using namespace System.Management.Automation using namespace System.Management.Automation.Language Register-ArgumentCompleter -Native -CommandName 'my-app' -ScriptBlock { param($wordToComplete, $commandAst, $cursorPosition) $commandElements = $commandAst.CommandElements $command = @( 'my-app' for ($i = 1; $i -lt $commandElements.Count; $i++) { $element = $commandElements[$i] if ($element -isnot [StringConstantExpressionAst] -or $element.StringConstantType -ne [StringConstantType]::BareWord -or $element.Value.StartsWith('-') -or $element.Value -eq $wordToComplete) { break } $element.Value }) -join ';' $completions = @(switch ($command) { 'my-app' { [CompletionResult]::new('-h', 'h', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print help') [CompletionResult]::new('--help', 'help', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print help') [CompletionResult]::new('foo', 'foo', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterValue, 'foo') [CompletionResult]::new('bar', 'bar', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterValue, 'bar') [CompletionResult]::new('help', 'help', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterValue, 'Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)') break } 'my-app;foo' { [CompletionResult]::new('-h', 'h', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print help') [CompletionResult]::new('--help', 'help', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print help') break } 'my-app;bar' { [CompletionResult]::new('-h', 'h', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print help') [CompletionResult]::new('--help', 'help', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterName, 'Print help') break } 'my-app;help' { [CompletionResult]::new('foo', 'foo', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterValue, 'foo') [CompletionResult]::new('bar', 'bar', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterValue, 'bar') [CompletionResult]::new('help', 'help', [CompletionResultType]::ParameterValue, 'Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)') break } 'my-app;help;foo' { break } 'my-app;help;bar' { break } 'my-app;help;help' { break } }) $completions.Where{ $_.CompletionText -like "$wordToComplete*" } | Sort-Object -Property ListItemText }