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What the Chat page is

The main workspace dashboard includes the project’s primary chat surface.

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What it connects to

The chat page is not isolated from the rest of the workspace. It is tied into:
  • the current workspace
  • provider and model settings
  • project info and rules
  • tasks, feedback, app logs, and GitHub context
  • git actions and related UI around the current project

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Thread controls

The composer exposes the controls that shape a thread:
  • agent
  • provider and model
  • reasoning level
  • Fast Mode when supported by the selected model
  • context-window size and usage
  • permission mode
  • local project or new worktree execution
  • current branch, worktree base branch, and branch actions
Available choices depend on the provider and model. Some execution and provider choices become locked after a thread starts so its environment remains consistent.

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Slash commands

Type / in the composer to open grouped suggestions for:
  • actions
  • models
  • reasoning levels
  • runnable workspace commands
  • agents
  • skills
The available entries reflect the current workspace and provider capabilities.

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Side panels

The dashboard has a unified side-panel strip with draggable, closeable tabs for:
  • Review
  • multiple independent browser tabs
  • Files
  • Terminal
Use the panel controls to reorder tabs, expand the panel to fullscreen, collapse it again, and show chat alongside the fullscreen panel.

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Popout windows

Threads can open in native desktop popout windows. If the thread is already open in a popout, Aiola focuses that window instead of opening a duplicate. Aiola also supports independent draft popouts. A universal draft can select its workspace before the first message creates the thread.

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Why it matters

Even when other pages exist for setup and review, Chat remains the main execution surface for ongoing project work.