By name: wt-tabs description: "Manage Windows Terminal tabs using wt.exe. Use when the user says 'open tabs', 'new tab', 'switch tab', 'focus tab', 'move pane to tab', 'tab color', 'tab title', 'multiple tabs', 'rename tab', or any variation of wanting to manage Windows Terminal tabs." model: haiku allowed-tools: - Bash(wt.exe *)
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
- Always use
-w 0to target the current window (without it,wt.exeopens a new window). - Always use
-d .on every subcommand so new tabs open in the current directory. - Execute immediately — do not preview or ask for confirmation.
- 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
Execution
Run the generated command directly with the Bash tool using wt.exe ....