Interface Overview
A tour of the Arkloop desktop interface.
Arkloop has three main areas: a sidebar for navigation, a central chat area, and an optional right panel for auxiliary views.
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Sidebar
The sidebar on the left organizes your sessions and provides quick access to key actions.
Session list — two viewing modes:
| Mode | Description |
|---|---|
| Timeline | Chronological list of all sessions |
| GTD | Grouped into Backlog, Next, Waiting, Someday, Archived |
Pinned — sessions you pin stay at the top for quick access.
Projects — sessions can be grouped under projects for organization.
The bottom of the sidebar has a search field and a button to create a new session.
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Chat Area
The center of the window is the conversation space.
Input Bar
At the bottom of the chat area:
- Persona / Model selector — pick which agent and which LLM model to use
- Text input — type your message
- Slash commands —
/planfor structured planning,/setupfor configuration adjustments - Attachments — attach files to the current message
- Voice input — dictate instead of typing
- Reasoning effort — control how deeply the agent reasons before responding
Message Display
Agent responses include rich content blocks:
| Block | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Thinking | The agent's internal reasoning steps |
| Tool Calls | External tool invocations and their results |
| Sources | Referenced documents or web pages |
| TodoList | A structured task checklist |
| CodeExecution | Code that ran in the sandbox, with output |
| SubAgent | A delegated sub-task running in parallel |
| Artifact | A rendered preview (chart, diagram, document) |
| MemoryAction | A memory read, write, or edit operation |
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Right Panel
The right panel is hidden by default. Toggle it from the toolbar or a keyboard shortcut.
| Tab | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Browser | In-app web preview with navigation and bookmarks |
| Files | Browse local files attached to the current project |
| Resource | Preview markdown, code, or documents referenced in the conversation |
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Settings
Access Settings from the gear icon in the sidebar or the top bar. Settings covers providers, personas, memory, themes, keyboard shortcuts, and more — detailed in the Settings section of this documentation.