An interactive shell to work with AI-powered assistance providers.
AI Shell is a CLI tool that brings the power of artificial intelligence directly to your command line! Designed to help you get command assistance from various AI assistants, AI Shell is a versatile tool to help you become more productive in the command line. We call these various AI assistant providers agents. You can use agents to interact with different generative AI models or other AI/ML/assistant providers in a conversational manner.
This release includes the following changes:
| Publisher | Microsoft Corporation |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0-preview.8 |
| Release date | 2025-10-08 |
| License | MIT |
| Installer type | zip |
| Architecture | x86, x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | Microsoft.AIShell |
winget install --id=Microsoft.AIShell -ewinget upgrade --id=Microsoft.AIShell -ewinget uninstall --id=Microsoft.AIShell -eYes. AI Shell is free and open-source software released under the MIT license.
The latest version is 1.0.0-preview.8, released on Oct 8, 2025.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 83e80f047a908e2c19378ddc91b125687271c0f05dbe313ddccc48d85a07ca15.
AI Shell runs on Windows and is available for 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find AI Shell and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=Microsoft.AIShell -e.
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