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A Terminal.Gui inline-mode CLI powered by the GitHub Copilot SDK.

Features

• Interactive chat mode — multi-turn conversation with streaming markdown rendering
• Single-turn mode — pipe a prompt and get a streamed answer inline
• Slash commands — /help, /clear, /model <name>, /compact, /quit
• Autocomplete — tab-completion for slash commands
• Model switching — change models mid-conversation with /model

Prerequisites

• .NET 10 SDK
• GitHub Copilot CLI installed and authenticated

Install

dotnet tool install -g Terminal.Gui.ai

Usage

# Interactive chat mode
ai

# Single-turn mode
ai "Explain async/await in C#"

# Specify a model
ai -m gpt-4o "What is Terminal.Gui?"

Slash Commands

Command	Description
/help	Show available commands
/clear	Clear conversation history
/model <name>	Switch to a different model
/compact	Summarize conversation
/quit	Exit chat

License

MIT