Every good AI IDE has this feature or at least use top-end models (Sonnet 4.5 or Codex 5.1) in the terminal.
The current default fixed model in the terminal is weak and dumb compared to back when we could select powerful models in the terminal.
Hey, thanks for the feedback!
As far as I know, picking a model for Terminal Inline Edit (Cmd/Ctrl+K in the terminal) wasn’t available before. It’s a fixed model by design.
The team intentionally limits model selection for Inline Edit (including the terminal) to keep performance consistent and reduce rate limit pressure. Some models are too slow for this use case.
If you need more powerful models for generating terminal commands, use Agent Mode in chat. You’ll have the full model selection there.
Not true. About it was there about 1.5 years ago and it was amazing. I could cmd+k in terminal, choose a powerful model like 4o, and just say “please fix” and it can see all the terminal errors (such as an installation failure) and it would do a great job outputting the next terminal command, which I would run or not. Now we have this dumb model that doesn’t know how to handle even the mildest terminal situations. It was a fast and beautiful UX for working in the terminal, a powerful terminal copilot and autocomplete.
instead of having to open a new chat every single time. @deanrie