Question

A developer is using Copilot agent mode in VS Code to implement a feature. As part of completing the task, the agent proposes running a terminal command to install a dependency and run the build. The developer wants to maintain control over what actually executes in their environment. By default, how does agent mode handle terminal commands it generates during a task?

Accepted Answer

It presents each proposed terminal command for the developer to review and confirm before it runs, allowing the developer to approve, edit, or reject it

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It executes all generated terminal commands automatically without any interaction, since the agent is designed to complete tasks end-to-end

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It only writes the commands into a shell script file and never runs them, requiring the developer to execute the script manually

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It blocks all terminal command execution entirely; agent mode can only edit files and cannot interact with the terminal