Ask: commands from your words

What Ask does

You describe what you want to do. Ask suggests commands for the system the server runs, checked against the options that system has. The command you choose is written on the line: nothing runs until you press Return.

Ask for a command

1. In a session, press Cmd+J on Mac, or choose Ask for a command in Cmd+K. On iPhone and iPad, choose ... on the key bar, then Ask for a command.
2. Write what you want, for example find files bigger than 1 GB.
3. Choose a command. Read it: a command marked Check before running changes or deletes things.
4. Press Return to run it.

For the example above, a suggestion would be:

find / -type f -size +1G 2>/dev/null

A command marked Verified uses only options found for that system.

Library and AI on your device

• Everyone gets suggestions from the command library.
• With Pro, our AI model also writes commands for you.

To download the model: Settings, Terminal, AI model on this device, then Download. A download that stops resumes from where it was. Delete frees the space.

The next command, without asking

With Predict next command, an empty prompt suggests what you usually run next on this server and in this folder. A tap writes it on the line. It is in Settings, Terminal: see Terminal basics.

Turn it off

Settings, Terminal, Ask for commands turns Ask on or off.

More on the Ask page.