{"id":4303,"date":"2026-06-03T14:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:49:27","slug":"introducing-terminal-in-matlab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/2026\/06\/03\/introducing-terminal-in-matlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Terminal in MATLAB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class = rtcContent><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">One of the delightful side effects of the world's obsession with agentic AI is that the humble <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/cjroth.com\/blog\/2026-03-05-terminals-are-cool-again\"><span class=\"_richTextNode\">terminal is having something of a renaissance<\/span><\/a><span class=\"_richTextNode\">. If you've been using the <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/2026\/04\/13\/introducing-the-matlab-agentic-toolkit\/\"><span class=\"_richTextNode\">MATLAB Agentic Toolkit<\/span><\/a><span class=\"_richTextNode\">, then you've almost certainly had one or more terminal windows open alongside MATLAB and Simulink. <\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">So, we decided to bring the terminal <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-weight: bold;'>inside<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> MATLAB and Simulink and you can install and use the prototype right now. <\/span><\/div><ul  style = 'margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; '><li  style = 'margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; '><a href = \"https:\/\/github.com\/matlab\/terminal-in-matlab\"><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Terminal in MATLAB on GitHub<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  style = 'margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap; '><a href = \"https:\/\/uk.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/184013-terminal-in-matlab\"><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Terminal in MATLAB on File Exchange <\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2  style = 'margin: 20px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">The difference between Terminal and MATLAB Command Line<\/span><\/h2><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Some of you may be thinking 'Hasn't MATLAB always had a terminal?' and pointing to the Command Window as evidence. Indeed, in the beginning MATLAB didn't have a desktop at all; it was <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-weight: bold;'>only<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> a command Window. <\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">The MATLAB Command Window is a MATLAB language REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop). You type MATLAB expressions, such as <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>x = eig(A)<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\">, and the MATLAB interpreter evaluates them. It's great for MATLAB but it isn't a terminal. A terminal is for interacting with your operating system shell.<\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">You <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-weight: bold;'>can<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> run commands on your operating system's shell via the MATLAB Command Window using either the MATLAB <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>system<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> function<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); 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white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\"> Volume in drive C is OS \r\n Volume Serial Number is 863F-D27B \r\n \r\n Directory of C:\\Users\\walki\\OneDrive - MathWorks\\Documents\\MATLAB\\Examples\\R2026a\\simulink_general\\sldemo_bounceExample \r\n \r\n01\/06\/2026  20:59    &lt;DIR&gt;          . \r\n01\/06\/2026  20:59    &lt;DIR&gt;          .. \r\n01\/06\/2026  20:59            40,925 sldemo_bounce.slx \r\n01\/06\/2026  20:59             7,876 sldemo_bounceExample.m \r\n01\/06\/2026  20:59             2,319 sldemo_bounce_overview.png \r\n01\/06\/2026  20:59            42,491 sldemo_bounce_two_integrators.slx \r\n               4 File(s)         93,611 bytes \r\n               2 Dir(s)  360,018,485,248 bytes free <\/div><\/div><div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsVariableStringElement\" uid=\"870BDDA3\" prevent-scroll=\"true\" data-testid=\"output_1\" style=\"width: 1289.33px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"textElement eoOutputContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-previous-available-width=\"1252\" data-previous-scroll-height=\"20\" data-hashorizontaloverflow=\"false\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"variable output \" style=\"max-height: 261px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\"><div style=\"white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\"><span class=\"variableNameElement\" style=\"white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\">ans = <\/span>0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> or by using an exclamation mark<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 128, 19);\">% Run the windows date command<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span style=\"color: rgb(139, 102, 6);\">!date \/t <\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'color: rgb(33, 33, 33); padding: 10px 0px 6px 17px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ auto padding-box border-box; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; line-height: 17.234px; '><div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsTextElement\" uid=\"3DC68109\" prevent-scroll=\"true\" data-testid=\"output_2\" style=\"width: 1289.33px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"textElement eoOutputContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-previous-available-width=\"1252\" data-previous-scroll-height=\"17\" data-hashorizontaloverflow=\"false\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"text output \" style=\"max-height: 261px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\">01\/06\/2026  <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">While this is OK for the occasional command or two, it's a long way from a full terminal experience and you certainly couldn't use it for interactive agentic coding sessions. That's where this new terminal comes in.<\/span><\/div><h2  style = 'margin: 20px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Getting started with the Terminal in MATLAB<\/span><\/h2><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Once you have it installed, you can create a terminal using your system's default shell with the <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>terminal<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> command. On Windows, this is <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>cmd.exe<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >t = terminal<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><img class = \"imageNode\" src = \"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/files\/2026\/06\/terminalMATLAB_1-1.png\" width = \"1000\" height = \"626\" alt = \"\" style = \"vertical-align: baseline; width: 1000px; height: 626px;\"><\/img><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">You may prefer to use PowerShell instead<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >ps = terminal(Shell=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"powershell.exe\"<\/span><span >);<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">I wondered if the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) would work and happily, the answer is \"yes.\"<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >wsl = terminal(Shell=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"wsl\"<\/span><span >);<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><img class = \"imageNode\" src = \"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/files\/2026\/06\/terminalMATLAB_2-1.png\" width = \"1000\" height = \"626\" alt = \"\" style = \"vertical-align: baseline; width: 1000px; height: 626px;\"><\/img><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">You can query the current version of terminal with<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >terminal.version()<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">and update it to the latest version with<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >terminal.update()<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">By default, terminal uses the MATLAB desktop theme, light or dark, and updates automatically when the MATLAB theme changes. You can also use preset themes such as <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>\"solarized_light\"<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >terminal(Theme=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"solarized_light\"<\/span><span >)<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><img class = \"imageNode\" src = \"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/files\/2026\/06\/terminalMATLAB_3-1.png\" width = \"999\" height = \"462\" alt = \"\" style = \"vertical-align: baseline; width: 999px; height: 462px;\"><\/img><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">To list all available themes use <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>terminal.themes()<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> which at the time of writing includes 12 different options including <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>\"auto\"<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >themes = terminal.themes();<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >fprintf(<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"%s\\n\"<\/span><span >,themes)<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'color: rgb(33, 33, 33); padding: 10px 0px 6px 17px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ auto padding-box border-box; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; line-height: 17.234px; '><div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsTextElement\" uid=\"BC45BFF1\" prevent-scroll=\"true\" data-testid=\"output_3\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"width: 1289.33px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\"><div class=\"textElement eoOutputContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-previous-available-width=\"1252\" data-previous-scroll-height=\"179\" data-hashorizontaloverflow=\"false\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"text output \" style=\"max-height: 261px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\">auto\r\ndark\r\nlight\r\ndracula\r\nmonokai\r\nsolarized_dark\r\nsolarized_light\r\nnord\r\ngruvbox_dark\r\none_dark\r\ntokyo_night\r\ncatppuccin_mocha<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">You can also define your own themes for which I'll <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/github.com\/prabhakk-mw\/matlab-terminal\/blob\/main\/docs\/customize-terminal-theme.md\"><span class=\"_richTextNode\">refer you to the documentation<\/span><\/a><span class=\"_richTextNode\">.<\/span><\/div><h2  style = 'margin: 3px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Opening terminals in Simulink<\/span><\/h2><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">When this terminal was first made available internally at MathWorks, one of the first requests was to make it available directly in Simulink as well. You'll need to have a model open in Simulink after which you can do<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >t = terminal(Place=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"simulink\"<\/span><span >);<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">which will dock a terminal in the most recently active Simulink editor<\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><img class = \"imageNode\" src = \"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/files\/2026\/06\/terminalMATLAB_4-1.png\" width = \"1000\" height = \"614\" alt = \"\" style = \"vertical-align: baseline; width: 1000px; height: 614px;\"><\/img><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">If you have many models open simultaneously, you can target a specific one by name. For example, to explicitly target the model above you'd run<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span > t = terminal(Model=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"sldemo_bounce\"<\/span><span >);<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><h2  style = 'margin: 20px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Using the MATLAB terminal for agentic workflows<\/span><\/h2><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">If this was all the terminal did, it would be enough for me. I've wanted a full-featured terminal in MATLAB for years and finally I've got one. However, this terminal has a couple of other extra tricks up its sleeve. If I let it know that I intend to use an AI Agent such as Claude Code, it will download and configure the <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/2026\/04\/13\/introducing-the-matlab-agentic-toolkit\/\"><span class=\"_richTextNode\">MATLAB Agentic Toolkit<\/span><\/a><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> for me and is probably the easiest way to configure everything.<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span > t = terminal(Agent=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"claude\"<\/span><span >);<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = 'preformatted-plain' style = 'margin: 10px 3px 10px 55px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 5px; '><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >MCP server binary at \"C:\\Users\\walki\\.local\\bin\\matlab-mcp-core-server.exe\" is version 0.8.1 (minimum: 0.10.0).<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >MCP server binary not found at:<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >  C:\\Users\\walki\\.matlab\\agentic-toolkits\\bin\\matlab-mcp-core-server.exe<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Download it now? (y\/n) [y]: y<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Downloading MCP server binary...<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >  Downloading matlab-mcp-core-server v0.10.0 for win64...<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >  MCP server binary installed at: C:\\Users\\walki\\.matlab\\agentic-toolkits\\bin\\matlab-mcp-core-server.exe<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '>&nbsp;<\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Installing MATLAB MCP Core Server Toolbox...<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span > This may take a minute \u2014 please wait.<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >MATLAB MCP Core Server Toolbox installed.<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >MATLAB session shared for AI agent access.<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '>&nbsp;<\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Downloading MATLAB Agentic Toolkit 2026.05.21...<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >MATLAB Agentic Toolkit 2026.05.21 installed at:<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >  C:\\Users\\walki\\.matlab\\agentic-toolkits\\matlab<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '>&nbsp;<\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: MCP server registered (via claude mcp add-json)<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Adding marketplace\u2026\u221a Successfully added marketplace: matlab-agentic-toolkits (declared in user settings)<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin automotive@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin computational-biology@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin image-processing-and-computer-vision@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin matlab-app-building@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin matlab-core@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin matlab-data-import-and-analysis@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin matlab-software-development@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin reporting-and-database-access@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin rf-and-mixed-signal@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin robotics-and-autonomous-systems@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin signal-processing@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin test-and-measurement@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin toolkit@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Claude Code: installed plugin wireless-communications@matlab-agentic-toolkits<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Skills installed (61 symlinks in C:\\Users\\walki\\.agents\\skills)<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '>&nbsp;<\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >Setup complete.<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >  Agent:    claude<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'border-left: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-right: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.6px; min-height: 16px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 12px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >  Toolkits: matlab<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Note that this doesn't run <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>claude<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> for me in the terminal, it just gets everything ready to do so. Once I do run <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>claude<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\">, the fact that I passed the <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>Agent<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> argument to terminal means that <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>claude<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> will be connected to this MATLAB session via the MATLAB MCP Server.  As such, it has an awareness of what's going on in my MATLAB session.<\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">For example, if I highlight a section of code in the editor and ask <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>claude<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> about it, it can 'see' what I've highlighted. <\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><img class = \"imageNode\" src = \"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/files\/2026\/06\/terminalMATLAB_5-1.png\" width = \"1003\" height = \"578\" alt = \"\" style = \"vertical-align: baseline; width: 1003px; height: 578px;\"><\/img><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Similarly I could ask it things like 'What documents do I have open in MATLAB?' or 'Critique the script I have open now'.<\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">This awareness of the MATLAB session also extends to Simulink. Here I use the <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>Toolkits<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> option to ensure that I'm using both Agentic toolkits.<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span > t = terminal(Model=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"sldemo_bounce\"<\/span><span >,Agent=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"claude\"<\/span><span >,Toolkits=[<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"matlab\"<\/span><span >,<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"simulink\"<\/span><span >]);<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'color: rgb(33, 33, 33); padding: 10px 0px 6px 17px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ auto padding-box border-box; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; line-height: 17.234px; '><div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsTextElement\" uid=\"DC6D408F\" prevent-scroll=\"true\" data-testid=\"output_4\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"width: 1289.33px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\"><div class=\"textElement eoOutputContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-previous-available-width=\"1252\" data-previous-scroll-height=\"61\" data-hashorizontaloverflow=\"false\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"text output \" style=\"max-height: 261px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\">MATLAB session shared for AI agent access.\r\n\r\nInitializing Simulink Agentic Toolkit...\r\nSimulink Agentic Toolkit initialized.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">If I had never installed the <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/products\/simulink-agentic-toolkit.html\"><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Simulink Agentic Toolkit<\/span><\/a><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> before, this would take care of that for me too! <\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Now if I select a block, I can ask <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>claude<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> about it directly<\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><img class = \"imageNode\" src = \"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/matlab\/files\/2026\/06\/terminalMATLAB_6-1.png\" width = \"1001\" height = \"494\" alt = \"\" style = \"vertical-align: baseline; width: 1001px; height: 494px;\"><\/img><\/div><h2  style = 'margin: 20px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">The Agentic=true option<\/span><\/h2><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Up until now, I've been explicit and said exactly which agent and toolkits I want configured with each terminal launch:<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >  t = terminal(Model=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"sldemo_bounce\"<\/span><span >,Agent=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"claude\"<\/span><span >,Toolkits=[<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"matlab\"<\/span><span >,<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"simulink\"<\/span><span >]);<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">You can also simply set <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>Agentic=true<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >  t = terminal(Model=<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(167, 9, 245);\">\"sldemo_bounce\"<\/span><span >,Agentic=true);<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">If <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>terminal.agentOptions<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> is set then these will be used to determine how to do the agentic integration. In my case I have<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >terminal.agentOptions<\/span><\/span><\/div><div  style = 'color: rgb(33, 33, 33); padding: 10px 0px 6px 17px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ auto padding-box border-box; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; line-height: 17.234px; '><div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsTextElement\" uid=\"D033E757\" prevent-scroll=\"true\" data-testid=\"output_5\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"width: 1289.33px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\"><div class=\"textElement eoOutputContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-previous-available-width=\"1252\" data-previous-scroll-height=\"32\" data-hashorizontaloverflow=\"false\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"text output \" style=\"max-height: 261px; white-space: pre; font-style: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12px;\">  Agent:    claude\r\n  Toolkits: matlab, simulink<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">and so, right now, the above two terminal commands are equivalent for me.<\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">if <\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\" style=' font-family: monospace;'>terminal.agentOptions<\/span><span class=\"_richTextNode\"> is not set then the download and configuration wizard will run on first launch. You can reset the options with <\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 4px; padding: 6px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span >terminal.resetAgentOptions()<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><h2  style = 'margin: 20px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Some limitations for this version<\/span><\/h2><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">The current version of terminal is a prototype and although many of us have been using it without major issues, there are a couple of things I'd like to point out. If the main MATLAB thread is busy, such as with a long running calculation, any terminals docked with MATLAB will become unresponsive. To see this for yourself, run the following on the Command Window and try to interact with a terminal that's docked with MATLAB.<\/span><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F5F5F5; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\"><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 128, 19);\">% An infinite loop<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"inlineWrapper\"><div  style = 'border-left: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-right: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-top: 0px none rgb(33, 33, 33); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(217, 217, 217); border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, \"Courier New\", monospace; font-size: 14px; '><span style=\"white-space: pre\"><span style=\"color: rgb(14, 0, 255);\">for <\/span><span >i=1:inf;<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(14, 0, 255);\">end<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">any key presses you make in the terminal will be buffered until you do CTRL+C in the command window. <\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">This is a limitation of the current implementation but it turns out that any terminals docked with Simulink will not have this problem. <\/span><\/div><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">You may find some other issues and limitations as you're using it. If so, <\/span><a href = \"https:\/\/github.com\/prabhakk-mw\/matlab-terminal\/issues\"><span class=\"_richTextNode\">please let the team know via GitHub Issues<\/span><\/a><span class=\"_richTextNode\">. <\/span><\/div><h2  style = 'margin: 20px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 25px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 700; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Let us know what you think<\/span><\/h2><div  style = 'margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; '><span class=\"_richTextNode\">Many of us at MathWorks are really excited about this new addition to MATLAB and Simulink and we hope you are too. 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