Tour of the App
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Tour of the App

Where everything lives, what each part is for, and how to find any feature in seconds. Read it once and the app will feel familiar.

The five-second version

Chats live on the left. The model and Settings are top-right. You type at the bottom. Anything else — press Ctrl+K.

The main window

Everything happens in one window. Here is the layout, with each area numbered.

WindOp
Search chats…

Pinned

Fix login redirect

Weekly report

Folders

▸ Website

▸ Research

Fix login redirect
Model ▾⚙
The login page loops back to itself after signing in. Can you find why?
Thought · 42 words

search_files · “redirect” in src/

3 matches · 0.2s

Found it — the middleware redirects to /login even when a session exists…
Working · 2 toolsContext 38%
Message WindOp…📎★Send

Illustrative layout — your theme, model names, and chats will differ.

  1. 1

    Chat history sidebar

    Every conversation, with search, pins, and folders. Toggle it from the header.

  2. 2

    Header

    Chat title, the model switcher (Ctrl+M), Workspace, and Settings.

  3. 3

    Conversation

    Messages stream in live. Reasoning, tool calls, and results appear in order.

  4. 4

    Run status & background work

    What the agent is doing right now, and any processes still running.

  5. 5

    Context bar

    How much of the model’s context this chat is using.

  6. 6

    Message box

    Type a request, attach files, pick a favorite prompt, or run in the background.

The WindOp main window on a fresh install: chat sidebar, header with model switcher, suggestion cards, favorite prompts, and the message box
The main window on a fresh install. Your theme, model, and chats will differ.

The chat sidebar

Your conversation library. Toggle it with the sidebar button at the top-left of the header (on small windows it slides over the chat).

Search

Type in Search chats… to filter by title as you type.

Pinned

Pin chats you return to often; they stay at the top. Unpin a chat before deleting it.

Folders

Give a folder a name, color, notes, a default model, and a default project. New chats in it inherit those.

Right-click menu

Rename, pin, move to a folder, remove from a folder, or delete.

At the top of the sidebar a small summary shows your Chats, Organized, Pinned, and Folders counts, so you can see how tidy your library is at a glance.

The header

  • Chat title — click to see or rename the current conversation.
  • Model switcher — the model powering this chat. Open it with Ctrl+M. Task-model shortcuts and search are inside.
  • Workspace — the project-wide dashboard (see below).
  • Settings — the gear, or Ctrl+,.

The message box

Where you talk to WindOp. Press Enter to send and Shift+Enter for a new line.

ControlWhat it does
AttachAdd files or a whole folder for WindOp to read
PastePasted clipboard content shows a preview first; remove it with the × if you don’t want it
Favorite promptsOne click to reuse a saved prompt (edit them in Settings → Personalization)
Run in backgroundLet a long task keep going while you use the app
Toggle AI featuresTurn AI helpers like Smart Prompt on or off for this message

Note

With Smart Prompt enabled in SettingsGeneral, vague messages can be clarified and shown as Original vs Enhanced before sending. Press Enter to confirm the rewrite.

Watching the agent work

WindOp shows its work instead of hiding it. As it runs you will see, in order:

You will seeWhat it means
ThoughtReasoning from thinking models, streamed live and collapsed when the answer completes. Shows a word count.
Tool cardsEach tool call (search, read file, run command…) with its result. Related calls are grouped into a summary you can expand.
File & terminal viewsFile edits appear as diffs; terminal output streams live.
Run statusA strip showing that the agent is working and what it is doing now, with a details panel and activity filters.
Background processesA bar listing servers or jobs still running, with Stop and Stop all.
Sub-agent activityWhen work is delegated, each sub-agent’s progress and usage is tracked separately.

The context bar

The Context Memory bar shows how full the model’s working memory is for this chat, including a conversation total and any sub-agent usage. Open the Context inspector for the model and route, the next-request estimate, the context limit, and the space reserved for the reply.

Nothing is lost when context is trimmed

Original history stays available. When older turns are compacted, the inspector records it, and omitted regions can be recovered.

Approvals

When WindOp wants to do something risky, it stops and asks. The dialog shows exactly what will run, where, and in which shell.

Approve command

Potentially destructive command

Command
Remove-Item .\build -Recurse -Force
Working directory
C:\Projects\my-app
Shell / tool
PowerShell · exec
DenyAllow onceAlways allow this exact command
  • Allow once approves this single run.
  • Always allow this exact command saves a permission for only that command, folder, and shell — never a whole tool. Give it a name if you like and revoke it later in SettingsSecurity.
  • Other actions, such as deleting files, use a general Action Required confirmation.

When WindOp controls your desktop, a small overlay appears with an End desktop session button so you can stop it instantly.

Notifications

Finished tasks and requests for your input collect in the Task notifications center, so you can leave long jobs running and come back. Use Clear read to tidy up, and turn native alerts on or off in SettingsGeneral.

The Workspace

Open it with Ctrl+Shift+W or the Workspace button. It is the bird’s-eye view across all your chats and projects; Back to Chat returns you.

← Back to ChatOverviewProjectsSkillsLibraryTasksKanbanIntegrations
The Workspace Overview tab with project, conversation, skill, MCP, doc source, and task counts plus quick actions
Workspace → Overview.
The Workspace Kanban board with Backlog, To Do, In Progress, and Review columns
Workspace → Kanban: plan work and dispatch it to agents.
TabUse it to
OverviewSee counts for projects, conversations, skills, connected MCP servers, doc sources, and active tasks — plus recent activity and quick actions (New Chat, Add Project, Create Skill, Add Doc Source).
ProjectsAdd and search project folders WindOp should know about.
SkillsBrowse skills by scope (Global, Project, Area) and source (WindOp, Hermes, OpenClaw); sort by name, priority, or tags.
LibraryManage your local documentation sources.
TasksSee scheduled and running tasks.
KanbanA board for planning work and dispatching it to agents.
IntegrationsSee your MCP servers with connection health, transport, and exposed tool counts.

The Overview also lists what is still in development, so you can see what is coming.

Get anywhere fast

Press Ctrl+K for the command palette. It searches four kinds of results: Conversations, Tools & Models, Navigation, and Settings. Press ? outside a text field to see every shortcut, or read Keyboard Shortcuts.

The Ctrl+K command palette listing conversations and navigation shortcuts
The command palette (Ctrl+K).

Settings explorer

Settings has 20 sections in four groups. Search below the same way you would in the app, then jump to the guide for that section.

Settings Overview showing connection status, default model, tools, and usage
Settings → Overview.
Settings General section with API and authentication, keyboard, and app behavior options
Settings → General: keys, shortcuts, and behavior.
Settings Security section with confirmation toggles and saved permissions
Settings → Security: confirmations and saved permissions.
Settings Usage section with cost totals and spending limits
Settings → Usage: what you spent, and limits.
Settings Appearance section with theme mode and theme gallery
Settings → Appearance: themes.

Tip

Settings saves automatically. The Settings sidebar has its own search and matches words like “api key” or “keyboard shortcut”.

“I want to…” cheat sheet

I want to…Go here
Change the AI modelCtrl+M or the model button in the header
Paste or change my API keySettingsGeneral
Start a fresh chatCtrl+N
Find an old conversationSidebar search, or Ctrl+K and type its title
Group chats into projectsFolders in the sidebar (each can carry a default model and project)
See what I have spentSettingsUsage
Set a spending limitSettingsUsage
Turn a tool offSettingsTools
Review commands I always allowedSettingsSecurity
Change how WindOp looksSettingsAppearance
Run something every morningSettingsScheduler
Free up disk spaceSettingsStorage
See my projects, skills, and tasks togetherThe Workspace (Ctrl+Shift+W)
Switch to WindOp credits (no key)SettingsAccount

What's next

Chat & Models

Choosing and switching models.

Configuration

Set up keys, limits, and defaults.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The full list.

Troubleshooting

When something looks wrong.

Something missing or out of date? Tell us on the community page.