You can type directly into a task’s terminal to interact with the AI agent or run your own commands in the shell session.
Typing into the Terminal
Click or tap the terminal to focus it, then start typing. Your keystrokes are sent directly to the running session.
In the Whim terminal (the AI agent’s session), pressing Enter sends your input immediately. This is how you answer agent prompts or provide follow-up instructions.
In the Shell terminal, the keyboard works exactly like a normal terminal — you get full line editing, command history, and all the shortcuts you’re used to.
Sending Follow-Up Prompts
The most common way to interact with a running task is to type a follow-up prompt into the Whim terminal. When the AI agent is waiting for input or has finished a step, just type your next instruction and press Enter to send it.
This lets you steer the agent mid-task — ask it to change approach, fix something, or continue to the next step — without creating a new task.
Read Mode
Press Cmd+. (Mac) or Ctrl+. (Windows/Linux) to toggle read mode. You can also click the read mode button in the task pane header.
Read mode switches the terminal to a scrollable conversation view that’s easier to read through, especially for long agent sessions. In read mode:
- Output is formatted as a readable conversation history.
- Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to open a search bar and find specific text.
- Press Enter or Cmd+G to jump to the next match; Shift+Enter or Shift+Cmd+G for the previous match.
- Press Escape to close the search bar.
Press Cmd+. / Ctrl+. again to return to the live terminal.
Read mode is especially useful for reviewing what the agent did after it finishes — you can scroll through the full conversation without accidentally sending input.
| Button | What it sends |
|---|
| Esc | Escape key |
| Tab | Tab character |
| ← | Left arrow |
| → | Right arrow |
| ↑ | Up arrow |
| ↓ | Down arrow |
| Paste | Pastes from your clipboard |
| Attach | Opens file picker to upload a file |
| Enter | Enter / Return |
Keyboard Reference
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|
| Cmd+. / Ctrl+. | Toggle read mode |
| Cmd+F / Ctrl+F | Open search (in read mode) |
| Enter | Send input / next search match |
| Shift+Enter | Previous search match (in read mode) |
| Escape | Close search bar |
| Ctrl+R | Search shell history (via Atuin) |
