The main window

The Admiral window has five parts. Each part has one job.

Sidebar

The sidebar lists your projects and the sessions in them. Each session row shows its name, its project, and a status dot.

• Use the device switcher at the top to work with projects that live on another one of your machines.
• Right-click a session row to rename, archive, or delete it. Archived sessions are out of the list but not gone; find them in Settings.
• Step between sessions with Ctrl+Tab. See Keyboard shortcuts.

Transcript

The transcript shows one session: the agent's replies, the tools it used, and the files it changed. Tool details start folded, so the conversation stays readable. A minimap on the right shows where you are in a long transcript.

Composer

The composer is where you type. It has pickers for the agent, model, repository, and branch, and it accepts image attachments.

• Send delivers your text to the agent now.
• Queue holds your text until the agent can take it.
• Stop interrupts the agent.

Your draft is saved per session until you send it.

Changes pane

The changes pane on the right shows the files the agent changed on its branch. Read the diff file by file, with added and removed lines. See Review changes.

Terminal drawer

Open the terminal drawer at the bottom of the window to run commands yourself. Terminals are scoped to the open session. See Use terminals.

Status colors

Admiral uses four signal colors, the same four on every surface:

Idle sessions show no color. See Session states.

Next steps

• Start a session: run your first real task.
• Where your data lives: what stays on your machine.