From 61719a392674bbe9f79f0c7852608e208fb5aa56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Richman <jacob314@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 09:53:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] show color (#24613)

---
 docs/cli/settings.md                      | 2 +-
 docs/reference/configuration.md           | 2 +-
 packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts | 2 +-
 schemas/settings.schema.json              | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/cli/settings.md b/docs/cli/settings.md
index ec121bb833..53010578db 100644
--- a/docs/cli/settings.md
+++ b/docs/cli/settings.md
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ they appear in the UI.
 | Sandbox Allowed Paths            | `tools.sandboxAllowedPaths`          | List of additional paths that the sandbox is allowed to access.                                                                                                            | `[]`    |
 | Sandbox Network Access           | `tools.sandboxNetworkAccess`         | Whether the sandbox is allowed to access the network.                                                                                                                      | `false` |
 | Enable Interactive Shell         | `tools.shell.enableInteractiveShell` | Use node-pty for an interactive shell experience. Fallback to child_process still applies.                                                                                 | `true`  |
-| Show Color                       | `tools.shell.showColor`              | Show color in shell output.                                                                                                                                                | `false` |
+| Show Color                       | `tools.shell.showColor`              | Show color in shell output.                                                                                                                                                | `true`  |
 | Use Ripgrep                      | `tools.useRipgrep`                   | Use ripgrep for file content search instead of the fallback implementation. Provides faster search performance.                                                            | `true`  |
 | Tool Output Truncation Threshold | `tools.truncateToolOutputThreshold`  | Maximum characters to show when truncating large tool outputs. Set to 0 or negative to disable truncation.                                                                 | `40000` |
 | Disable LLM Correction           | `tools.disableLLMCorrection`         | Disable LLM-based error correction for edit tools. When enabled, tools will fail immediately if exact string matches are not found, instead of attempting to self-correct. | `true`  |
diff --git a/docs/reference/configuration.md b/docs/reference/configuration.md
index 2e8e3f374c..5d8d7a4ae8 100644
--- a/docs/reference/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/reference/configuration.md
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ their corresponding top-level category object in your `settings.json` file.
 
 - **`tools.shell.showColor`** (boolean):
   - **Description:** Show color in shell output.
-  - **Default:** `false`
+  - **Default:** `true`
 
 - **`tools.shell.inactivityTimeout`** (number):
   - **Description:** The maximum time in seconds allowed without output from the
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
index 01e248e797..d90a5f2646 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
             label: 'Show Color',
             category: 'Tools',
             requiresRestart: false,
-            default: false,
+            default: true,
             description: 'Show color in shell output.',
             showInDialog: true,
           },
diff --git a/schemas/settings.schema.json b/schemas/settings.schema.json
index 1ca78621af..ffcbb30480 100644
--- a/schemas/settings.schema.json
+++ b/schemas/settings.schema.json
@@ -2440,8 +2440,8 @@
             "showColor": {
               "title": "Show Color",
               "description": "Show color in shell output.",
-              "markdownDescription": "Show color in shell output.\n\n- Category: `Tools`\n- Requires restart: `no`\n- Default: `false`",
-              "default": false,
+              "markdownDescription": "Show color in shell output.\n\n- Category: `Tools`\n- Requires restart: `no`\n- Default: `true`",
+              "default": true,
               "type": "boolean"
             },
             "inactivityTimeout": {