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Focus page ​

One page that shows, per session, what needs you, what is working and what finished while you were away. Requests are answered right there.

How to use ​

  1. Open Focus: the row at the top of the sidebar, or the pinned Focus tab. The number shows how many sessions wait for an answer.
  2. Needs you lists the requests, then sessions that need a look. Pick a row (click or arrow keys).
  3. Answer a request in place, the same way as in the session: Allow once, Allow always, Deny, or answer the question.
  4. Press Next waiting (or Ctrl+Alt+↓ from anywhere) to jump to the next request.
  5. Working shows what each running session does now and, with a task list, its progress ("2 of 5"). Click a row to open the session.
  6. Finished while you were away lists sessions that ended a turn since you last looked, with the last line of the answer and the task summary.
  7. Error, quiet, finished and usage-limit rows have a button beside them: Open session, or Cancel continue on a usage-limit row to stop the scheduled continue.

Good to know ​

  • Rows come in a fixed order: escalated, permission, question, error, usage limit, quiet. The header says how many need you, how many to review and how many work.
  • Quiet is information, not an alarm: a running session with no event for 5 minutes and no running tool. Check it, it may be fine.
  • Each list shows 5 rows and +N more.
  • Error and finished rows go away when you open the session. Finished rows also go after 24 hours.
  • The number on the tab and the title counts only sessions that wait for you (escalated, permission, question).
  • The usage-limit row shows only while auto-continue is on.
  • Answered requests shrink to one line until you leave the page.
  • Each request gets a tier. Low is a plain read (or, in some repos, an edit) inside the session's folder. Everything else is high. A high one shows High tier · always asks and has no Allow always here. Only you can answer it (see Orchestration).
  • Escalated by coordinator marks a worker's request that its coordinator handed to you.
  • You can also open it with the link #focus.
  • While Focus is open, in-app notifications for requests are hidden: you already see them here.

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