"Add to Agent Thread" not working with Terminal Threads

[rkiyanchuk]

Reproduction steps

1. Open Terminal Thread in Agent Panel
2. Select text in a buffer
3. Open context menu and choose Add to Agent Thread or hit CMD-> shortcut (on Mac).

Current vs. Expected behavior

Current behavior:
Focus moves to Terminal Thread, but nothing is inserted.

Expected behavior:
The editor should still insert the context into the Terminal Thread in regular format (for file filename with lines select 2 through 13):

@filename:2-13

This seems to be a standard format understood by all models.

Zed version and system specs

Zed: v1.3.5
OS: macOS Tahoe 26.5

Attach Zed log file

Zed.log

Relevant Zed settings

settings.json

Relevant Keymap

keymap.json

(for AI issues) Model provider details

No response

If you are using WSL on Windows, what flavor of Linux are you using?

None

[rkiyanchuk]

This might not have been the intended logic (and in that case this may be a feature request rather than a bug, per se). However lack of this behavior is a UX killer for working with external agents via Terminal Threads. With custom UI for adding context missing in terminal thread, this would be the only convenient way of referencing a file.

[miguelraz]

Thank you for the report! Reproduced with your instructions.

[rkiyanchuk]

Thanks for triaging @miguelraz! I've tried to make a simple fix here: #57301
As stated in the PR, it may not account for edgecases and other platforms, but I did verify that it implements the expected behavior on macOS.

[macraig]

Hi @rkiyanchuk, thanks for the feedback. This is already on our ToDo list. We just need a bit of time to figure out the best way to implement it in terminals. We'll keep this thread updated!

[macraig]

Shipped in #57301, thanks @rkiyanchuk for your contribution!

[lcmen]

Has this been released? It still does not work for me.

[nickbreaton]

It's in the preview release for me (working great btw), it probably lands in stable this coming Wednesday.

[macraig]

Confirming it's available in the preview release and will land in stable next Wednesday!

[lcmen]

Thanks for quick update!