Where does the bug appear (feature/product)? AI Agent → Agent Terminal / Background execution Describe the Bug On Windows, the AI Agent’s terminal always executes in PowerShell. This happens even though Git Bash is set as the default terminal profile and opens correctly for normal terminals. As a…

Although turning on the Legacy Terminal Tool option can temporarily solve this problem, to be honest, this is really not an elegant solution

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AI Agent (Claude 4) runs commands in PowerShell even when default terminal is Git Bash

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Steve_Kirsch (Steve Kirsch) October 28, 2025, 7:15pm 4

I agree! the Legacy Terminal Tool solution worked for me.

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AI Agent (Claude 4) runs commands in PowerShell even when default terminal is Git Bash

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