diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a479dd343d6c..94081a6d8d15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -128,3 +128,6 @@ prof/
 # generated examples data
 ibis/examples/data
 ibis/examples/descriptions
+
+# chat
+*zuliprc*
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 52ac3f662dca..0b25bdaa8a6c 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -156,3 +156,7 @@ docs-build-all:
     just docs-apigen --verbose
     just docs-render
     just checklinks docs/_output --offline --no-progress
+
+# open chat
+chat *args:
+    zulip-term {{ args }}