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Command palette

Search and run every Mel action from one fuzzy-matched list.

Press ctrl+P and the command palette opens: a centered overlay that fuzzy-searches every bound action in Mel — plus your saved conversations, Drive objects, and project files. It's the master list of what Mel can do, with the shortcut for each action printed right on the row.

Using it

  • The search field is auto-focused; just type.
  • Matching is fuzzy subsequence (like fzf): spd finds "Split Pane Down". Results are ranked best-match-first, and the exact matched characters are highlighted in the accent color.
  • Up/down navigate (the selection auto-scrolls), enter runs, esc closes. Clicking the backdrop also closes.
  • A live "N of M" count shows while filtering; the footer reminds you: ↑↓ navigate · ↵ run · esc close.

With an empty query you see category pills — pane, session, tools, agent, workflow — and a Suggested section (New Terminal Tab, Global Search, Create a New Personal Workflow). Click a pill to browse one category.

Registered commands

CommandShortcutCategory
Split Pane Rightctrl+Dpane
Split Pane Downctrl+shift+Dpane
Close Panectrl+Wsession
New Terminal Tabctrl+Tsession
Next Tabctrl+tabsession
Previous Tabctrl+shift+tabsession
Toggle Vertical Tabsctrl+shift+Btools
Toggle Tools Panelctrl+\tools
Global Searchctrl+shift+Ftools
Open Code Reviewctrl+shift+=agent
Attach Last Command Outputctrl+upagent
Agent Runs Dashboardctrl+shift+Magent
Continue Last Conversationctrl+shift+Yagent
Create a New Personal Workflow—workflow
macOS permissions setup—help (macOS only)

Shortcuts use cmd in place of ctrl on macOS. The macOS permissions entry is hidden on other platforms.

More than commands

The palette query also matches:

  • Saved conversations — open one to resume it.
  • Mel Drive objects — workflows, prompts, notebooks, environment sets.
  • Project files — open a file straight into the built-in editor.

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