Keyboard Shortcuts

The terminal UI is keyboard-driven. Shortcuts are context-sensitive — what's active depends on which panel has focus (feed, input, or todo) and whether an entry is expanded.

Global (always active)

Key	Action
Ctrl+T	Toggle the todo panel on/off
Ctrl+/	Cycle the hints bar (on → off → auto)
Escape	Interrupt Claude (when session is running)

Feed Navigation

Active when the feed panel has focus.

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Move cursor one row up / down
PageUp	Move cursor one page up
PageDown	Move cursor one page down
Home	Jump to the top of the feed
End	Jump to the tail (re-enables auto-scroll)
Enter	Expand / collapse the selected entry
Ctrl+→	Expand / collapse the selected entry
Tab	Cycle focus: feed → input → todo → feed
/	Enter search mode
:	Enter command mode
n	Jump to next search match
N	Jump to previous search match
Ctrl+L	Clear search query and jump to tail
Escape	Close expanded entry / dismiss overlay

Detail View (when an entry is expanded)

Key	Action
↑ / k / K	Scroll detail up one line
↓ / j / J	Scroll detail down one line
PageUp	Scroll detail up one page
PageDown	Scroll detail down one page
Home	Jump to top of detail
End	Jump to bottom of detail
Enter / q / Q	Close detail view

Input Mode

Active when the input bar has focus (e.g., after pressing Tab to switch to it).

Key	Action
Escape	Return to feed focus, clear input mode
Tab	Cycle focus to next panel
Ctrl+P	Previous item in input history
Ctrl+N	Next item in input history

Todo Panel

Active when the todo panel has focus.

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Move todo cursor
Space	Toggle the status of the selected todo item
Enter	Jump to the feed event linked to the selected todo item
a / A	Open :todo add in the input bar
Tab	Cycle focus to next panel
Escape	Return to feed focus

Command Mode (: prefix)

Type : in the feed to open command mode, then enter a command:

Command	Action
:todo	Toggle the todo panel
:todo done	Toggle showing completed todo items
:todo focus	Focus the todo panel
:todo add [p0|p1|p2] <text>	Add a new todo item with optional priority
:run list	Show the run overlay
:run <needle>	Filter the feed to runs matching needle
:run all	Show all runs
:tail	Jump to the tail of the feed
:jump <needle>	Jump to the first event matching needle
:errors	Toggle the errors-only filter

Slash Commands (in the input bar)

Type / followed by a command name to invoke built-in commands or plugin skills:

Command	Aliases	Description
/help	/h, /?	List all available commands
/clear	/cls	Clear message history
/quit	/q, /exit	Exit Athena
/stats	/s	Show session statistics
/context	/ctx	Show token breakdown and current context size
/sessions		Open the interactive session picker
/tasks	/todo	Print the task list snapshot to the feed
/setup		Re-run the setup wizard

Plugin skills with user-invocable: true also appear as slash commands once their plugin is loaded.

Permission Dialogs

When a permission prompt is active, the feed pauses and a dialog overlays it. The dialog has its own keyboard handler — Escape skips/dismisses it.