced during the company's developer conference (Build 2026), and it's basically the Windows Terminal you already know, which comes with a side panel that lets you interact with the GitHub Copilot agent by default.

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