Terminal UI

The Logician TUI is designed for real terminal environments — SSH sessions, tmux, and local terminals. Its layout adapts to narrow terminals while keeping the transcript, composer, and current execution state visible.

Layout

◆ LOGICIAN

  RESPONSE
  I found the failing boundary and updated the parser.

  COMMAND  bun test packages/log-core
  OUTPUT   42 pass, 0 fail

  COMPOSER             / Enter commands · @ files · Enter send · Ctrl+E steer
  › Ask Logician…
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ● READY │ model │ cwd │ branch │ thinking mode

The main transcript is scrollable. Tool activity is rendered as compact cards that can be focused and expanded, while longer-lived workflows can open a work surface or fullscreen overlay without replacing the conversation. An empty session shows project-aware starting actions; typing / opens the searchable command palette, @ starts file mention completion, and internal resource URLs (skill://, memory://, local://, log://, ssh://) get inline completion as you type the token before the cursor.

Keybindings

Key	Action
Enter	Submit instruction
Ctrl+E	Immediately steer the active turn with the composer text
Esc, Esc	Clear the composer, then safely interrupt the active turn and restore its prompt
Ctrl+C	Immediately request interruption
Ctrl+O	Expand or collapse all tool results
Alt+J / Alt+K	Focus the next or previous tool result
Alt+Enter	Expand or collapse the focused tool result
Ctrl+L	Open the model selector
Ctrl+S	Open the session manager
Ctrl+K	Cycle sandbox mode
Ctrl+P	Toggle plan/act permission mode
Ctrl+I	Toggle autonomous/minimal execution policy (enhanced keyboard protocol)
Ctrl+M / Alt+M	Open the inference-mode selector
Ctrl+G	Jump to a file in the current working set
Ctrl+Shift+T	Cycle the thinking display mode
Ctrl+A	Open the autoresearch dashboard
/	Open command palette
/help	Show the live command reference

Terminal compatibility

Works with any VT100-compatible terminal:

• xterm, gnome-terminal, konsole, alacritty, kitty
• SSH sessions (local or remote)
• tmux and screen
• Windows Terminal

Input modes

• Normal — type instructions naturally
• Steering — press Ctrl+E during a turn to interrupt and steer now
• Paste — pasted text is processed as a single instruction
• Bash ($ prefix) — input bar highlights in bash mode color
• Python ($ with Python prompt) — input bar highlights in Python mode color

The input bar uses theme-aware color caching: mode colors, placeholder text, and clipping indicators are re-rendered only when the theme or width changes, reducing flicker during rapid typing.

Streaming output

Provider output and tool progress stream in real time:

• Thinking content appears when the provider exposes it and thinking is enabled
• Tool calls show before execution
• Results display immediately after completion
• Tool cards remain compact by default and can be focused or expanded with the keybindings above