Command Bar

Search And Run

Start typing to filter results. Direct title matches appear first, and search also considers descriptions, shortcut text, macro names, macro descriptions, macro fields, and typed macro steps.

• Use the up and down arrow keys to move through results.
• Press Enter to run the selected item.
• Press Esc to close the Command Bar.
• Click a result to run it with the mouse.

When a command has a shortcut, the current binding is shown beside it.

Built-In Commands

Results are grouped under Terminal, Workspace, and Macros.

• Terminal: create a terminal tab, open a terminal with a chosen shell profile, clear the active terminal, start dictation, edit the active tab, or generate a tab title or note with the configured AI provider.
• Workspace: create a project, edit project settings, show Home, open Recordings, install Terminay MCP, show or hide the status bar and the file explorer sidebar, and set the project root to the active terminal working directory.
• Macros: run any saved macro from the same launcher.
• Workflows: while a terminal is active, launch a workflow template on it, or Resume workflow when its workflow is unfinished.

The Command Bar acts on the project in front, so it is unavailable while the Home dashboard is showing.

Open It Without A Keyboard

On Desktop, choose Terminal > Open Command Bar. In a browser, use Open Command Bar in the View menu. At phone width, where the tab strips are hidden, the top row has an Open command bar button, which makes the Command Bar the way to reach new terminals, tab and project editing, dictation, and macros on a touch device.

Macros In The Command Bar

Macros appear automatically after they are saved. Selecting a macro without fields runs it in the active terminal immediately. If a macro has fields, Terminay opens a parameter form first, shows a rendered command preview, and runs it when you choose Type Macro.

Macro runs are tracked from the terminal tab's macro queue.

Dictation

Start dictation records your voice and types the transcript into the active terminal. Run it from the Command Bar, from Terminal > Start Dictation on Desktop, or with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+D. It needs a live terminal and a microphone, and works the same from the desktop app and a paired browser.

A small recorder shows the input level while you speak. Choose Stop to transcribe, or Cancel to discard the audio. Recording also stops by itself after 5 seconds of silence or 60 seconds in total. If transcription fails, Retry starts a new recording.

The transcript always goes to the terminal that was active when you started, even if you switch tabs while it is transcribing. If that terminal has closed, the transcript is copied to the clipboard instead. Nothing is typed when the transcript is empty.

Set it up under Settings > AI > Dictation:

• Transcription provider: OpenAI sends the audio to OpenAI and needs an OpenAI API key. On-device (Parakeet) keeps the audio on the server and is available when the server runs on an Apple silicon Mac. Install it from On-device engine first; after that it works offline.
• OpenAI model, Language hint, and Prompt apply to OpenAI only. Parakeet detects the language automatically.
• Microphone, Stop after silence, and Max recording duration control capture.
• Enable dictation turns the feature off entirely.

Transcription runs on the server that owns the terminal, using that server's provider and key. The recorder tells you before you speak whether the audio stays on that server or is sent on to OpenAI. The API key is stored encrypted on the server and is never sent to a client. Dictation audio is not kept, and is not saved as a terminal recording.

Shortcut Labels

Change command shortcuts in Settings > Shortcuts. Updated or disabled shortcuts are reflected in the Command Bar and app menus.