Workspace Customization
This category covers how to tailor the Nyquest interface to your work. Most customization in Nyquest happens at the chassis level rather than fine-grained settings — instead of tweaking a hundred preferences, you pick one of 12 complete design languages and the whole platform reshapes itself.
What you can customize
| Lever | Scope | Persistence |
|---|---|---|
| Chassis | Visual identity, terminology, layout, animations | Per-browser (localStorage) |
| Active project | What system prompt + model to use by default | Per-browser |
| Active model | Which LLM serves your messages | Per-conversation |
| BYOK keys | Which provider's billing your requests use | Per-account |
Notice: chassis and active project are per-browser, not per-account. If you sign in on a new device, you start in Nyquest (the default) until you pick something else.
What you can NOT customize (yet)
By design today, Nyquest does not have:
- Themes within a chassis — each chassis is a complete design; you don't tweak its colors
- Layout editor — panel positions are fixed per chassis
- Widget system — no draggable dashboard widgets
- Custom CSS injection — no user stylesheets
- Per-conversation chassis pinning — chassis is global to your browser
- Cross-device chassis sync — your chassis pick lives in localStorage on one browser
If any of these matter to you, file feedback via /help/live-support. Several are on the roadmap; others are intentional simplifications.
Why "pick a chassis" instead of "configure a million knobs"
Three reasons:
- Coherence. Every chassis is hand-tuned end-to-end. No combination of toggles can break it. A custom-CSS approach inevitably produces frankenstein UIs.
- Speed of switching. One click and your entire work mode changes. Faster than re-configuring 20 settings for a different task.
- Maintenance. Twelve cohesive designs is feasible to maintain well. A thousand combinations of user preferences isn't.
The trade-off: less granular control. If you want a "Ridgeline but darker" or "Matrix but with a serif font," that's not a thing — you're stuck with the chassis as designed. We accept that trade-off for the coherence benefit.
Where to next
- Switching Chassis — how to change, what carries over
- Per-Chassis Terminology — Cases vs Matters vs Missions, etc.
- Visual Effects and Animations — Starfield, Matrix rain, Quant ticker
- Picking a Chassis — chassis comparison guide
- Welcome Tours — per-chassis intros for most chassis