or by pressing kb(workbench.action.terminal.toggleTerminal) keyboard shortcut.

the ... keyboard shortcut?

Bash, PowerShell, or Command Prompt.

Command Prompt should never be the default, it will almost always be Windows PowerShell, PowerShell (v6+), Bash (typical on Linux) or Zsh (typical on macOS).

Note that the shell starts at the root of the workspace folder.

the shell's working directory starts at....?

Enter a basic command like ls (on macOS and Linux) or dir (on Windows) to list the files in the current directory.

ls works in pwsh so just saying that would make things simpler.

Tip: You can enlarge the terminal by dragging the terminal panel's border or by selecting the chevron up icon to maximize the panel.

It's probably pretty common for people to not know what a chevron is, I couldn't find an upwards chevron unicode char but `(^) would be enough to help the user here.

For example, the compiler or linter might return an error message with a file path and line number.

the compiler -> a compiler

Open the terminal where you previously ran the ls or dir command.

For other text, VS Code opens a Quick Pick that enables you to search for that text across your workspace.

Quick pick is the generic name for the UI component. Maybe re-word to something like this: "For other text, VS Code tries to search the workspace for files containing the text"

If you keep pressing kb(workbench.action.terminal.scrollToPreviousCommand) multiple times

If you press kb(workbench.action.terminal.scrollToPreviousCommand) multiple times?

Depending on which shell you're using, you can see a circle icon in the gutter next to a previously run command.

"you may see"?

Run commands in another shell

This is a good section to mention pulling the tab into an editor

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