Reference
Settings and shortcuts
Settings lives behind the gear button at the bottom of the sidebar. Most of it you'll touch once and forget.
Settings
- Workspace: where new projects are created on disk, and the branch settings behind the sandbox and review flow.
- Permissions: fine-grained allow and deny rules for what tools agents may run. This is the detailed version of the autonomy question from onboarding.
- Automation: the overall autonomy level (how much agents do without asking), and a keep-system-awake toggle so long-running work doesn't stop when your laptop sleeps.
- Appearance: light or dark theme.
- Account: the email you're signed in with.
Permission requests
When an agent wants to do something outside its allowance, a permission dialog pops up describing exactly what it wants to run, and you approve or deny it. If these pop up constantly for things you always allow, loosen the rules in Settings rather than clicking approve forever.
Keyboard shortcuts
⌘K: search everything (messages, tickets, PRDs, docs, ideas).Entersends a message,Shift+Enteradds a new line.⌘⇧N: open a project in a new window (desktop app).⌘⇧L: switch between Guildly windows.Esc: close the Office view or whatever panel is on top.
Multiple projects
The project name at the top of the sidebar switches projects. On the desktop app you can open each project in its own window and run several teams at once. The dock badge shows how many agent tasks are in flight, and Guildly asks before quitting if agents are mid-task.
Notifications
Guildly sends desktop notifications when something needs you, so you don't have to keep the app in front. If you skipped the permission prompt on first run, your browser or OS settings can re-enable them.