Task View and Full Chat

The session screen opens on the task, not the chat transcript. The task view answers four questions at a glance: what the agent is doing, what changed, whether it needs you, and whether the work held up.

TASK ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Add retry logic to the API client
  ● executing · opus-5 → haiku-4.5 · 4 files +82 −11 · 38% context

PLAN ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ✓ 1. Add the retry helper                 src/retry.ts
  ● 2. Wire it into the client             src/client.ts
  ○ 3. Cover it with tests            test/retry.test.ts

EXECUTION ────────────────────────────────────────────
  ✓ Analyzing code                                 2.1s
  ✓ Editing 4 files                                8.4s
  ● Running tests

VERIFICATION ─────────────────────────────────────────
  ✓ bun run typecheck                              1.2s
  ✗ bun test                                     failed
  ⚠ summary does not match the diff (1)

Runs of tool calls collapse into the states worth reading. Dozens of reads become one "Analyzing code" line. Nothing is lost: the full transcript is one keystroke away.

Sections appear only when they have something to say. NEEDS YOU is pinned directly under the header whenever a permission request or question is waiting, so a blocked session is never buried. VERIFICATION shows the real result of your project's own commands, and a check that could not run is reported as not run rather than counted as a pass. The choice of view persists between runs.

Switching views

Defaults come from packages/tui/src/config/keybind.ts:

• view_toggle default: ctrl+l,ctrl+o,<leader>v
• leader default: ctrl+x

So:

• Press ctrl+l to switch between the task view and the full chat. One key, no leader.
• ctrl+o, or ctrl+x then v, does the same.

The command palette entry reads "Show full chat" when on the task view and "Show task view" when on the full chat.

Leader-key shortcuts

The leader key defaults to ctrl+x. Most actions need the leader first, then the second key. Defaults from packages/tui/src/config/keybind.ts:

Keys	Command name	Action
ctrl+l, ctrl+o, or ctrl+x then v	session.view.toggle	Switch task view and full chat
ctrl+x then o	mission.control	Open Mission Control
ctrl+x then d	diff.open	Open diff viewer to review changes
ctrl+x then b	session.sidebar.toggle	Toggle sidebar
ctrl+p	command.palette.show	Command palette (no leader)
tab / shift+tab	agent.cycle	Next / previous agent
ctrl+x then n	session.new	Create a new session
ctrl+x then l	session.list	List all sessions
ctrl+x then m	model.list	List available models
ctrl+x then a	agent.list	List agents
ctrl+t	variant.cycle	Cycle model variants (no leader)
ctrl+x then c	session.compact	Compact the session
ctrl+x then e	prompt.editor	Open external editor
ctrl+x then x	session.export	Export session to editor
ctrl+x then q	session.queued_prompts	Manage queued prompts (also exits: ctrl+c, ctrl+d)
ctrl+x then u	session.undo	Undo message
ctrl+x then r	session.redo	Redo message
ctrl+x then t	theme.switch	List available themes
ctrl+x then s	opencode.status	View status
ctrl+x then g	session.timeline	Show session timeline
ctrl+x then i	session.blocked.next	Jump to the next blocked session
ctrl+x then h	tips.toggle	Toggle tips on home screen (also session.toggle.conceal in sessions)
ctrl+x then y	messages.copy	Copy message
ctrl+x then 1 to 9	session.quick_switch.N	Switch to session in quick slot N
ctrl+r	session.rename	Rename session (no leader)
escape	session.interrupt	Interrupt current session (no leader)

Set "leader": "none" to disable the leader key, or rebind any name under keybinds in tui.json. keybinds is merged with built-in defaults, so only list what you change.