Use PowerShell with ChatGPT and Claude

• MacPartly

  With PowerShell (pwsh) installed; the default shell is zsh.

• WindowsWorks

  Commands run in PowerShell.

• LinuxPartly

  With PowerShell (pwsh) installed; the default shell is bash.

“Which programs start with Windows on this PC?”
“Find files over 1 GB on drive D”
“Run build.ps1 and tell me why it fails”

On Windows, BCD runs commands in PowerShell without administrator rights, and keeps long ones in a process session the AI can follow.

• Commands that need administrator rights need you to approve the Windows prompt at the PC.

Do I need PowerShell installed?
Nothing on Windows.

Does it work on Windows and Linux?
Mac: partly, Windows: works, Linux: partly. With PowerShell (pwsh) installed; the default shell is zsh. Commands run in PowerShell. With PowerShell (pwsh) installed; the default shell is bash.

Which AI apps can do this?
ChatGPT (BCD is in its plugin directory), Claude (as a custom connector) and other apps that support MCP connectors, including Codex. They all use the same computer with the same permissions.

Is it safe?
A new computer starts read-only. Writing files, running commands and controlling apps are turned on per computer, and BCD reaches only the folders you allow.

Try it on your computer

One computer is free, with 20,000 tool calls a month and no card. New accounts get Personal (3 computers) free for the first month.