diff --git a/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/actions.yaml b/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/actions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b41a6a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/actions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+- name: get list of existing actions
+  set_fact:
+    actions: '{{settings.actions}}'
+    action_keys: '{{settings.actions | json_query("[].keys")}}'
+
+- name: add next tab action key mapping
+  when: '"alt+shift+]" not in action_keys'
+  set_fact:
+    actions: >-
+      {{
+        actions + [{
+            "command": {"action": "nextTab", "tabSwitcherMode": "disabled"},
+            "keys": "alt+shift+]"
+        }]
+      }}
+
+- name: add previous tab action key mapping
+  when: '"alt+shift+[" not in action_keys'
+  set_fact:
+    actions: >-
+      {{
+        actions + [{
+            "command": {"action": "prevTab", "tabSwitcherMode": "disabled"},
+            "keys": "alt+shift+["
+        }]
+      }}
+
+- name: set actions in settings
+  set_fact:
+    settings: '{{settings | combine({"actions": actions})}}'
diff --git a/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2482c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- name: read settings.json file
+  slurp:
+    src: '{{windows_terminal_settings_json}}'
+  register: slurped_settings
+
+- name: decode settings into fact
+  set_fact:
+    settings: '{{slurped_settings.content | b64decode | from_json}}'
+
+- import_tasks: actions.yaml
+# TODO: - import_tasks: profiles.yaml
+
+- name: write settings.json file
+  copy:
+    content: '{{settings | to_nice_json}}'
+    dest: '{{windows_terminal_settings_json}}'
diff --git a/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/profiles.yaml b/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/profiles.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c8d430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/windows-terminal/tasks/profiles.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+# TODO: defaults
+# TODO: modify powershell commandline
+# TODO: modify command prompt commandline
+# TODO: modify debian icon
diff --git a/roles/windows-terminal/vars/main.yaml b/roles/windows-terminal/vars/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec17759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/windows-terminal/vars/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+windows_terminal_local_app_data:
+  '{{ansible_env.LOCALAPPDATA}}/Packages/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe'
+windows_terminal_settings_json:
+  '{{windows_terminal_local_app_data}}/LocalState/settings.json'
diff --git a/windows.yaml b/windows.yaml
index 19317fa..d2ff04a 100644
--- a/windows.yaml
+++ b/windows.yaml
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
     - role: 1password
     - role: autohotkey
     - role: firefox
+    - role: windows-terminal