The Dock
The dock is the floating bar at the bottom-center of the screen. It's the same set of entries in the same order in every chassis — only the visual styling changes.
The per-chassis vertical icon rail down the left side was retired on 2026-07-20. Everything it held now lives in the dock, in the More menu, or in the top bar.
What each dock entry does
| Entry | What it opens |
|---|---|
| 💬 Chat | The active conversation (default view) |
| 🎬 Studios | The four media studios — Image, Audio, Music and Video |
| ✂ Splicer | The Splicer workspace. Pro and up; on the free tier it asks you to upgrade |
| 🤖 Agents | Agent Mode — give a multi-step goal and let the platform work toward it with tools |
| 📦 Vault | Your artifact vault: code, docs, archives, etc. |
| ⋯ More | Everything else — see below |
The exact icons vary slightly by chassis (Matrix shows ASCII glyphs, Garden shows leaf icons, etc.) but the order and meaning are identical.
What's in More
- Usage — what you've spent and how it breaks down
- API Keys — create and revoke your personal API keys
- Providers — add and manage your own provider keys (BYOK), and pick which one is active
- Settings — account, theme, preferences, the "What Nyquest remembers" panel, privacy and data export
- Admin — (admin-only) platform-wide overview and controls
Top bar
The top bar of every chassis has:
- Chassis name + breadcrumb — where you are
- Model picker — current model + cost; click to swap
- Palette button — the chassis picker. This is where you switch chassis; it is not in Settings.
- 📜 History — opens your conversation history and Projects as an overlay on top of whatever you're doing
- Balance pill — your wallet balance; click it to open the Add Funds modal
- ? Help button — opens this help section. Equivalent to typing
/helpin chat. - 🚪 Sign out — end your session
Phones
Phones — 768px and narrower, or any device detected as a phone — get a dedicated layout. Instead of the dock you get a bottom tab bar, and the hamburger (☰) in the top bar opens a nav drawer. The chassis picker sits at the bottom of that drawer, along with + Add funds. Tap outside the drawer to dismiss it.
Power user shortcuts
/help— open the help section from any chat input/help <category>— jump straight to a category, e.g./help projects/help <category>/<slug>— direct link to an article- Cmd/Ctrl+K — global command palette (search anywhere)
What the dock is NOT
The dock is intentionally small — it doesn't show conversation lists or project lists, just feature entry points. Once you click an entry, you get the full feature panel with its own list/detail views. Conversation history and Projects aren't in the dock at all: they open as an overlay from the History button in the top bar.
Where to next
- Your First Conversation — chat basics
- Agent Mode — try /help/agent-mode/quick-start
- Projects — /help/projects/what-is-a-project (coming in Phase 2b)