Terminal Tab Launcher

Open a fully integrated Terminal Tab Launcher inside the VS Code editor area with a single shortcut — and execute any command you want instantly.

Transform your editor into a powerful command cockpit.

✨ Why Terminal Tab Launcher?

Terminal Tab Launcher is designed for developers who live in their editor and constantly jump between:

• AI CLIs 🤖
• Build tools ⚙️
• Dev servers 🌐
• Git commands 🔀
• Custom scripts 🧩

Instead of switching panels, just hit your shortcut and launch your workflow directly inside the editor.

🤖 Perfect for AI & LLM CLIs

Terminal Tab Launcher is especially powerful when used with modern AI command‑line tools.

You can configure it to instantly launch:

• claude
• openai
• chatgpt
• ollama
• llama
• gemini
• aider
• cursor
• Any custom LLM wrapper script
• Or your own AI workflow CLI

Example configuration:

claude

Or even:

claude --model sonnet

Or:

ollama run llama3

Now pressing Cmd+F1 / Ctrl+F1 opens an AI-powered terminal directly in your editor tab.

Your AI assistant becomes just one shortcut away.

🧠 Features

• ✅ Opens a terminal tab Launcher in the editor area
• ✅ Executes the configured command automatically
• ✅ Fully configurable command (default: whoami)
• ✅ Command Palette action to change the command
• ✅ Command Palette action to open the command setting directly
• ✅ Status bar tooltip shows the current configured command
• ✅ Reuses existing terminal if already open
• ✅ Clean, distraction‑free workflow
• ✅ Perfect for AI-first development

⚡ Usage

Press:

Cmd+F1 (macOS)
Ctrl+F1 (Windows/Linux)

Or run:

Terminal Tab Launcher: Open Terminal

from the Command Palette.

⚙ Configuration

You can configure the command in three ways:

1. Command Palette → Terminal Tab Launcher: Set command
2. Command Palette → Terminal Tab Launcher: Open command setting
3. Directly via VS Code Settings:

terminal-tab-launcher.command

Default value:

whoami

👨‍💻 Author

Manuel Palanco Correa
GitHub: https://github.com/Trystan4861

Repository:
https://github.com/Trystan4861/Terminal-Tab.git

Spanish documentation: README_ES.md

🔥 Designed for Modern Development

Terminal Tab Launcher embraces the reality of modern development:

• AI-assisted coding
• CLI-based tooling
• Editor-centric workflows
• Minimal context switching

If your workflow starts in the terminal — bring the terminal to your editor.

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