Spawn menu
Every item in the spawn menu and the Cmd+1…0 shortcuts that mirror it.
The spawn menu is how you put a new pane on the canvas. Open it with CmdNCtrlN at the cursor, or right-click on empty canvas. Each item has a number key for direct spawning — Cmd1Ctrl1 through Cmd9Ctrl9 and Cmd0Ctrl0 mirror the menu order exactly.
Items and shortcuts
| # | Shortcut | Item | What it spawns |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cmd1Ctrl1 | Claude Code | A Claude PTY pane backed by the claude CLI. Master-capable by default. |
| 2 | Cmd2Ctrl2 | Codex | A Codex PTY pane backed by the codex CLI. |
| 3 | Cmd3Ctrl3 | Antigravity | An Antigravity pane backed by the agy CLI. |
| 4 | Cmd4Ctrl4 | Terminal | A plain node-pty shell, rendered with xterm.js. |
| 5 | Cmd5Ctrl5 | Code Editor | An embedded VS Code instance. |
| 6 | Cmd6Ctrl6 | Source Control | A Git pane. Also reachable as CtrlShiftGCtrlShiftG. |
| 7 | Cmd7Ctrl7 | Browser | A Chromium webview pane. |
| 8 | Cmd8Ctrl8 | Note | A TipTap-based markdown note with Whisper dictation. |
| 9 | Cmd9Ctrl9 | Title | A decorative section header. |
| 0 | Cmd0Ctrl0 | Insert Media… | Opens an OS file picker, then drops image / video panes at the cursor. Not a single pane type — it routes to image or video panes based on what you pick. |
The spawn menu shows each key next to its item, so the keyboard shortcut and the menu order are always in sync. If a CLI isn't installed for one of the first three items, the menu surfaces an install hint instead of spawning the pane.
Sessions: Resume Claude
The spawn menu has a separate Sessions category with a single entry — Resume Claude. Selecting it opens a session picker showing recoverable Claude sessions in the active space's project folder, and lets you re-attach to one as a new Claude pane.
This is a router, not a direct spawn: the picker hands the chosen sessionId to claude --resume when it boots the new pane.
Direct shortcuts that bypass the menu
A couple of shortcuts spawn panes without opening the menu at all:
- CtrlShiftGCtrlShiftG spawns a Git pane at the cursor (falls back to canvas center).
- Drag-and-drop a media file onto the canvas creates an image or video pane in place.
- Drag-and-drop a folder onto a space sets that space's
projectDir. It does not spawn a pane.
For the master → worker spawn flow (driven by an orchestrator via MCP, not the user via the spawn menu), see Roles.
Related
- Keyboard shortcuts — the full shortcut reference.
- Roles — the worker-role surface that orchestrators spawn into.