Board

Home is a tabbed board: desk · projects · threads. Tabs show only at home (1 / 2 / 3). P opens the project picker from the keyboard.

Tabs

• desk: IN MOTION is every started task, from any project. ON DECK is desk work that is ready, blocked, or review. Thread headers sit above those open desk tasks.
• projects: one collapsible group per project. Single-click a header to collapse it. Double-click a header to focus that project. Inside a group: started, then review, blocked, ready.
• threads: thread names across projects, with collapsible project sub-groups under each name. Same status order.

Project focus (P → a project) hides the tabs and paints the project name chip on the right (P ▾). At home the chip is hidden. Collapse state is session-only. It does not persist.

Each persisted row begins with a dim store-global identifier such as T30. Click the identifier to copy it. Age and project remain trailing meta when shown.

Sections

One urgency-ordered list. Sections are computed, not navigated.

• IN MOTION: work you have started
• ON DECK when you are on a project board: that project’s ready, blocked, and review tasks, with thread headers above their open rows
• z opens the done drawer

Thread headers on a scoped deck show #name and an open count. They take a list row of space. They are not selectable and clicks do not land on them.

Unthreaded tasks list after thread groups in the same deck.

Human status

ready · started · blocked · review · done

Human status is the source of truth. Completing every step does not complete the task. Agents do not auto-complete work.

ctrl+s starts a ready task, or reopens a done one. ctrl+d marks done. ctrl+o reopens. ctrl+b toggles blocked. review is set from the command palette (: → set status: review), not from a dedicated letter.

Wide stage slider

At 110 usable columns or wider the board is a four-stage slider. Focus and geometry are the same thing:

Stage	Left	Right	Focus
0	board, full width	none	board
A	board, 40%	task page	board
G	dim rail, 32 columns	task page	task
F	none	task page, full width	task

One dim │ rule separates the columns. There is no box and no colour: the task header rule (T12 title ──── started · tsk) is dim in A and bold in G and F, and its right slot reads editing <field> or unsaved when that applies. One footer spans the frame: the rule, the status row with a dim stage crumb on the right, and the verb bar for whichever side owns focus. The session opens in stage 0; the stage is never saved.

→ and ← slide the stage. Enter opens F and remembers where it came from; Esc returns there. Changing the selection in A retargets the pane, with no peek. Click a board row to select it in place; click a rail row to select it and move focus back to the board; double-click to open F. Click inside the stage A task column to move to G and run the control you clicked. Below 110 columns the stage is kept: 0 and A show the board, G and F show the page, and growing back restores the same view.

Peek and mouse

Below 110 columns, → peeks notes under the selected row (up to five wrapped lines). ← closes the peek.

Below 110 columns, click a dim task identifier to copy it, click elsewhere on a row to peek, and click the same row again to close. At wide widths a board or rail row click selects it in place and a fast double-click opens the task page. The wheel scrolls the list.

Pane size

Pane	What you get
at least 110 columns	wide stage slider: board, board beside page, rail beside page, or page
at least 78×24 and below 110 columns	standard single-pane board: section headers, row meta, full verb legend
smaller	compact: glyph, T identifier, and title; help, palette, and the task page take the full pane
down to 40×10	still operable

A typical herdr split is 78 columns, which is the standard board.

Palette and help

: opens a searchable command palette. Type to filter. q is a query character here, not quit. Leave with Esc.

Mutating keys always use Ctrl. Legacy verb_modifier: "alt" settings are read as Ctrl.

? opens the help card. Any key closes it.