Autocomplete for the Terminal
summary
Fig builds an IDE‑style autocomplete for the terminal that runs as a lightweight desktop app and webview (Towery) and integrates into iTerm, VS Code, Alacritty, WSL, etc. It searches registries like npm, lists Heroku apps, offers git workflows (auto‑insert commit -m and place cursor inside quotes), and exposes a schema so teams add completions. Developers can create a completion spec in <3 minutes (npm run create‑spec) and sync shell configs via a dotfiles plugin store that installs plugins and aliases across devices.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Fig and terminal productivity
- 1:06Terminal dominates workflows
- 3:55What Fig is
- 7:23Fig reimagines autocomplete
- 13:48Challenges of universal CLI autocomplete
- 16:57Fig demo across terminals
- 17:40First Fig completion spec
- 20:08How Fig works
- 21:52Fig future: dotfiles and plugins
- 26:26Q&A
