# zsh, antidote and plugins

> zsh with antidote: the shell, its plugins, aliases and helper functions.

zsh is the login shell. antidote loads its plugins from a plain list and compiles them into one file, so the shell starts fast. The plugins add the things you feel on every keystroke: suggestions, highlighting and fuzzy completion.

## On the workstation

-   `antidote`, `starship`, `fzf` and the plugins come from the Brewfile; `.zshrc` and `~/.config/zsh/*.zsh` come from the config repo’s chezmoi source.
    
-   Plugins, in load order: Oh My Zsh’s git, docker-compose, kubectl, gradle, sudo, extract, colored-man-pages, copypath and copybuffer; fzf-tab; zsh-you-should-use; zsh-autopair; zsh-autosuggestions; fast-syntax-highlighting.
    
-   The ZoolCoder theme colours fzf, eza, bat and the highlighting, and follows light and dark mode.
    

## Keys and commands

 
| Key or command | Does |
| --- | --- |
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Tab

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Completion as a fuzzy menu with previews (fzf-tab)

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Esc Esc

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Put `sudo` in front of the last command

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Ctrl+O

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Copy the typed command line

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`update`

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Pull zc-workstation and the config, rebuild, apply, upgrade packages and runtimes, then run the doctor

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`wtf`

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Claude explains why the last command failed and puts a fixed command on the prompt; `wtf ci` explains the branch’s last failed Actions run

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`aic`

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Claude writes a conventional commit message for the staged changes; you edit it before it commits

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`aipr`

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Claude writes the pull request title and body from the branch; you edit it, then it pushes and opens the PR

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`gt [query]`

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Pick one Gradle test class with fzf and run only it

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`mkcd`, `killport`, `serve`, `ports`

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Make and enter a folder, free a port, serve this folder over HTTP, list listening ports

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## See also

-   [Starship](starship.html)
    
-   [fzf](fzf.html)
    
-   [Atuin](atuin.html)
    
-   [zsh, antidote and plugins website](https://getantidote.github.io)