Windows Terminal Skill for GitHub Copilot CLI

Control Windows Terminal tab title and color from within Copilot CLI sessions.

Requirements

• PowerShell 7+ (pwsh)
• Windows Terminal
• GitHub Copilot CLI

Installation

1. Copy this folder to ~/.copilot/skills/windows-terminal/
2. Add to your PowerShell $PROFILE:

   Import-Module "$env:USERPROFILE\.copilot\skills\windows-terminal\WindowsTerminalSkill.psd1"

3. Restart your terminal

Usage

From inside a Copilot CLI session:

!tab "Bug Fix" red
!tab "Feature Work" green  
!tab "Research" blue
!tab "My Task"              # default purple

Named Colors

Color	Alias	Hex
red	bug	E74C3C
green	feature	2ECC71
blue	research	3498DB
purple	refactor	9B59B6
orange	devops	E67E22
yellow	test	F1C40F
pink	-	E91E63
cyan	-	00BCD4

Or use any 6-digit hex color: !tab "Custom" "FF5733"

How It Works

Uses Windows Terminal's OSC 4 escape sequence with color table index 264 (FRAME_BACKGROUND) to set the tab color. The ! prefix in Copilot CLI runs commands in the parent shell context where the escape codes reach Windows Terminal directly.

Files

• WindowsTerminalSkill.psm1 - PowerShell module
• WindowsTerminalSkill.psd1 - Module manifest
• SKILL.md - Copilot skill definition
• README.md - This file

License

MIT