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The input box is where you give the model instructions. The placeholder lists the full set of features:
Input box and bottom selectors

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Send and newline

Settings → General → Behavior has two send styles: While generating, the send button becomes stop. The input box grows with longer messages.

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Four completions

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@ cite a file

Type @ to search project files or directories. A selected item becomes a file chip. The model receives the path, not the full file contents. You can also write a line-range citation:
Citations sent from an editor selection or the project tree use the same format. See Editor integration. `@` file completion

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/ slash commands

Type / to list commands from the current runtime. The plugin merges the SDK list with local commands. These local commands are always available: /compact comes from the Claude runtime and compresses context. Claude also supports /mcp to inspect MCP status. Some commands work only with a specific provider. If you picked the wrong runtime, the UI says it is only supported by that provider. Slash commands

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# pick an agent

Type # to choose a configured agent. After you select one, that agent’s system prompt is applied to later turns. Create, import, or export agents in Settings → Agents. See Agents and prompt library.

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! insert a prompt

Type ! to open the prompt library. Selecting an item inserts the template at the cursor. You can edit it before sending. Maintain prompts in Settings → Prompt library.

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Attachments, paste, and drag-and-drop

The input box accepts:
  • File paths dragged from the project tree
  • Images dragged or pasted in
  • Code citations from an editor selection
  • Citations from selected console text
Images show a thumbnail. You can remove them before sending.

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Bottom selectors

From left to right under the input box you usually see:
  1. Config / process: inspect the current daemon and restart it if needed
  2. Provider: Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Kimi, OpenCode, Pi
  3. Model: models for the current provider
  4. Mode: default, plan, agent, auto
  5. Attach / stop / send
Claude Code also has extra switches such as reasoning strength. Codex has Fast mode. CLI providers do not offer plan mode.

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Message queue

You can type the next message while the previous turn is still generating. Queued messages send automatically after the current turn ends.

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Prompt enhancer

The input toolbar can rewrite the current draft before you send it. Which provider and model do the rewrite is set in Settings → Prompt enhancer. See Prompt enhancer.

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History input completion

With Settings → Other → History input completion on, typing suggests earlier inputs. Press Tab to accept.