From 181da07dd9f6a5d9f6006382bd1df52d3b4cb56c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JAYADITYA <96861162+JayadityaGit@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:37:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(cli):change the placeholder of input during the shell
 mode (#15135)

Co-authored-by: Gal Zahavi <38544478+galz10@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx
index b4559a997f..15a2b45599 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/Composer.tsx
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ export const Composer = () => {
           placeholder={
             vimEnabled
               ? "  Press 'i' for INSERT mode and 'Esc' for NORMAL mode."
-              : '  Type your message or @path/to/file'
+              : uiState.shellModeActive
+                ? '  Type your shell command'
+                : '  Type your message or @path/to/file'
           }
           setQueueErrorMessage={uiActions.setQueueErrorMessage}
           streamingState={uiState.streamingState}