Cmd+K
The global command palette. Slash commands for control; free text for investigation.
Cmd+K is the global command palette. Press ⌘+K (or Ctrl+K) from any
dashboard page and it opens; it's also pinned as a persistent bar at the
bottom of the Wire.
Cmd+K is how you steer ScoutFox without ever leaving the keyboard.
Two paths
Cmd+K routes your input down one of two paths based on whether it starts with
a /:
1. Slash commands — deterministic, instant
Start with / and you get a structured command. No LLM call. Examples:
/profile— open profile settings./billing— open billing./pause anduril hiring— pause the interest matching that name./new— create a new interest./edit— open the active interest's edit page./tag defense india— add tags to the active interest./filter time-sensitive— apply a Wire filter.
Slash commands are the navigation + mutation verbs of the product. See the full directory.
2. Free text — routes to a fresh Notebook
Type anything that doesn't start with / and cmd+k opens a new
Notebook with your input as turn one. The answer
streams in token-by-token over SSE. Optimistic — the Notebook opens before
the first token, so the surface never feels like it's waiting.
Examples:
- "What's the latest on Anduril's hiring?"
- "Compare this dispatch to last quarter's defense signals."
- "Tag this finding under climate and add it to my watch list."
Why two paths
Mutations need to be exact, fast, and reversible. "Pause Anduril hiring"
should never be misread by an LLM as a question about Anduril's hiring;
/pause anduril hiring is unambiguous and applies instantly.
Open-ended questions, on the other hand, want a model — so free text drops into a Notebook where the scout can stream a real answer with citations.
Cmd+K is global
It works the same on every dashboard surface:
- On the Interests list — opens over the home page.
- On the Wire — opens over the feed.
- Inside a Notebook — opens over the thread; useful for "pause this interest" mid-conversation.
- Anywhere else in
/dashboard/*.
The persistent bar at the bottom of the Wire is the same component, just docked.
What cmd+k replaces
Cmd+K is intentionally the only way to do most of these things. There is no standalone templates page or settings tree. If you can't remember where something lives, press cmd+k and type.