Command palette
One box to open any page, find a conversation, customer, document or signal, run an action, or ask the assistant.
Open it
| How | Where |
|---|---|
⌘ K on Mac, Ctrl K elsewhere | Anywhere in the app. The same keys close it |
| Search | Top of the sidebar |
| Search button | The header, on small screens |
The box reads Type a command or search.
Browse
With the box empty, the palette lists five groups, then Message the assistant at the bottom.
| Group | Rows |
|---|---|
| Go to | Every sidebar entry, then the pages inside a section, named like Settings · Billing or Agent · Tools. Pages your role cannot open are left out |
| Actions | Reach out to a customer, New document, Add knowledge source, Documentation, Share feedback |
| Theme | Light theme, Dark theme, System theme. A check marks the current one |
| Organization | One Switch to row per other organization you belong to, such as Switch to Acme, then New organization |
| Account | Manage account, Sign out |
Reach out to a customer opens the same dialog as on Customers. Documentation opens this site in a new tab. Switch to changes organization in place. New organization opens Create an organization, described on the Overview.
Search
Type to filter the commands and search your organization. Results update when you pause typing.
| Group | Matches | Opens | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commands | Command labels, plus extra words. home finds Dashboard, bugs finds Signal, invite finds Settings · Members | Runs the command | Up to 8 |
| Conversations | Subjects and thread ids. Each row shows its thread id | The conversation | Up to 5. Up to 6 when a thread id matches |
| Customers | Names and email addresses | The customer's profile | Up to 5 |
| Knowledge | Document titles | The document | Up to 5 |
| Signals | Titles, descriptions, and the titles of reports merged into a signal | The signal | Up to 5 |
When Conversations, Customers, Knowledge or Signals has two or more rows, AI reorders them by relevance. This uses credits. If it fails or takes longer than 1.5 seconds, results keep the search order. Customers keeps the search order for a customer number or email search, and Conversations keeps it when a thread id matches. See Plans.
With nothing found, the palette says No results. If the search itself fails, it says "Search is unavailable. Try again."
Search syntax
| Type | Finds | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A letter, an optional dash, and a number | The conversation with that thread id, listed first | W-12, w-12, W12 |
| A digit, a dash, and a number | The same, for an organization whose name starts with a digit | 4-7 |
# and a number | The customer with that number | #12 |
customer and a number | The same | customer 12, customer #12 |
| An email address with no spaces | The customer with exactly that address | ana@example.com |
- The letter has to match your organization's thread ids. In an organization whose ids start with W,
C-12finds nothing by id. - Bare digits such as
12are an ordinary search. - When the search is
#and a number, starts withcustomerand a space, or contains@, Customers moves above Conversations. - Thread ids are explained on Inbox.
What Enter does
Enter runs the highlighted row. Arrow keys move the highlight, and it wraps around.
| You typed | Highlighted row |
|---|---|
| Nothing | The first command |
| A question or a request | Ask the assistant, moved to the top |
| Anything else | The first matching command, else the first search result, else Ask the assistant |
Text counts as a question or a request when any of these is true.
- It ends in
?. - Its first word is who, what, when, where, why, how, can, could, should, would, is, are, do, does, did, will, may, might, please, tell, explain or ask.
- It contains ask, assistant, ai, help me, can you, could you or would you.
- It has four or more words.
- It has two or more words and starts with help, know, tell, show, explain or find.
For a question, only commands whose label matched stay in the list. So knowledge still opens Knowledge, and how do I add a key goes to the assistant.
Ask the assistant
| Row | Does |
|---|---|
| Ask the assistant | Sends what you typed |
| Message the assistant | Opens an empty ask box. Type, then press Enter |
In ask mode the box reads Ask Median anything. The answer appears in the palette. Once it lands, the box reads Ask a follow-up.
- Every question starts an ordinary chat, listed in Chats. See Assistant.
- The box locks while the assistant works or waits on you.
- If the assistant needs you to fill in a form, the palette closes and the chat opens on its own page.
- Before you send, Esc, or Backspace in an empty box, goes back to commands. After you send, Esc closes the palette. The chat carries on.
The assistant needs a paid plan. Without one, the rows read Ask the assistant · Paid plan and Message the assistant · Paid plan, and sending shows "AI assistance is available on Standard and Pro." See Plans.
Decide a waiting call
Some of the assistant's calls wait for your approval. The palette shows what the call would do, then two rows.
| Row | Key | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Approve and run | Y | Runs the call |
| Deny | N | Cancels it. The assistant is told and answers you |
- The highlight starts on Approve and run. Enter takes whichever row is highlighted.
YandNwork wherever the highlight is.- Several waiting calls come one at a time, with a counter such as 1 of 3.
- A decided call stays in the thread as one line, with its result or Denied.
Which calls wait is listed on Assistant.
Keys
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
⌘ K or Ctrl K | Opens or closes the palette |
| Up and down arrows | Move the highlight |
Enter | Runs the highlighted row, or sends in ask mode |
Esc | Clears the search. With the box empty, closes the palette |
Backspace in an empty ask box | Goes back to commands |
Y, N | Approve or deny a waiting call |