Project Canvas and Chat

Move between the canvas, session tabs, terminal, files, and shortcuts without losing the thread of the work.

Jean's day-to-day workflow lives in two places: the project canvas and the chat window.

The canvas helps you choose and manage work. The chat window is where you execute it.

Project canvas

The project canvas is what you see when a project is selected but no workspace chat is active.

It gives you a rolled-up view of:

This is the best place to answer "what is already in flight for this repo?"

Jean groups active work with status cues such as:

That makes it easier to spot which sessions need your attention before you dive back into one of them.

When you open a base session or worktree, Jean switches into the chat window.

This is where you:

Jean's chat workflow is not limited to text.

Inside the workspace you can:

That keeps the talking part close to the checking part.

Press Cmd+K on macOS or Ctrl+K elsewhere to open the command palette.

It includes:

This is often the fastest way to move around once the workspace gets crowded.

Common defaults include: