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Remove user shell prompt #1804

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Remove user shell prompt
Tyriar Nov 5, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into tyriar/275638
Tyriar Nov 8, 2025
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25 changes: 0 additions & 25 deletions src/extension/prompts/node/agent/agentPrompt.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { ITabsAndEditorsService } from '../../../../platform/tabs/common/tabsAnd
import { ITasksService } from '../../../../platform/tasks/common/tasksService';
import { IExperimentationService } from '../../../../platform/telemetry/common/nullExperimentationService';
import { IWorkspaceService } from '../../../../platform/workspace/common/workspaceService';
import { basename } from '../../../../util/vs/base/common/path';
import { isDefined } from '../../../../util/vs/base/common/types';
import { IInstantiationService } from '../../../../util/vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
import { ChatRequestEditedFileEventKind, Position, Range } from '../../../../vscodeTypes';
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ class GlobalAgentContext extends PromptElement<GlobalAgentContextProps> {
return <UserMessage>
<Tag name='environment_info'>
<UserOSPrompt />
<UserShellPrompt />
</Tag>
<Tag name='workspace_info'>
<AgentTasksInstructions availableTools={this.props.availableTools} />
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -447,29 +445,6 @@ class UserOSPrompt extends PromptElement<BasePromptElementProps> {
}
}

class UserShellPrompt extends PromptElement<BasePromptElementProps> {
constructor(props: BasePromptElementProps, @IEnvService private readonly envService: IEnvService) {
super(props);
}

async render(state: void, sizing: PromptSizing) {
const shellName: string = basename(this.envService.shell);
const shellNameHint = shellName === 'powershell.exe' ? ' (Windows PowerShell v5.1)' : '';
let additionalHint = '';
switch (shellName) {
case 'powershell.exe': {
additionalHint = ' Use the `;` character if joining commands on a single line is needed.';
break;
}
case 'fish': {
additionalHint = ' Note that fish shell does not support heredocs - prefer printf or echo instead.';
break;
}
}
return <>The user's default shell is: "{shellName}"{shellNameHint}. When you generate terminal commands, please generate them correctly for this shell.{additionalHint}</>;
}
}

class CurrentDatePrompt extends PromptElement<BasePromptElementProps> {
constructor(
props: BasePromptElementProps,
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