{"slug": "microsoft-announces-open-source-intelligent-terminal", "title": "Microsoft Announces Open-Source \"Intelligent Terminal\"", "summary": "Microsoft today announced the Intelligent Terminal, an open-source fork of Windows Terminal released under the MIT license that adds native AI agent integration. The new terminal includes an agent status bar, a context-aware agent pane, automatic error detection, and support for multiple AI agents. Microsoft will continue maintaining the original Windows Terminal for users who do not want the AI features.", "body_md": "# Microsoft Announces Open-Source \"Intelligent Terminal\"\n\nMicrosoft today announced their newest open-source creation... Under the MIT license it's the Intelligent Terminal.\n\nMicrosoft's Intelligent Terminal is a fork of the Windows Terminal code to add native AI agent integration. The Intelligent Terminal includes an agent status bar built into the terminal, an \"\n\nMicrosoft intends to continue maintaining the Windows Terminal for those that don't want this AI agent integration with the new Intelligent Terminal.\n\nThose interested can learn more about the Intelligent Terminal via today's\n\nMicrosoft's Intelligent Terminal is a fork of the Windows Terminal code to add native AI agent integration. The Intelligent Terminal includes an agent status bar built into the terminal, an \"\n\n*agent pane: a context-aware, dedicated, configurable, docked pane with your agent CLI of choice*\", automatic error detection on commands, agent management support, and configurable with different AI agents.Microsoft intends to continue maintaining the Windows Terminal for those that don't want this AI agent integration with the new Intelligent Terminal.\n\nThose interested can learn more about the Intelligent Terminal via today's", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-announces-open-source-intelligent-terminal", "canonical_source": "https://www.phoronix.com/news/Microsoft-Intelligent-Terminal", "published_at": "2026-06-02 19:18:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-02 20:56:43.375610+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Intelligent Terminal", "Windows Terminal", "MIT license"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-announces-open-source-intelligent-terminal", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-announces-open-source-intelligent-terminal.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-announces-open-source-intelligent-terminal.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-announces-open-source-intelligent-terminal.jsonld"}}