Switch and search conversations

Vera keeps conversations separately so you can move between tasks without mixing their history. You can read saved work, resume it, or leave one conversation running while you open another.

Resume a conversation

A · Chart the route to the island

>chart the route to the island

Reading src/map.ts for the reef markers.

Two routes miss the reef. The north one is shorter.

>take the north route

Updating the route in src/map.ts.

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Type /resume. Ctrl+E does the same.

The picker lists your conversations.

Choose a conversation.

The highlight moves to the next one.

B opens in place of A.

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Run /resume, choose a conversation, and press Enter. If you are leaving a live conversation, choose what happens to it:

Space on a highlighted conversation opens a preview and does not switch. Escape closes the preview.

A · Chart the route to the islandworking

>chart the route to the island

Reading src/map.ts for the reef markers.

Two routes miss the reef. The north one is shorter.

>take the north route

Updating the route in src/map.ts.

>

While A is working, type /resume.

The picker lists your conversations.

Choose conversation B.

The highlight moves to B.

A is still working, so Vera asks what happens to it.

To keep A running, choose Switch, keep running.

B opens. A keeps working in the background.

Back in A, still working, without opening the picker.

And over to B again. These keys cycle through every live conversation.

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From Home or a saved-file view, Enter opens the selected conversation directly. Ctrl+E opens the same picker as /resume.

See what is running

Press Ctrl+X, then B, or run /sidebar, to show a sidebar of running conversations and what each is doing: waiting for you, working, or idle. Do the same again to hide it. A ● in place of its status marks the conversation on screen. The sidebar only shows status; open a conversation with /resume, Ctrl+E, or Ctrl+Shift+Left and Right, which its footer lists. Drag its right edge to change its width; Vera remembers the width. To show it whenever Vera starts, set tui.sidebar.open_at_launch to true in config.json.

Search for past work

Type a query, select a result, and press Enter to open the conversation at that entry. Home has no current conversation, so use Ctrl+Shift+F there.

Narrow or widen results

Tab moves between the query, filter control, and results. Open the filter with Enter or Space to choose all content, messages, tools, or files.

Within search, Ctrl+W cycles through this conversation, this workspace, and everywhere. The same key outside search has a different action.

Visit delegated work

/subagents lists asynchronous child conversations. Select one to open it while the parent keeps running. Use /parent to return to the parent, or /back to return to the previously viewed conversation. These view changes do not stop work.

Elsewhere a child conversation’s name starts with sub:: in the window title, the conversation rail, /resume, and the jump menu.

A blocking delegated task is part of the parent’s active turn. It shows as Delegating and does not leave an openable child in this list.

For two visible conversation panes, Ctrl+G changes focus and Ctrl+\ cycles between split and single-pane layouts. See BTW and Pair.

Copy conversation text

Drag over transcript text or your draft. Vera copies the selection immediately and reports the character count. Copying a draft does not change it.

In the transcript, double-click a word or triple-click a line to select and copy it. A triple-click takes the whole line, even when it wraps.