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shell-use [!WARNING] Work in progress. is still being built out, so commands and behavior may change between releases & installation instructions may not yet work. is a rust powered cli for controlling, inspecting, testing, and recording shell sessions and terminal apps. It supports all standard terminal actions (send keys, mouse clicks) & user actions (screenshot, record sessions), & testing (matches screenshot, contains text). supports Windows, Linux, & macOS and it supports a wide range of shells (see Supported shells). Install homebrew (macOS/linux) winget (windows) download from releases Download the latest release. Quick start Run a command and check the result: Drive a full-screen TUI the same way: sh shell-use run vim file.txt shell-use wait idle # let the screen settle shell-use press i shell-use type "some text" shell-use press Esc
| Stars | 218 |
| Forks | 20 |
| Language | Rust |
| Category | Agent Tool |
| License | MIT |
| Quality Score | 72.1279623388104/100 |
| Open Issues | 9 |
| Last Updated | 2026-08-07 |
| Created | 2024-01-25 |
| Platforms | cli, rust |
| Est. Tokens | ~24k |
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shell-use is 💻 Make the terminal / shell accessible for AI agents. Automate tasks with ease.. It is categorized as a Agent Tool with 218 GitHub stars.
shell-use is primarily written in Rust. It covers topics such as ai-tools, automation, bash.
You can find installation instructions and usage details in the shell-use GitHub repository at github.com/microsoft/shell-use. The project has 218 stars and 20 forks, indicating an active community.
shell-use is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.
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