Working in a conversation
Beyond sending messages, a conversation has several tools worth knowing.
Queue follow-ups while it works
Section titled “Queue follow-ups while it works”You do not have to wait for a turn to finish. Messages sent while an agent is busy join a queue, and you can reorder, edit, or remove them before they run. If a turn fails, the queue pauses rather than charging ahead with instructions written for a state that no longer exists.
Ask a side question
Section titled “Ask a side question”/btw asks something without disturbing the main task. The answer appears in
an overlay and the agent’s primary work continues untouched — useful for
“what does this error mean?” in the middle of a long run.
Side questions are deliberately limited: no attachments, and they will not run tools.
Fork a conversation
Section titled “Fork a conversation”Forking branches a conversation from a chosen message into a new one, keeping the history up to that point. Use it to try a different direction without losing the thread you already have.
Forking is refused in a few honest cases — while a turn is in flight, at message types that cannot be a branch point, or on agents that do not support it — and the app tells you which applies.
Watch commands and changes
Section titled “Watch commands and changes”- Terminal output appears inline with its state — running, stopped, exited, or truncated when very long.
- Source control shows the git state of the project the conversation is attached to, so you can see what the agent actually changed.
- File preview opens workspace files in a side panel. Very large files show a notice instead of loading; the size threshold is configurable in settings.
Find things again
Section titled “Find things again”Conversations are grouped in the sidebar with a dedicated search, so a thread from last week is findable without scrolling.
Export
Section titled “Export”Export one conversation or many as a ZIP containing both JSON and Markdown
transcripts, along with project files. /export sends the current conversation
to a file or your clipboard.
Keep an eye on context
Section titled “Keep an eye on context”The context meter shows how full the conversation’s window is, broken down by input, output, reasoning, and cache reads and writes, along with session cost. See Tokens and usage.