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Interactive use

Terminal keyboard shortcuts

Every glob-tui key, including navigation, record actions, search, API keys and modal prompts.

The keys below apply to the terminal interface. Letter case matters: lowercase s syncs, while uppercase S searches or saves a generated prompt. The footer shows the keys for the visible pane. Press ? for help; any key closes the help box without also performing its usual action.

Key Action
Left or h Focus the sidebar while record detail is closed.
Right or l Focus the main pane while record detail is closed.
Tab Switch focus between sidebar and main pane.
Up or k Move up in the focused pane; scroll up in record detail, Ask Glob or Prompt Architect.
Down or j Move down in the focused pane; scroll down in record detail, Ask Glob or Prompt Architect.
Page Up Move or scroll upward by a larger step.
Page Down Move or scroll downward by a larger step.
Enter in the sidebar Open the selected channel's main pane and close Global Search.
Enter in a record list Open the selected record.
Enter in Settings Run the selected action.
Esc in detail Return through the link history, then to the list.
Esc in Global Search Close Global Search once detail is closed.
Esc with a list filter Clear the filter once detail and Global Search are closed.
r Refresh client information and the underlying list; in API Keys, refresh the key list.
? Open help.
q Quit while navigating.
Ctrl-C Exit the interface.

Selection stops at the first or last row. A terminal resize redraws the screen. Detail scrolling takes priority over movement in either pane, so close detail with Esc before choosing another channel.

Notes, tasks and nodes

Key Action
i in All Notes Capture text as a note title.
i in Tasks Add a task.
i in Node Create in the current view, using its notes/tasks choice.
d Complete or reopen the selected record as a task. On a note, this makes it a task. Works in detail too.
p Pin the selected record or open record.
# Replace the selected record's tags; separate tags with spaces or commas.
x or Delete Request deletion from a record list, then confirm.
t in Node Toggle its notes/tasks listing.
0 in Node Switch to the root node view.
n in detail Select the next link, wrapping to the first after the last.
g or Enter in detail Follow the selected link.

Pinned records must be created elsewhere. Pinning has no unpin key. There is no TUI body editor, task-time control or link-creation control. The record and node commands cover those available actions.

Search and AI

Key Action
/ in a record list Enter a filter for the fetched list.
/ in Global Search or an unavailable channel Enter a store-search query.
S outside Prompt Architect Enter a store-search query. Start from a record channel to browse the results.
i or Enter in Ask Glob Enter a question, when no answer is pending.
i or Enter in Prompt Architect Enter a rough goal, when no result is pending.
S in Prompt Architect Capture the generated prompt as a note.
Up/Down, k/j, Page Up/Page Down Scroll the AI answer or prompt while the main pane has focus.

Global Search blocks capture and deletion. Its selected records still support p, d and #. In Prompt Architect, uppercase S retains its save action unless Global Search is already open.

Account, sync and keys

Key Action
L Open login or switch account.
s Run one sync on Linux, asking for a missing passphrase.
i in API Keys Create a key, or open login when signed out.
R in API Keys Request rotation of the selected key, then confirm.
x or Delete in API Keys Request revocation of the selected key, then confirm.
r in API Keys Refresh keys.
Esc in a key display Dismiss the new API token or sync recovery key after the short keypress guard.

Copy or write down a newly displayed key before dismissing it. Other navigation keys do nothing while a key is displayed. Login and API key wait states also ignore normal keys until their operation returns.

Input and confirmation

Key Action
Printable ASCII characters Append to the input line.
Backspace Remove its final character.
Enter Submit the text and continue the current flow.
Esc Cancel the text prompt.
y or Y at a confirmation Perform the requested action.
Any other key at a confirmation Cancel it.

Passwords and sync passphrases appear as asterisks. While entering text, letters such as q, s and L are text, not shortcuts. Use Esc to cancel first. Empty API key labels and agent nicknames are rejected. Scope accepts readonly or readwrite; an empty scope submission uses readonly.