wt-panes

Platform

This skill requires Windows Terminal (wt.exe), available on native Windows and WSL. If wt.exe is not found in PATH, tell the user this skill requires Windows or WSL and stop — do not attempt to run any commands.

Generate and immediately execute a wt.exe command to open the requested panes or tabs.

Rules

1. Always use -w 0 to target the current window (without it, wt.exe opens a new window).
2. Always use -d . on every subcommand so new panes/tabs open in the current directory.
3. Execute immediately — do not preview or ask for confirmation.
4. Chain multiple subcommands with \; (backslash-semicolon) in bash.

wt.exe subcommand reference

Subcommand	Alias	Purpose
new-tab	nt	Open a new tab
split-pane	sp	Split the current pane

Key flags

Flag	Description
-H	Split horizontally (new pane below)
-V	Split vertically (new pane to the right)
-s <ratio>	Size of the new pane as a fraction (e.g. 0.5)
-p "<profile>"	Profile name (e.g. "Windows PowerShell", "Ubuntu")
-d <dir>	Starting directory (always use -d .)
--title "<title>"	Set the pane/tab title

Example patterns

Two panes side by side (vertical split):

wt.exe -w 0 split-pane -V -d .

Two panes stacked (horizontal split):

wt.exe -w 0 split-pane -H -d .

Three-pane layout (left + top-right + bottom-right):

wt.exe -w 0 split-pane -V -s 0.5 -d . \; split-pane -H -s 0.5 -d .

New tab with a specific profile:

wt.exe -w 0 new-tab -p "Ubuntu" -d .

Split pane with WSL:

wt.exe -w 0 split-pane -V -p "Ubuntu" -d .

New tab + split pane:

wt.exe -w 0 new-tab -d . \; split-pane -V -d .

Reference

• Windows Terminal command-line arguments

Execution

Run the generated command directly with the Bash tool using wt.exe ....