Key Bindings

All keyboard shortcuts available in the Caboose TUI, organized by function.

Input

Key	Action
Enter	Send message. Up to 3 messages can be queued while the agent is busy.
Shift+Enter	Insert a newline without sending.
Up / Down	Cycle through input history.
Ctrl+V	Paste from system clipboard.

Navigation and panels

Key	Action
Ctrl+K	Open command palette.
Ctrl+O	Open session picker to switch or resume a session.
Ctrl+M	Open model picker.
Ctrl+B	Toggle the sidebar.
Ctrl+=	Toggle the embedded terminal.
e	Expand a truncated message when viewing chat.
y	Copy the currently hovered assistant message to clipboard.
Esc	Close the active dialog or overlay.

Agent control

Key	Action
Tab	Cycle permission mode: Plan → Create → AutoEdit → Chug.
Ctrl+T	Toggle thinking / reasoning on or off for the current model.
Ctrl+C	Context-dependent: cancels a running agent, or quits (press twice with no running agent).

Tool approval

When the agent is running in Create or AutoEdit mode, it requests permission before executing certain tools. Respond with a single keypress:

Key	Action
y	Approve this tool call.
n	Deny this tool call.
a	Approve all future calls to this tool for the rest of the session.

In Plan mode, writes and shell commands are always blocked. In Chug mode, all tools are auto-approved.

Roundhouse

These keys are active while a Roundhouse session is running:

Key	Action
j / k	Switch between models in the left panel.
c	Proceed to critique phase at a review gate.
s	Skip to synthesis at a review gate.
a	Annotate — add guidance before the next phase.
q	Cancel Roundhouse.
Esc / Ctrl+C	Cancel immediately from any phase.