TUI Commands

Global Keybindings

Key	Action
Ctrl+C	Cancel active agent (in chat) or Quit (press twice)
Ctrl+X	Quit Tandem TUI
Ctrl+N	Start a New Agent session
Ctrl+W	Close the Active Agent
Ctrl+U	Page Up
Ctrl+D	Page Down

Main Menu

Key	Action
q	Quit
n	Create New Session
j / Down	Next Session
k / Up	Previous Session
Enter	Select Session

Chat Mode

Key	Action
Esc	Initial “back” or dismiss
Enter	Submit command / Send message
Shift+Enter / Alt+Enter	Insert Newline
Tab	Switch to Next Agent
BackTab	Switch to Previous Agent
Alt+1..9	Select Agent by Number
Alt+M	Cycle mode
Alt+G	Toggle UI Mode
Alt+R	Open Request Center
Alt+S	Start Demo Stream (dev)
Alt+B	Spawn Background Demo (dev)
[ / ]	Navigate Grid Pages
Up / Down	Scroll History
F1	Open help modal
F2	Open docs

Slash Commands

Type / in the chat input to see autocomplete.

• /help: Show available commands
• /engine: Check engine status / restart
• /sessions: List all sessions
• /new: Create new session
• /agent: Manage in-chat agents
• /use: Switch to session by ID
• /title: Rename current session
• /prompt: Send prompt to session
• /cancel: Cancel current operation
• /last_error: Show last prompt/system error
• /messages: Show message history
• /modes: List available modes
• /mode: Set or show current mode
• /providers: List available providers
• /provider: Set current provider
• /models: List models for provider
• /model: Set current model
• /keys: Show configured API keys
• /key: Manage provider API keys
• /approve: Approve a pending request
• /deny: Deny a pending request
• /answer: Answer a question (from a tool)
• /requests: Open pending request center
• /routines: List scheduled routines
• /routine_create: Create interval routine
• /routine_edit: Edit routine interval
• /routine_pause: Pause a routine
• /routine_resume: Resume a routine
• /routine_run_now: Trigger a routine now
• /routine_delete: Delete a routine
• /routine_history: Show routine execution history
• /missions: List engine missions
• /mission_create: Create an engine mission
• /mission_get: Get mission details
• /mission_event: Apply mission event JSON
• /mission_start: Apply mission started event
• /mission_review_ok: Approve review gate
• /mission_test_ok: Approve test gate
• /mission_review_no: Deny review gate
• /config: Show configuration

Practical TUI Flows

Set Provider and Model

/providers
/provider openrouter
/models
/model openai/gpt-4o-mini

Fast Session Management

/new
/title Engine API smoke test
/sessions
/use <session-id>

Handle Pending Requests

/requests
/approve <request-id>
/deny <request-id>
/answer <question-id> "continue"

Mission Workflow

/missions
/mission_create {"title":"Release prep","goal":"Ship v0.3.0","work_items":[{"title":"Finalize docs"}]}
/mission_get <mission-id>
/mission_start <mission-id> <work-item-id> run-demo-1
/mission_review_ok <mission-id> <work-item-id>
/mission_test_ok <mission-id> <work-item-id>

Routine Workflow

/routines
/routine_create {"routine_id":"nightly-summary","name":"Nightly Summary","schedule":{"interval_seconds":{"seconds":86400}},"entrypoint":"mission.default"}
/routine_run_now nightly-summary
/routine_history nightly-summary
/routine_pause nightly-summary
/routine_resume nightly-summary