Microsoft is now opening its Windows Terminal AI experiment to the open-source community. The best part is that developers can soon try out this new feature for free and help improve it. Terminal Chat is a feature currently being rolled out in Windows Terminal Canary, which allows users to have conversations with an AI service for help with command queries or error explanations. This AI service does not come with its own large language model, so users need to provide their own model. "This feature does not come with its own large language model. Currently, users need to provide their own Azure OpenAI service endpoint and key to use Terminal Chat," said Christopher Nguyen, a developer at Microsoft, in the announcement. The tech giant, headquartered in Redmond, announced at the Build 2023 event in May that Windows Terminal users will soon be able to leverage natural language AI for intelligent suggestions, error explanations, and even executing actions within the terminal. Currently, Terminal Chat only supports Azure OpenAI services. You need to add the AI service endpoint and key to the AI settings of the terminal. The code for Terminal Chat can be found in the feature/llm branch of the Windows Terminal repository on GitHub.