Opening a session
Open a host and pick the protocol
From the Hosts activity, open the host and choose SSH, Telnet, or another protocol from its protocol list.
Studio opens the session in a new tab
The tab takes focus and the terminal starts connecting immediately.
Authenticate with the attached Keychain entry
If the referenced credential isn’t cached, Studio prompts once and caches it for the session.
Clickable network objects
IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, MAC addresses, interface names, and AS numbers are interactive in the terminal. Click to copy. Right-click to open a menu of diagnostic commands shaped to the detected vendor — a ping from the device, a traceroute, a show command scoped to that interface, an ARP lookup, a whois on an AS number.Selection toolbar
Highlight any output and a small toolbar appears above the selection. Most day-to-day interactions with Copilot start here.| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Explain | Send the selection to Copilot for an explanation. |
| Ask Copilot | Open a Copilot prompt prefilled with the selection. |
| Copy | Copy to clipboard. |
| Edit | Open the selection in a Monaco editor tab. |
Staged commands
When Copilot proposes a change, it drops the commands into a staging panel beside the terminal rather than running them. Each command is tagged by intent — Add, Remove, Modify — and carries a checkbox. You can reorder, edit, remove, or approve individual commands before anything hits the device. Nothing runs until you say so. Use staged commands for any multi-step change; the panel is the difference between reading a plan and watching it execute line by line.Real-time error detection
Studio scans output as it streams. BGP neighbor drops, OSPF adjacency loss, interface errors, spanning-tree topology changes, HSRP state changes, and authentication failures are recognized and added to an error strip along the edge of the tab. Each entry is color-coded by severity. Click an entry to jump to the matching line in the scrollback.Session recording and replay
Every SSH and Telnet session records automatically. Replay preserves timing — you see the session the way it happened, at the speed it happened — and you can search within the transcript to find the exact moment a command ran or an error landed. Recordings are shareable as artifacts with anyone in your organization. See files and artifacts for how artifacts move between people.Picture-in-picture
Pop a terminal out into a floating mini-window for side diagnostics while you work in another tab. A continuous ping, a traceroute you want to keep watching, ashow interface you want on screen during a maintenance. Picture-in-picture windows stay on top, resize cleanly, and can be minimized when you need the space.
Serial consoles
For out-of-band work, open a serial console from the terminal tooling and choose the local serial port and baud rate — 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200. Parity and stop bits are configurable for the session. A send-break action is available for password recovery on devices that require it.Sharing a terminal
You can share any terminal session with teammates — owner, co-work, or viewer roles — and promote a share into a voice or video call when a second operator joins. See shared sessions for the roles, presence indicators, and handoff flow.Related
AI Copilot
Modes, approvals, context attachment, and how Copilot works with your terminal.
Shared sessions
Bring someone into your terminal with the right role and promote to a call.