Welcome to Matrix
Matrix is the terminal chassis — green-on-black, monospace fonts, ASCII flourishes. It's for people who think in shells, prefer keyboard to mouse, and would rather see a command prompt than a chat bubble.
What's where
- Top bar: monospace title bar showing the active session, model, and a
> _prompt indicator. Right side: History, the palette button (chassis picker), [ ? ] help, [ X ] sign out. - Main panel: terminal-style chat with
[USER]and[ASSISTANT]prefixes. Code blocks are unstyled — they look like the surrounding text. - Status line at bottom: model name, token cost, response time.
- Bottom dock: floats at bottom-center — Chat, Studios, Splicer, Agents, Vault, and More. Usage, API keys, providers, settings and admin (if you have it) live under More. On a phone the dock is a tab bar across the bottom.
- History: the History button in the top bar slides your sessions in over the main panel, with ops listed above them.
Matrix-specific terminology
| Generic term | Matrix term |
|---|---|
| Project | Op |
| New project | + NEW OP |
| Conversation | Session |
| Send message | TRANSMIT |
What it's good for
Matrix shines when you're doing code-heavy work, debugging, or anything where the visual chrome of other chassis would feel overdone. Output is dense and uniform — you can read 50 lines of code in a chat bubble without scrolling. Stop button is a literal [ STOP ]. Streaming is character-by-character with a blinking cursor.
Where to next
- Picking a Chassis — full chassis comparison
- Your First Conversation — start chatting
- Slash Commands — terminal-friendly shortcuts