Start‑ShpChat

SYNOPSIS

Starts an interactive Copilot chat session in the console.

SYNTAX

Start-ShpChat [[-Model] <String>] [-DisableStreaming] [[-Prompt] <String>] 
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Opens a read-eval-print loop that reads a line from the console, sends it to the model with Invoke-Shp, and shows the reply, keeping the conversation going across turns. It builds on two capabilities already in place: streaming output (on by default) and the running session chat that Invoke-Shp maintains, so each turn remembers the earlier ones.

A line beginning with a slash is a loop command: /exit or /quit leaves the session, /clear forgets the running conversation (Clear-ShpChat), /model switches the model for later turns, /models lists the model ids you can reach, /history shows the running conversation, /retry drops the last exchange and resends the previous prompt, /usage shows the session token and cost summary, and /help lists the commands. Every other line is sent to the model. The session honours the session default model (Select-ShpModel) unless -Model is given.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Start-ShpChat

Starts an interactive chat using the default model; type /exit to leave.

EXAMPLE 2

Start-ShpChat -Model claude-haiku-4.5 -DisableStreaming

Starts a session on a specific model without live streaming.

PARAMETERS

-DisableStreaming

Turn off live token streaming for the session and print each full reply instead.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Model

Model id to use for the session. Defaults to the session default model, then the built-in fallback. Can be changed mid-session with /model.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Prompt

Specifies a name to display at the input prompt. Defaults to 'shp>'.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: Shp>
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

None. Replies are written to the host.

NOTES

RELATED LINKS

Invoke-Shp

Clear-ShpChat