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Row-Bot Interface

The Row-Bot Interface is the main workspace you see after launch. It combines conversations, Home tabs, status panels, approvals, workflows, Buddy, Settings, and terminal output in one local app window.

Row-Bot main interface.
The main interface shows the left sidebar, Home tabs, central work area, Activity Center, Buddy, Settings, and terminal.
  • Home returns to the Home tabs: Workflows, Designer, Developer, Knowledge, and Monitor.
  • New starts a fresh conversation thread.
  • Conversations shows recent threads. The sidebar keeps the list short so the workspace stays usable; use Show all when you need older threads.
  • Thread menu on a conversation row opens actions such as rename and delete.
  • Rename changes the visible thread title without changing the messages.
  • Delete stops work owned by the conversation and removes its Row-Bot-managed messages, sessions, media, drafts, tool history, workflow state, and related Agent state after confirmation. Developer worktrees or sandboxes with unimported changes are retained and reported instead of being discarded.
  • Agent profiles opens the profile selector and profile management area.
  • Buddy appears near the bottom when enabled. In the native Windows and macOS apps, drag Buddy itself away from the sidebar to undock its compact thread overlay.
  • Settings opens the full configuration dialog.

Show All Threads​

When you have more threads than the sidebar shows, use Show all from the conversations area. The dialog groups user-managed conversations into All, Chat, Design, Code, and Workflow filters. Agent child threads remain owned by their parent run and do not appear as independent cleanup targets.

Use Select to enter selection mode. Check individual rows, or use Select all to select only the conversations in the current filter; switch filters to add other conversations without losing the existing selection. Clear all affects the current filter, while the action bar's Clear resets the whole selection. The destructive action reports the exact selected count and always asks for confirmation.

Delete all also respects the current filter. Deletion stops active generation, Agent, workflow, shell, browser, and Computer Use work for each target before removing Row-Bot-managed state. The progress dialog keeps the cleanup off the interface event loop. If a Developer worktree contains changes or a sandbox has unimported work, Row-Bot keeps it and reports that recovery path instead of silently deleting it. This cleanup cannot be undone, so export anything you still need first.

Start a new thread when the task has a new goal; continue an existing thread when the earlier context still matters.

Buddy Desktop Overlay​

The undocked Buddy follows the thread selected in Row-Bot and shows its name, Chat/Developer/Designer context, current response, and approval state. You can send text, stop the active response, handle simple approvals, or open the full thread for complete details. The overlay menu also collapses, hides, or docks Buddy. Read Settings: Buddy for the complete user workflow.

Home Tabs​

The central Home area has five tabs:

  • Workflows for saved automations and background agents.
  • Designer for starting design projects.
  • Developer for opening code workspaces and Custom Tools.
  • Knowledge for memory, document, and graph review.
  • Monitor for logs, journals, channel state, and background activity.

Home pages in these docs are short entry-point pages. The dedicated feature pages are the full guides.

Activity Center And Right Drawer​

The right side summarizes what needs attention:

  • Current goals and agents shows running or waiting goal-mode and child-agent activity.
  • Approvals shows pending approval prompts from chats, child agents, and background work.
  • Workflows shows active and upcoming workflow state, plus run and new controls.
  • Launch lets you choose a workflow and run it manually.
  • Insights expands supporting status and suggestions when available.

Use the Activity Center when you want to know whether Row-Bot is idle, waiting for you, running background work, or ready to launch a workflow. Child-agent approvals also appear in the parent thread so you can decide without leaving the conversation.

Terminal Panel​

The terminal panel at the bottom shows command-oriented output when a tool, Developer workspace, or local runtime exposes it through the UI. It is not a general replacement for your system terminal. Command execution still follows Row-Bot's active tool availability, workspace boundaries, and approval mode.

Agent Profiles​

Agent profiles change how Row-Bot behaves for a thread or specialist run. The sidebar profile control opens the profile selector; the detailed walkthrough is in Agent Profiles.

What Is Saved​

Threads, thread names, selected models, profile choices, workflow records, knowledge records, settings, and logs are saved in the local Row-Bot data directory. Some choices are thread-specific; Settings usually changes global app behavior.

Troubleshooting​

  • If a thread is missing from the sidebar, open Show All and search.
  • If a panel looks stale, use the visible refresh control or reload the app.
  • If a button is disabled, check the related Settings tab and Monitor for readiness messages.