Talk to your agent
Send messages, read replies without the clutter, copy an answer, and re-run from an earlier point.
The conversation is where you and the agent work together: your messages on one side, its replies on the other, and the message box at the bottom.
Send a message#
Click in the message box at the bottom of the session.
Type what you want. Press Shift plus Enter⇧EnterShift plus EnterShiftEnter for a new line.
Press EnterEnterEnterEnter to send.
To send with Command plus Enter⌘EnterCtrl plus EnterCtrlEnter instead, so a plain EnterEnterEnterEnter makes a new line, change Submit Key.
When you type a list line (starting with - or 1.) and start a new line, the next marker is added for you. Press it again on an empty item to end the list. Auto-continue lists turns this off.
Read a reply without the clutter#
Each reply shows the agent's answer in full. The steps it took to get there (files it read, commands it ran) fold into one activity row above the answer, with a count such as "5 tool calls". Click the row to see the steps; click again to fold them.
Once a turn is done, its activity row also shows how long the turn took.
To fold away the agent's in-between notes too, turn on Show only the final message in Settings > Optional Features. Each session then marks where its final answer starts, and you see just that answer, with the work before it in the activity row. A reply without the mark shows as usual. It is off at first.
Replies can hold headings, lists, tables, code with a copy button, diagrams and math.
Yardmaster also hides its own housekeeping rows, such as the "please continue" messages it sends for you. To see them in one session, open its menu (the three dots) and choose More > Filter Messages > Show system messages.
Copy an answer#
Hover a reply and open its three-dot menu:
Copy Markdown copies the answer as plain text you can paste anywhere.
Copy Formatted keeps headings, bold and lists for Word, email or Google Docs.
Copy everything copies the whole turn, with every step and the answer.
Re-run from an earlier point#
To reword a message you sent, or try a different direction, hover the message and choose Edit & re-run from here (on your message) or Re-run from here (on a reply) from its three-dot menu. Change or type the message and start it.
Yardmaster starts a new session that already knows the conversation up to that point. The original session stays exactly as it was.
Move around a long conversation#
When you scroll up, the view stops following new output until you come back down. The arrows at the bottom right move through the thread: the down arrow jumps to the latest message, the up arrow steps back one message.
From the keyboard, Shift plus Up arrow⇧↑Shift plus Up arrowShift↑ and Shift plus Down arrow⇧↓Shift plus Down arrowShift↓ step between messages, and Command plus Home⌘HomeCtrl plus HomeCtrlHome and Command plus End⌘EndCtrl plus EndCtrlEnd jump to the start or the end.
Send a saved reply#
Quick replies are messages you send often, like "yes, go ahead". Press Option plus S⌥SAlt plus SAltS to pick one, or press Option plus Z⌥ZAlt plus ZAltZ (the lightning bolt in the toolbar) to send your one-click reply. See Quick Replies.
Open files the agent mentions. Click a file or folder name in a reply to open it. If it is outside your project, Yardmaster asks first: Open this once or Always allow this folder.
Typing in a very long session. Fast typing (isolated composer) (on at first) keeps typing smooth in sessions with thousands of messages.
Side questions. To ask something without changing what the agent is doing, use an aside.
Attachments. To add files and pictures, see Attach files and images.
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