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Features

WorkspaceSplit View API Key Storage Key Scan MCP Servers Terminal GPU Rendering (Cavrn)Agent Activity Panel Crystal Rail Remote SSH Sessions Terminal Engine Internals Terminal Renderers Notifications History Navigator Tool Calls Context Load Tracking View Modes: Terminal, Split, Composer Workbench Project links Markdown and Mermaid Settings Storage

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AutomationCLI & Scriptability API CLI command tiers Orchestration: how to run multiple agents Fanout: orchestrate parallel agents URL Scheme Vigil: the fan-out stall watch Court: the crown and the hand Scheduling Sequences Project Optimizer New Gem Setup

Quests

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Scenarios

Scenarios: what do you want to do?Run your coding agent on your own hardware Cut model costs with hosted open models Fan out cheap workers while your main agent leads Parallel feature work without merge conflicts Run a multi-agent quest Run agents on a schedule Work on a repo on your home server over SSH Only get interrupted when an agent needs you Supervise your agents from your phone Recover context after closing or losing a session Teach crystl your models once Review and merge a worker's branch safely

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