User Guide AI Chat

AI Chat

An AI assistant sidebar that you can open alongside any terminal session.

Opening the Sidebar

Click the AI button in the session toolbar (or press the configured hotkey). The sidebar slides in without resizing the terminal pane.

Supported Providers

Provider	Models available
Anthropic Claude	claude-opus-4-8, claude-sonnet-4-6, claude-haiku-4-5, and others
OpenAI	gpt-4o, gpt-4o-mini, and others
Google Gemini	gemini-2.0-flash, gemini-1.5-pro, and others

Configure API keys and default model in Settings → AI.

Tool Calling

The AI can call tools to help you:

Tool	What it does
exec_command	Runs a shell command on the active session and returns the output
read_file	Reads a remote file via SFTP
list_directory	Lists a remote directory

Tool calls are shown inline in the conversation with the command and output.

Tips

• Paste error output into the chat and ask "what does this mean?"
• Ask "how do I restart nginx on this system?" — the AI can exec the command for you.
• Use the model selector in the sidebar header to switch models mid-conversation.

Related Pages

• Settings — configure API keys and default model
• Terminal — the AI sidebar is opened from the terminal toolbar