🤖 AI Terminal
Type plain English. AI runs the terminal command for you.
What is AI Terminal?
AI Terminal is a VS Code extension that lets you control your terminal using plain English — no need to memorize commands.
Instead of googling "how to install python on windows", just type "install python" and it runs the right command for your operating system automatically.
✨ Features
- 🧠 Natural language to terminal commands — describe what you want, AI figures out the exact command
- 🖥️ OS aware — automatically uses the right package manager for Windows (
winget), macOS (brew), or Linux (apt)
- 📋 Command history — see all your past AI commands in the sidebar
- ↺ Re-run — instantly re-run any previous command
- ⟲ Undo — AI figures out how to reverse any command you've run
- ⚡ Right-click menu — trigger AI Terminal from anywhere in VS Code
- ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut —
Ctrl+Shift+; (or Cmd+Shift+; on Mac)
🚀 Getting Started
1. Install the extension
Search "AI Terminal" in the VS Code Extensions panel (Ctrl+Shift+X) or install from the VS Code Marketplace.
2. Get a free Groq API key
- Go to console.groq.com
- Sign up free (Google login works)
- Click API Keys → Create API Key
- Copy the key
3. Start using it
- Click the AI Terminal icon in the left sidebar
- Paste your Groq API key when prompted (saved automatically)
- Type what you want to do and hit ▶ Run
💡 Examples
| You type |
AI runs |
install python |
winget install Python.Python.3 |
install nodejs |
winget install OpenJS.NodeJS |
install pandas |
pip install pandas |
install react |
npm install react |
create folder called myapp |
mkdir myapp |
show all running processes |
tasklist |
whats my ip address |
ipconfig |
install git |
winget install Git.Git |
🖥️ OS Support
| OS |
Package Manager |
| Windows |
winget, pip, npm |
| macOS |
brew, pip3, npm |
| Linux |
apt, pip3, npm |
⚙️ Settings
Go to Settings → Extensions → AI Terminal:
| Setting |
Description |
Default |
aiTerminal.groqApiKey |
Your Groq API key |
"" |
aiTerminal.autoRun |
Skip confirmation dialog and run immediately |
false |
🔑 Why Groq?
AI Terminal uses Groq as its AI backend because:
- ✅ Free tier — 14,400 requests/day at no cost
- ✅ Fast — runs on custom hardware, responses in under a second
- ✅ Works globally — no regional restrictions
🛠️ Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Here's how to run it locally:
git clone https://github.com/Neel0505/ai-terminal.git
cd ai-terminal
npm install
Then open in VS Code and press F5 to launch the extension in development mode.
📄 License
MIT — feel free to use, modify, and share.
👥 Credits
