wt-tabs

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 manage 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 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
focus-tab	ft	Switch to a tab by zero-based index
move-pane	mp	Move the active pane to another tab

Key flags

Flag	Description
-p "<profile>"	Profile name (e.g. "Windows PowerShell", "Ubuntu")
-d <dir>	Starting directory (always use -d .)
-t <index>	Target tab index (zero-based) for focus-tab and move-pane
--title "<title>"	Set the tab title
--tabColor #RRGGBB	Set the tab color
--suppressApplicationTitle	Lock a custom title so the shell doesn't overwrite it

Example patterns

Open a new tab:

wt.exe -w 0 new-tab -d .

Open 3 tabs with different profiles:

wt.exe -w 0 nt -p "Windows PowerShell" -d . \; nt -p "Ubuntu" -d . \; nt -p "Git Bash" -d .

Open tabs with custom colors:

wt.exe -w 0 nt -d . --title "API" --tabColor #009999 \; nt -d . --title "Web" --tabColor #994400

Focus a specific tab (e.g. tab 2):

wt.exe -w 0 focus-tab -t 2

Move active pane to tab 1:

wt.exe -w 0 move-pane -t 1

Named tabs with locked titles:

wt.exe -w 0 nt -d . --title "Server" --suppressApplicationTitle \; nt -d . --title "Client" --suppressApplicationTitle

Reference

• Windows Terminal command-line arguments

Execution

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