Features overview
Everything the bridge and the web client can do, in one place. Each area links to its guide.
Chat & sessions
| Feature |
What it does |
Guide |
| Multi-session tabs |
Several concurrent sessions in browser-style tabs; terminals and file previews can sit in the same tab strip |
Sessions & tabs |
| AI engines |
Pick Claude Code or OpenAI Codex per session — per-engine models, permission vocabularies, effort scales, defaults, and in-app CLI login |
AI engines |
| Session setup panel |
One-tap engine / model / permissions / effort / account pills on every fresh session, gone after the first message |
AI engines |
| Streaming chat |
Live-rendered markdown, collapsible tool and thinking blocks, syntax highlighting, per-block line-wrap toggle, clickable file references |
Sessions & tabs |
| Per-turn summary bar |
Context usage, token delta, files changed, tools used, duration, cost, and model after every turn |
Sessions & tabs |
| Reconnect & resume |
Claude keeps running when the tab disconnects; page refresh reattaches; resume any session in the CLI with claude --resume |
Sessions & tabs |
| Quick switcher & command palette |
Fuzzy-jump between sessions, files, and actions from the keyboard |
Sessions & tabs |
| Welcome screen |
Recent-session cards with journal metadata, session families, search, favorites, CLI session import |
Welcome screen |
| Session forks & threads |
Fork a session, clone it, or graduate a discussion thread into a full tab |
Sessions & tabs |
| Feature |
What it does |
Guide |
| Pickers |
@ files, # snippets & agents, / commands, $ skills — all from the chat input |
Writing prompts & commands |
| Slash commands |
Built-ins plus your own prompt-template and shell-template commands |
Slash & bang commands |
| Bang commands |
!git status runs locally, shows as a tool block, and rides along as context for your next prompt |
Slash & bang commands |
| Draft autosave |
In-progress messages persist per session across refreshes |
Writing prompts & commands |
| Uploads & annotation |
Paste/drag images and files; draw markers, arrows, and text on screenshots before sending |
Images & annotation |
| Permission modes |
Plan / Ask / Don't Ask / Accept Edits / Auto / YOLO, per session — Codex sessions get sandbox tiers instead |
Permission modes & thinking |
| Thinking & effort |
Extended-thinking budgets and effort cycling, per session |
Permission modes & thinking |
| Feature |
What it does |
Guide |
| Terminal |
Real PTY (xterm.js), persistent, floating or docked, mobile keyboard bar and touch d-pad |
Embedded terminal |
| File explorer & preview |
Tree/list/search/bookmarks views; preview with editing (CodeMirror), markdown quick-edit, CSV, images, Excalidraw, Vega-Lite charts |
Files, preview & editing |
| Search in files |
Project-wide content search (ripgrep-backed, VS Code-style) — regex, globs, click-through to the exact line |
Files, preview & editing |
| Browser widget |
Renders local HTML or proxies external URLs in a sandboxed iframe |
Files, preview & editing |
| Git widget & diff viewer |
Status, history, side-by-side diffs, compare wizard, review workflow |
Git & diff viewer |
| Skills / commands / agents / plugins / snippets managers |
Browse and edit Claude Code artifacts from the UI |
Skills, commands, agents & plugins |
| Zen mode |
OLED focus overlay with Chat, Map, Review, and Act views (experimental) |
Zen mode |
History & analytics
| Feature |
What it does |
Guide |
| Shadow Git auto-journal |
Every turn committed to a parallel git repo with a Haiku-generated structured summary |
Shadow Git journal |
| Journal explorer |
Timeline, per-file history, tags, decisions, problems, learnings — your development archaeology |
Shadow Git journal |
| Undo & restore |
Roll back a turn's file changes or restore any file from any past turn |
Shadow Git journal |
| Cost analytics |
Spend per project, session, model, and tool, with daily trends |
Cost analytics & prompt history |
| Prompt explorer |
Search every prompt across all sessions and projects; favorites; re-run anywhere |
Cost analytics & prompt history |
| Turn database |
Every turn recorded in DuckDB; read-only SQL endpoint for your own queries |
HTTP & WebSocket API |
Collaboration with Claude
| Feature |
What it does |
Guide |
| PWA |
Installable on iPadOS, iOS, Android, and desktop; offline fallback; per-instance icons |
iPad & mobile |
| Touch UX |
Swipe tab switching, long-press menus, selection bubbles, keyboard extension bar |
iPad & mobile |
| Customization |
Layout density, font size, shortcuts editor, quick-actions radial menu, tool collapse modes |
Customization |
| Keyboard-first |
Nearly everything has a shortcut; press ? in the app for live help |
Keyboard shortcuts |
| Multi-instance |
Named instances with accent colors (DEV/STABLE/…), serve profiles with fully isolated state, docker sandbox profiles |
Server CLI & environment |
| Auth |
Single-password gate with cookie, query-token, and bearer paths |
First run & login |