Reference
Spawn menu
Open AI agents, development tools, and workspace items from the canvas.
Press CmdNCtrlN or right-click empty canvas to open the spawn menu at the cursor.
AI Agents
The AI Agents section is generated from the harnesses enabled in Settings -> Agents.
- The first three enabled harnesses receive Cmd1Ctrl1, Cmd2Ctrl2, and Cmd3Ctrl3 in that order.
- Additional enabled harnesses appear in the Other agents flyout.
- Reordering harnesses in Settings changes the first three shortcuts, and the menu shows the current mapping.
- If a CLI is missing, the menu opens its in-app install guidance instead of creating a broken pane. Login actions are available from Settings -> Agents and the usage popover.
Supported harnesses are Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Antigravity, Cursor, Devin, Grok, Kimi, and Pi. See Coding harnesses for capability differences.
Development tools and workspace items
| Shortcut | Item | What it opens |
|---|---|---|
| Cmd4Ctrl4 | Terminal | A plain PTY shell. |
| Cmd5Ctrl5 | Code Editor | An embedded VS Code instance. |
| Cmd6Ctrl6 | Source Control | A Git pane. Also available with CtrlShiftGCtrlShiftG. |
| Cmd7Ctrl7 | Browser | A Chromium webview pane. |
| Cmd8Ctrl8 | Note | A markdown note with dictation. |
| Cmd9Ctrl9 | Title | A decorative section heading. |
| Cmd0Ctrl0 | Insert Media... | A picker that creates image or video panes. |
Sessions
Sessions -> Resume Claude opens a picker of recoverable Claude sessions in the active space's project folder and attaches the selected session as a new Claude pane.
Workers use the master's session tools instead: list_recoverable_sessions searches installed harnesses, and resume_worker reconnects the selected worker session.
Other ways panes appear
- Drop an image or video on the canvas to create a media pane.
- Drop a folder on the canvas to set the space's project folder.
- A master can create workers, terminals, and browsers through AgentGrid's MCP tools.
Related
- Keyboard shortcuts - the full shortcut reference.
- Panes - selection, rename, delete, and restore behavior.
- Roles - the worker roles masters can spawn.