diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b844e0a..ebf9ade 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -941,12 +941,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "nix",
  "radix_trie",
+ "rustyline-derive",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
  "utf8parse",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustyline-derive"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5af959c8bf6af1aff6d2b463a57f71aae53d1332da58419e30ad8dc7011d951"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.18"
diff --git a/crates/shell/Cargo.toml b/crates/shell/Cargo.toml
index 601fdc3..a48bbe5 100644
--- a/crates/shell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/shell/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.87"
 clap = { version = "4.5.17", features = ["derive"] }
 deno_task_shell = { path = "../deno_task_shell" }
 futures = "0.3.30"
-rustyline = "14.0.0"
+rustyline = { version = "14.0.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = "1.40.0"
 uu_ls = "0.0.27"
 dirs = "5.0.1"
diff --git a/crates/shell/src/completion.rs b/crates/shell/src/completion.rs
index 70d7a52..fec1dae 100644
--- a/crates/shell/src/completion.rs
+++ b/crates/shell/src/completion.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 pub struct ShellCompleter;
 
+impl Default for ShellCompleter {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ShellCompleter
+    }
+}
+
 impl Completer for ShellCompleter {
     type Candidate = Pair;
 
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ impl Completer for ShellCompleter {
 }
 
 fn extract_word(line: &str, pos: usize) -> (usize, &str) {
-    if line.ends_with(" ") {
+    if line.ends_with(' ') {
         return (pos, "");
     }
     let words: Vec<_> = line[..pos].split_whitespace().collect();
diff --git a/crates/shell/src/helper.rs b/crates/shell/src/helper.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f79a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/shell/src/helper.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use rustyline::{
+    highlight::Highlighter, validate::MatchingBracketValidator, Completer, Helper, Hinter,
+    Validator,
+};
+
+use crate::completion;
+
+use std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed;
+
+#[derive(Helper, Completer, Hinter, Validator)]
+pub(crate) struct ShellPromptHelper {
+    #[rustyline(Completer)]
+    completer: completion::ShellCompleter,
+
+    #[rustyline(Validator)]
+    validator: MatchingBracketValidator,
+
+    pub colored_prompt: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for ShellPromptHelper {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            completer: completion::ShellCompleter,
+            validator: MatchingBracketValidator::new(),
+            colored_prompt: String::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Highlighter for ShellPromptHelper {
+    fn highlight_prompt<'b, 's: 'b, 'p: 'b>(
+        &'s self,
+        prompt: &'p str,
+        default: bool,
+    ) -> std::borrow::Cow<'b, str> {
+        if default {
+            Borrowed(&self.colored_prompt)
+        } else {
+            Borrowed(prompt)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/shell/src/main.rs b/crates/shell/src/main.rs
index 913ccd5..454c464 100644
--- a/crates/shell/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/shell/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use anyhow::Context;
 use clap::Parser;
-use completion::ShellCompleter;
 use deno_task_shell::parser::debug_parse;
 use deno_task_shell::{
     execute_sequential_list, AsyncCommandBehavior, ExecuteResult, ShellCommand, ShellPipeReader,
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ use rustyline::{CompletionType, Config, Editor};
 
 mod commands;
 mod completion;
+mod helper;
 
 fn commands() -> HashMap<String, Rc<dyn ShellCommand>> {
     HashMap::from([(
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ async fn interactive() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let mut rl = Editor::with_config(config)?;
 
-    let h = ShellCompleter {};
+    let helper = helper::ShellPromptHelper::default();
+    rl.set_helper(Some(helper));
 
-    rl.set_helper(Some(h));
+    // let h = ShellCompleter {};
+
+    // rl.set_helper(Some(h));
 
     let mut state = init_state();
 
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ async fn interactive() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             if !state.last_command_cd() {
                 state.update_git_branch();
             }
+
             let mut git_branch: String = "".to_string();
             if state.git_repository() {
                 git_branch = match state.git_branch().strip_prefix("ref: refs/heads/") {
@@ -117,10 +121,15 @@ async fn interactive() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 git_branch = "(".to_owned() + &git_branch + ")";
             }
 
-            let prompt = cwd
-                .strip_prefix(home_str)
-                .map(|stripped| format!("~{}{git_branch}$ ", stripped.replace('\\', "/")))
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| format!("{}{git_branch}$ ", cwd));
+            let display_cwd = if let Some(stripped) = cwd.strip_prefix(home_str) {
+                format!("~{}", stripped.replace('\\', "/"))
+            } else {
+                cwd.to_string()
+            };
+
+            let prompt = format!("{}{git_branch}$ ", display_cwd);
+            let color_prompt = format!("\x1b[34m{}\x1b[31m{git_branch}\x1b[0m$ ", display_cwd);
+            rl.helper_mut().unwrap().colored_prompt = color_prompt;
             rl.readline(&prompt)
         };