# Asking GitHub Copilot questions in Windows Terminal

> You can use Copilot in Windows Terminal to get suggestions and explanations for the command line.

- 网址：https://funcoding.ai/agents/github-copilot/how-tos/copilot-in-your-ide/chat-with-copilot/chat-in-windows-terminal/
- 来源：GitHub Copilot 官方文档原文（英文），CC-BY-4.0 许可，同步于 2026-10-11
- 官方原文：https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-in-your-ide/chat-with-copilot/chat-in-windows-terminal

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## Prerequisites

* **Access to GitHub Copilot**. See [AUTOTITLE](https://funcoding.ai/agents/github-copilot/get-started/about-github-copilot/#get-access).
* **Windows Terminal Canary installed**. For installation instructions, see [Installing Windows Terminal Canary](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal?tab=readme-ov-file#installing-windows-terminal-canary).
* **GitHub Copilot connected to Terminal Chat**. See [AUTOTITLE](https://funcoding.ai/agents/github-copilot/get-started/quickstart-for-using-github-copilot-in-your-ide/).

If you have access to GitHub Copilot via your organization or enterprise, you cannot use Copilot in Windows Terminal if your organization owner or enterprise administrator has disabled Copilot CLI. See [AUTOTITLE](https://funcoding.ai/agents/github-copilot/how-tos/administer-copilot/manage-for-organization/manage-policies/).

## Getting command explanations and suggestions

In the Terminal Chat window, type a question (for example, `how do i list all markdown files in my directory`) then press <kbd>Enter</kbd>.

   Copilot's answer is displayed below your question.

Click on an answer to insert it to the command line.

## Sharing feedback

To send feedback to Windows Terminal about the quality of a suggestion, open an issue in the [Windows Terminal repository](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues).

## Further reading

* [Terminal Chat](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/terminal/terminal-chat#setting-up-terminal-chat) in the Microsoft Learn documentation