CLI

atomic-agent ships a terminal UI (TUI) built on Ink. It’s a real operator surface, not a chat window.

Launch

# default
atomic-agent

# terminal UI, scoped to a working directory
atomic-agent tui --cwd /path/to/work

The TUI at a glance

The header shows the version and three modes — Run · Observe · Manage. A status bar at the bottom reports health, latency, the active model, and the provider (for example: ● healthy · 2 ms · qwen-3.5-9b · llama.cpp). A side panel tracks your Sessions and Tasks.

Keyboard shortcuts

Key	Action
Enter	Submit message to the agent
Alt+Enter	New line
/help	List all slash commands
/sessions	Switch to a previous thread
/new	Start a fresh session
/observe · /manage · /run	Operator dashboards (Tab cycles panels in debug)
Tab	Toggle sidebar
Ctrl+C ×2	Quit (once aborts a running turn)

See the full list under Reference → CLI Commands.