bise :*brand bookdesign system

every screen

bise as it looks today, screen by screen, in the terminal's real colors and spacing. the tabs show the same screen a moment later, or with ctrl held. why each part looks the way it does: the design system.

01the main screen

one frame, one thread, one panel. you talk to main; the agents work on the right; what needs you waits in its box above the divider. hold ctrl and every word comes back in its place.

╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ │ signup is slow on mobile. and the 404 is sad ✓✓ │ agents │
│ │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ :* on it: perf, dark-mode and sad-404 started. │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ ▸ 9 messages between 4 agents │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ ✉ dark-mode → main │ │
│ which gray for the borders? │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ :* i answered dark-mode: the gray in tokens.css. ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ $ runs the signup benchmark ✓ 4.2s │ │
│ ✓ perf is done · signup 4.1 s → 0.9 s │ inbox │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 the dog: a h… │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ─────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │ │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 · the dog: a hat, or a scarf? 4m │ │ │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴──────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ and give the sad dog a hat▌ │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands ctrl+1 inbox │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ──────────────────────── ~/acme · ≈∿~ 3 working · ✓ 1 done · ↑ 1 PR · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ │ signup is slow on mobile. and the 404 is sad ✓✓ │ agents │
│ │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 working │
│ :* on it: perf, dark-mode and sad-404 started. │ 1 ✓ perf done │
│ ▸ ctrl+o expand │ 3 ? sad-404 asks you │
│ │ 5 ○ release idle │
│ ✉ dark-mode → main │ │
│ which gray for the borders? │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ───── ↑ #412 ─│
│ :* i answered dark-mode: the gray in tokens.css. ││ changes asked · checks pass │
│ ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode working │
│ $ runs the signup benchmark ✓ 4.2s │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • working │
│ ✓ perf is done · signup 4.1 s → 0.9 s │ │
│ │ inbox │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ─────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │ 1 ? sad-404 the dog: a h… │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 · the dog: a hat, or a scarf? 4m │ │ │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· working · 1m ──────┴────── 58k / 262k tokens · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ and give the sad dog a hat▌ │
│ │ │
│ ctrl+c interrupt ctrl+f find ctrl+1 open an inbox item ctrl+s find agent │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
100 columns. the panel: your folder's agents as rows, a worktree as a small box (its branch and PR in the border), then the inbox.

02you ask, main starts agents

you say it the way you'd say it to a person. main splits the work, starts the agents, picks who needs a worktree, and tells you in one line.

╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ │ signup is slow on mobile, and the 404 is sad ✓✓ │ agents │
│ │ 0 ∿ main :* 2s 3% │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴────────────────────── 4k · 2% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ │ signup is slow on mobile, and the 404 is sad ✓✓ │ agents │
│ │ 0 ∿ main :* 9s 6% │
│ :* on it: perf and sad-404 started. perf gets its own │ 2 ∿ sad-404 4s 2% │
│ worktree: it touches the build. │ │
│ ▸ 4 messages between 3 agents │╭─ ψ sb/perf ───────────────────│
│ │╰ 1 ∿ perf 4s 2% │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴────────────────────── 9k · 3% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ │ signup is slow on mobile, and the 404 is sad ✓✓ │ agents │
│ │ 0 ∿ main :* 9s 6% │
│ :* on it: perf and sad-404 started. perf gets its own │ 2 ∿ sad-404 4s 2% │
│ worktree: it touches the build. │ │
│ ▸ 4 messages between 3 agents │╭─ ψ sb/perf ───────────────────│
│ │╰ 1 ∿ perf 4s 2% │
│ │ oh and the dog wears a hat ✓✓ │ │
│ │ │
│ :* told sad-404: a hat. │ │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴───────────────────── 11k · 4% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
the ✓✓ in accent: main has read it. you never wait for a turn to end to say more.

03you're not the router

agents ask main first. main answers the obvious ones the way you would, and says why in one line. only a real decision reaches you, in the inbox.

╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* on it: perf, dark-mode and sad-404 started. │ agents │
│ ▸ 9 messages between 4 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ ✉ dark-mode → main │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ which gray for the borders? │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ :* i answered dark-mode: the gray in tokens.css. │ │
│ like everywhere else. │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴──────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* on it: perf, dark-mode and sad-404 started. │ agents │
│ ▸ 9 messages between 4 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ ✉ dark-mode → main │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ which gray for the borders? │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ :* i answered dark-mode: the gray in tokens.css. │ │
│ like everywhere else. │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ ✉ sad-404 → main │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ the dog: a hat, or a scarf? │ │
│ :* that one's yours. it's in your inbox. │ inbox │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 the dog: a h… │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ─────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │ │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 · the dog: a hat, or a scarf? 4m │ │ │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴──────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands ctrl+1 inbox │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* on it: perf, dark-mode and sad-404 started. │ agents │
│ ▸ 9 messages between 4 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ ✉ dark-mode → main │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ which gray for the borders? │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ :* i answered dark-mode: the gray in tokens.css. │ │
│ like everywhere else. │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ ✉ sad-404 → main │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ the dog: a hat, or a scarf? │ │
│ :* that one's yours. it's in your inbox. │ │
│ │ │
│ ✓ you answered sad-404: a hat │ │
├─ ✓ inbox clear ─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
what main told an agent is one line in its thread; the messages themselves are folded, never gone.

04the inbox: one key answers

an item opens where its row was. one digit answers it, the next one opens by itself, and your draft waits until the inbox is clear.

╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* perf's fix is in. release is shipping 2.5.0. │ agents │
│ ▸ 6 messages between 3 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* 1m 22% │
│ │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ ╭─ inbox · 2 waiting for you ───────────────── ctrl+1-2 open ─╮ │ 5 ? release 8% │
│ │ 1 ? release · $ npm publish --access public 2m │ │ │
│ │ 2 ? sad-404 · the dog: a hat, or a scarf? 4m │ │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │╰ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │ │
│ │ inbox │
│ │ 1 ? release $ npm publish… │
│ │ 2 ? sad-404 the dog: a h… │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴──────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ and give the sad dog a hat▌ │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands ctrl+1 inbox │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* perf's fix is in. release is shipping 2.5.0. │ agents │
│ ▸ 6 messages between 3 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* 1m 22% │
│ │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ ╭─ inbox · 2 waiting for you ───────────────── ctrl+1-2 open ─╮ │ 5 ? release 8% │
│ │ ┃ │ │ │
│ │ ┃ ? release wants to run 1 of 2 · 2m │ │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ │ ┃ $ npm publish --access public │ │╰ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │ ┃ │ │ │
│ │ ┃ it publishes the package: everyone can install it. │ │ inbox │
│ │ ┃ release ships 2.5.0 · last step: ✓ npm run build │ │ 1 ? release $ npm publish… │
│ │ ┃ │ │ 2 ? sad-404 the dog: a h… │
│ │ ┃ 1 allow 2 always allow npm publish * here 3 no │ │ │
│ │ ┃ or type why not, ⏎ says no │ │ │
│ │ ┃ │ │ │
│ │ 2 ? sad-404 · the dog: a hat, or a scarf? 4m │ │ │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
├─ you → ? release · your answer ─────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ │ ▌ │
│ │ │
│ 1-3 answer ←→ choose ↑↓ other items esc back to your message │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* perf's fix is in. release is shipping 2.5.0. │ agents │
│ ▸ 6 messages between 3 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* 1m 22% │
│ │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ─────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │ 5 ? release 8% │
│ │ ✓ you allowed release: npm publish --access public │ │ │
│ │ ┃ ? sad-404 asks 1 of 1 · 4m │ │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ │ ┃ the dog: a hat, or a scarf? │ │╰ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │ ┃ │ │ │
│ │ ┃ 1 a hat 2 a scarf │ │ inbox │
│ │ ┃ or type your answer, ⏎ sends it │ │ 1 ? release $ npm publish… │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ 2 ? sad-404 the dog: a h… │
├─ you → ? sad-404 · your answer ─────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ │ ▌ │
│ │ │
│ 1-3 answer ←→ choose ↑↓ other items esc back to your message │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* perf's fix is in. release is shipping 2.5.0. │ agents │
│ ▸ 6 messages between 3 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* 1m 22% │
│ │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ ✓ you allowed release: npm publish --access public │ 5 ? release 8% │
│ ✓ you answered sad-404: a hat │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ │╰ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │ │
├─ ✓ inbox clear ─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ │ and give the sad dog a hat▌ │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
1, then 1: two answers, two keys. after the last one the box goes, your draft comes back, and the divider says ✓ inbox clear for 2 s.

05approvals: yolo or auto

two modes for every agent, on the divider. yolo runs everything (the default). auto runs what's safe at once, has a small model check the rest, and asks you only when it's risky.

╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* on it: perf and dark-mode started. │ agents │
│ ▸ 6 messages between 3 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│ ╭──────────────────────────────────╮ │ │
│ │ you're in yolo: everything runs. │ │ │
│ │ ⇧⇥ changes it. │ │ │
│ ╰──────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴──────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ and give the sad dog a hat▌ │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* on it: perf and dark-mode started. │ agents │
│ ▸ 6 messages between 3 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · auto · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴──────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ and give the sad dog a hat▌ │
│ │ │
│ auto · safe calls run, risky ones ask you │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* on it: perf and dark-mode started. │ agents │
│ ▸ 6 messages between 3 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ $ installs the deps ✓ 3.1s │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ $ pushes sb/perf to origin checking… │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · auto · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴──────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ and give the sad dog a hat▌ │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* on it: perf and dark-mode started. │ agents │
│ ▸ 6 messages between 3 agents │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ─────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ │ ┃ │ │ │
│ │ ┃ ? perf wants to run 1 of 1 · 1m │ │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ │ ┃ $ git push origin main │ ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ │ ┃ │ │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ │ ┃ it pushes straight to main. this one always asks. │ │ │
│ │ ┃ │ │ │
│ │ ┃ 1 allow 3 no │ │ │
│ │ ┃ or type why not, ⏎ says no │ │ │
│ │ ┃ │ │ │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
├─ you → ? perf · your answer ────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ │ ▌ │
│ │ │
│ 1-3 answer ←→ choose ↑↓ other items esc back to your message │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
reads, edits in the repo, messages between agents and your saved rules never ask. a hard rule (main, secrets, a wipe) has no "always".

06inside an agent

⌥2 or a click on its row opens an agent. you see everything it did, and you can talk to it directly. esc brings you back to main.

╭─ bise :* · dims the borders to tokens.css ──────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ ✉ main → dark-mode │ agents │
│ dark mode for the settings page. tokens.css has the grays. │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 1 ✓ perf │
│ $ ▸ 4 commands · reads the theme files ✓ 1.2s │ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ ✉ dark-mode → main │ │
│ which gray for the borders? │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ✉ main → dark-mode ││ 2 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ the one in tokens.css, like everywhere else. │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ │ │
│ ± edit web/src/theme.ts ✓ +18 −2 ▸ │ inbox │
│ $ runs the visual tests ∿ 12s │ 1 ? sad-404 the dog: a h… │
│ │ │
├─ you → dark-mode · sonnet 5.5 · low · yolo · ψ · ≈∿~· ─────────┴──────────────────── 31k · 12% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ esc back to main @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
the header carries the agent's role line: what it's doing now, rewritten after each of its turns.

07tool calls: one row each

each command is one dim row: what the model says it's doing, in your language, and its state. a failure shows its first error line. a click opens one, ctrl+o opens them all.

╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ │ why is the hero so slow? ✓✓ │ agents │
│ │ 0 ∿ main :* 18s 9% │
│ $ installs the deps ✓ 3.1s │ │
│ ƒ reads the open issues on GitHub ∿ 12s │ │
│ $ runs the tests ✗ exit 1 · 0.8s │ │
│ FAIL signup.spec.ts › keeps the email after a re… │ │
│ $ ▸ 6 commands · weighs the hero image ✓ 3.2s │ │
│ │ │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴───────────────────── 23k · 9% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ │ why is the hero so slow? ✓✓ │ agents │
│ │ 0 ∿ main :* 18s 9% │
│ $ installs the deps ✓ 3.1s │ │
│ ƒ reads the open issues on GitHub ∿ 12s │ │
│ $ runs the tests ✗ exit 1 · 0.8s │ │
│ FAIL signup.spec.ts › keeps the email after a re… │ │
│ $ ▸ 6 commands · weighs the hero image ✓ 3.2s │ │
│ │ │
│ ╭─ $ weighs the hero image ✓ 0.1s ──────────────────────────╮ │ │
│ │ ls -la public/hero.png │ │ │
│ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │
│ │ -rw-r--r-- 1 gab staff 4.2M hero.png │ │ │
│ ╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
│ │ │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴───────────────────── 23k · 9% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ what's on your mind? │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
$ bash, ƒ TypeScript. done is dim, never green. 4 done calls in a run fold into ▸ n commands.

08/models: which model does what

every role picks a provider, then a model, then how hard it thinks. what works comes first; a step with one choice is skipped; esc goes back one step.

which model does what?
each role picks a provider, then a model. one provider can serve several.
› main Mistral mistral-large-latest · high
agents same as main · Mistral · mistral-large-latest
small jobs auto · Mistral · ministral-8b-latest
checker auto · Mistral · mistral-small-latest
voice Mistral voxtral-mini-latest
↑↓ choose · enter change · esc back
agents: which provider?
now: same as main · Mistral · mistral-large-latest
› same as main Mistral · mistral-large-latest
Mistral ✓ ready · main, small jobs use it
Anthropic ✓ ready
OpenAI not set up
more providers…
agents · Anthropic: which model?
type to filter, or a model id that isn't listed.
› son▌
› claude-sonnet-5-5 recommended
claude-sonnet-4-6
which model does what?
each role picks a provider, then a model. one provider can serve several.
main Mistral mistral-large-latest · high
› agents Anthropic claude-sonnet-5-5 · medium ✓
small jobs auto · Mistral · ministral-8b-latest
checker auto · Mistral · mistral-small-latest
voice Mistral voxtral-mini-latest
full screen, in place of the thread. /provider holds the keys; /model is the quick list for the agent in view.

09worktrees and pull requests

agents share your folder; one that needs isolation gets a worktree, and several agents can share one. each worktree is a small box: git lives in its border (ψ, the branch, the PR's ↑), agents live in rows. main says what GitHub said, once, in words.

╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* dark-mode opened #412: dark mode with tokens.css. │ agents │
│ ▸ 2 messages from GitHub │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ :* alice asked for changes on #412: the toggle's │ │
│ contrast, a test, a name. dark-mode is on them. │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 1 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ :* #415's checks fail on the login test │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ (e2e/login.spec.ts:42). login-fix is on it. │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/login-fix ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ✓ perf's #401 merged · perf archived, its worktree removed │╰ 2 ∿ login-fix 5m 9% │
│ │ │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ─────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │╭─ ψ sb/sad-404 ──────────── ↑ ─│
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 · #409 is approved, checks pass. merge it? 1m │ │╰ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/emoji-csv ──────────────│
│ │╰ 6 ∿ emoji-csv 2m 14% │
│ │ │
│ │ inbox │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 #409 is approv… │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· ───────────────────┴──────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ ship the sad dog once it's merged▌ │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands ctrl+1 inbox │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ────────────────── ~/acme · lands via PRs · ≈∿~ 5 working · ↑ 3 PRs · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* dark-mode opened #412: dark mode with tokens.css. │ agents │
│ ▸ 2 messages from GitHub │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 working │
│ │ 5 ○ release idle │
│ :* alice asked for changes on #412: the toggle's │ │
│ contrast, a test, a name. dark-mode is on them. │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ───── ↑ #412 ─│
│ ││ changes asked · checks pass │
│ :* #415's checks fail on the login test ││ 1 ∿ dark-mode working │
│ (e2e/login.spec.ts:42). login-fix is on it. │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • working │
│ │ │
│ ✓ perf's #401 merged · perf archived, its worktree removed │╭─ ψ sb/login-fix ───── ↑ #415 ─│
│ ││ checks fail · login.spec.ts │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ─────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │╰ 2 ∿ login-fix working │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 · #409 is approved, checks pass. merge it? 1m │ │ │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │╭─ ψ sb/sad-404 ─────── ↑ #409 ─│
│ ││ approved · checks pass │
│ │╰ 3 ? sad-404 asks you │
│ │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/emoji-csv ──────────────│
│ ││ no PR yet · 2 commits │
│ │╰ 6 ∿ emoji-csv working │
│ │ │
│ │ inbox │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 #409 is approv… │
├─ you → main · opus 5.5 · high · yolo · ≈∿~· working · 1m ──────┴────── 58k / 262k tokens · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ ship the sad dog once it's merged▌ │
│ │ │
│ ctrl+c interrupt ctrl+f find ctrl+1 open an inbox item ctrl+s find agent │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬──── ~/acme · # 1 in the inbox ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* dark-mode opened #412: dark mode with tokens.css. │ agents │
│ ▸ 2 messages from GitHub │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ :* alice asked for changes on #412: the toggle's │ │
│ contrast, a test, a name. dark-mode is on them. │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 1 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ :* #415's checks fail on the login test │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ (e2e/login.spec.ts:42). login-fix is on it. │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/login-fix ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ✓ perf's #401 merged · perf archived, its worktree removed │╰ 2 ∿ login-fix 5m 9% │
│ │ │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ─────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │╭─ ψ sb/sad-404 ──────────── ↑ ─│
│ │ ┃ │ │╰ 3 ? sad-404 18% │
│ │ ┃ ? sad-404's PR is ready 1 of 1 · 1m │ │ │
│ │ ┃ #409 · the sad 404 gets a dog in a hat │ │╭─ ψ sb/emoji-csv ──────────────│
│ │ ┃ │ │╰ 6 ∿ emoji-csv 2m 14% │
│ │ ┃ alice approved it, the checks pass. │ │ │
│ │ ┃ it merges with your gh login, squash. │ │ inbox │
│ │ ┃ │ │ 1 ? sad-404 #409 is approv… │
│ │ ┃ 1 merge it 2 not yet │ │ │
│ │ ┃ │ │ │
│ ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │ │
├─ you → ? sad-404 · your answer ─────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ │ ▌ │
│ │ │
│ 1-3 answer ←→ choose ↑↓ other items esc back to your message │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ bise :* ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────── ~/acme ─╮
│ │ │
│ :* dark-mode opened #412: dark mode with tokens.css. │ agents │
│ ▸ 2 messages from GitHub │ 0 ∿ main :* @ 2 1m 22% │
│ │ 5 ○ release 8% │
│ :* alice asked for changes on #412: the toggle's │ │
│ contrast, a test, a name. dark-mode is on them. │╭─ ψ sb/dark-mode ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ││ 1 ∿ dark-mode 3m 12% │
│ :* #415's checks fail on the login test │╰ 4 ∿ i18n • 42s 31% │
│ (e2e/login.spec.ts:42). login-fix is on it. │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/login-fix ────────── ↑ ─│
│ ✓ perf's #401 merged · perf archived, its worktree removed │╰ 2 ∿ login-fix 5m 9% │
│ ✓ sad-404's #409 merged · sad-404 archived, worktree removed │ │
│ │╭─ ψ sb/emoji-csv ──────────────│
│ │╰ 6 ∿ emoji-csv 2m 14% │
├─ ✓ inbox clear ─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┤
│ │ │
│ │ ship the sad dog once it's merged▌ │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
↑ is dim while nothing is yours to do, red when checks fail, pink only when an inbox item asks you (ready to merge). no agent ever merges. being built now (docs/pr-design.md §4.1).

10a narrow terminal

under 90 columns the panel goes. the header keeps the short counts, ⌥ + a number still opens an agent, and the inbox keeps its box.

╭─ bise :* ──────────────────────────────────────────── ∿ 3 · ? 1 · ✓ 1 · # 1 ─╮
│ │
│ │ signup is slow on mobile. and the 404 is sad ✓✓ │
│ │
│ :* on it: perf, dark-mode and sad-404 started. │
│ ▸ 9 messages between 4 agents │
│ │
│ ✉ dark-mode → main │
│ which gray for the borders? │
│ :* i answered dark-mode: the gray in tokens.css. │
│ │
│ $ runs the signup benchmark ✓ 4.2s │
│ ✓ perf is done · signup 4.1 s → 0.9 s │
│ │
│ ╭─ inbox · 1 waiting for you ──────────────────────────────── ctrl+1 open ─╮ │
│ │ 1 ? sad-404 · the dog: a hat, or a scarf? 4m │ │
│ ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │
├─ you → main · opus·hi · yolo · ≈∿~ ────────────────────────────── 58k · 22% ─┤
│ │ │
│ │ and give the sad dog a hat▌ │
│ │ │
│ @ file $ skills / commands ctrl+1 inbox │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
short on room, things go in a written order: the long context, the context, the branch, then opus 5.5 · high becomes opus·hi. the mode goes last.