Interface Overview¶

Lumiverse's interface is built around a central chat view with a tabbed drawer that pulls in from the edge of the screen. Here's a tour of what's where.

Main Layout¶

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|                                      |    |
|         Chat Area                    | T  |
|                                      | a  |
|                                      | b  |
|                                      | s  |
+--------------------------------------+    |
|         Input Area                   |    |
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• Chat Area — Where messages appear. Shows the conversation with your character, including avatars, expressions, and (optionally) a per-chat wallpaper background.
• Input Area — Where you type messages. Includes action buttons for attachments, persona switching, quick replies, add-on toggles, and dry runs.
• Drawer — A single docked drawer that hosts every panel as a tab. Pinned tabs appear on the visible edge so you can switch with one click; the rest live behind an overflow menu.
• Chat Heads (optional) — Floating circular avatars that follow the screen edge and act as quick-switchers between recent chats.

Drawer panels can be docked to the opposite edge using the Spindle dockPanels system, and on mobile the drawer slides in as a sheet.

Drawer Tabs¶

The drawer hosts every workspace panel as a tab. You can reorder them with drag-and-drop and hide ones you don't use from the tab-bar context menu.

Character & Story¶

Generation Configuration¶

Memory & Knowledge¶

Visual & Output¶

Meta¶

Spindle extensions can register additional drawer tabs that appear alongside the built-ins.

Chat Controls¶

Inside an active chat, each message exposes:

• Regenerate — Re-roll the last AI response (creates a new swipe)
• Continue — Ask the AI to continue writing from where it left off
• Swipe arrows — Navigate between alternative responses on the same message
• Edit — Click on any message to edit its content in place
• Branch — Fork the conversation at any message into a separate timeline
• Author's Note — Inject a system-level instruction at a configurable depth

Input Area Actions¶

The input area exposes several actions beyond just sending messages:

• Attachments — Upload images, audio, or documents to include with your message
• Persona switcher — Quickly change which persona is active for this chat
• Quick Replies — Insert pre-written response templates
• Guided Generation — Enable structured output guidance
• Add-ons (Puzzle icon) — Toggle persona add-on blocks on and off, including global add-ons attached to the active persona
• Dry Run — Preview the exact prompt the AI will see without sending a real request
• Voice input — Dictate via the configured Speech-to-Text connection

Per-chat toggle state for add-ons is remembered, so flipping a block off in one chat doesn't affect another.

Command Palette¶

Press Cmd+K (macOS) or Ctrl+K (Windows / Linux) to open the Command Palette. This is the fastest way to navigate Lumiverse and gives quick access to:

• Drawer tabs and modal panels
• Settings sections
• Chat-specific actions (regenerate, swipe, branch, etc.)
• Extension-registered commands

Type to search, then press Enter to execute.

Landing Page¶

When you open Lumiverse (or navigate to the home page), you land on the Landing Page. It shows recent chats grouped by character. Click any chat to resume it, or click a character to start a new conversation. The landing page layout (compact list vs. grid) and the number of chats shown are configurable from Settings → Display.

Settings¶

Click the gear icon (or open the Command Palette and search "Settings") to open the Settings modal. The sidebar groups settings into categories:

Account & Display¶

AI & Generation¶

Extensions¶

Operations¶