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name: lingtai-tui-help description: > Anything you need to know about LingTai TUI. Read this first for the stable mental model, feature map, interface/slash-command help, or the right source/manual route for a TUI question. Exact command prose lives in the localized help assets, Go structure lives in lingtai-tui-anatomy, and presets, Portal, tutorials, updates, and addons keep their own top-level skills. version: 1.1.0 tags: [tui, help, routing, lifecycle, slash-commands, reference, lingtai-tui] last_changed_at: "2026-09-05T00:00:00Z" maintenance: "If you find stale or incorrect information here, use the lingtai-issue-report skill to assemble evidence and obtain per-issue human consent before filing an issue. Never include secrets, credentials, tokens, or private paths."

LingTai TUI help — the discoverable umbrella

Mental model — read this first

lingtai-tui and lingtai-portal are control and presentation surfaces. The running agent is a separate LingTai kernel process with its own heartbeat, listeners, lifecycle, and durable working directory.

• Closing the TUI or its terminal quits the interface; it does not stop a running agent. Reopening the TUI observes the current state and does not silently revive an intentionally stopped agent.
• Agent lifecycle changes are explicit. Use /sleep, /suspend, /cpr, or /refresh according to the intended transition; use lingtai-tui list --detailed or /projects to inspect current state.
• launchd is not the default remedy for ordinary persistence after TUI exit. The agent already runs independently; adding another supervisor can create duplicate-process races. Use a separate scheduler/service contract only for a separately authorized advanced workflow.
• For source-backed proof, load lingtai-tui-anatomy, start at the repository root ANATOMY.md, and descend to tui/ANATOMY.md or portal/ANATOMY.md. Kernel-side process, heartbeat, listener, and lifecycle internals belong to lingtai-kernel-anatomy; cross-repo references stay narrative.

Sanitized regression question: “关闭 TUI/终端后 agent 会不会停止？” No. UI exit is not an agent lifecycle command; the agent continues until an explicit lifecycle action or an external process failure stops it. Do not install a launchd job merely to keep an ordinary agent alive after closing the TUI.

Feature route catalog

This YAML is the machine-readable map. Each route names the first owner to load; next is optional deeper evidence.

- feature: runtime-lifecycle-source
  route: lingtai-tui-anatomy
  next: lingtai-kernel-anatomy
- feature: slash-commands-keyboard-interaction
  route: assets/slash-commands.en.md
  localized_routes: [assets/slash-commands.zh.md, assets/slash-commands.wen.md]
- feature: presets-providers-capabilities
  route: lingtai-preset-skill
- feature: portal-visualization-replay
  route: lingtai-portal-guide
- feature: tutorial-orientation
  route: tutorial-guide
- feature: install-update-build
  route: lingtai-update
- feature: contributor-setup-source-troubleshooting
  route: lingtai-dev-guide
- feature: runtime-health-doctor
  route: lingtai-doctor
- feature: projects-and-running-agent-inventory
  route: assets/slash-commands.en.md
  localized_routes: [assets/slash-commands.zh.md, assets/slash-commands.wen.md]
  next: lingtai-tui-anatomy
- feature: addons-and-external-channels
  route: mcp-manual

Human routing table

Need	Start here	What remains authoritative
Does closing TUI stop an agent? How do attach, list, quit, or lifecycle controls work?	lingtai-tui-anatomy	Repo-root ANATOMY.md → tui/ANATOMY.md / portal/ANATOMY.md; kernel internals → lingtai-kernel-anatomy
What does a slash command do? Which keys drive the interface?	assets/slash-commands.en.md or its ZH/Wen sibling	DefaultCommands() and the localized help assets
How do presets, providers, model parameters, and capabilities work?	lingtai-preset-skill	That skill's provider and operation routes
How do Portal topology, APIs, recording, and replay work?	lingtai-portal-guide	Portal guide, then Portal Anatomy/source for implementation
I am new to LingTai or want the guided course	tutorial-guide	Its lesson sequence
How do I install, update, build, or diagnose install method?	lingtai-update	Its focused update/install references
How do I contribute, set up a dev checkout, or troubleshoot source?	lingtai-dev-guide	Its focused contributor/debug references
Is an agent offline, unreachable, or inconsistent across process/heartbeat/log surfaces?	lingtai-doctor	Its layered read-only health diagnostics
How do /projects and running-agent inventory work?	Localized slash-command asset	lingtai-tui list --detailed, /projects, then lingtai-tui-anatomy for source
How do I configure addons or external messaging channels?	mcp-manual	The curated addon documentation it routes to

Slash-command assets

The complete slash-command reference remains in three language assets so the in-app /help view can render the current UI language directly:

• assets/slash-commands.en.md — English (canonical wording).
• assets/slash-commands.zh.md — 简体中文.
• assets/slash-commands.wen.md — 文言.

Keep these assets in sync with DefaultCommands() in tui/internal/tui/palette.go. When a command is added, changed, or removed, update all three assets together.

How in-app /help resolves the language

The top-level skill is the discoverable umbrella; the in-app /help command is a focused shortcut to the slash-command guide. It calls i18n.Lang() ("en", "zh", or "wen") and opens the matching concrete asset from the list above in the Markdown viewer. Unknown locales fall back to assets/slash-commands.en.md.

Ownership boundary

Keep general TUI orientation and feature routing here. Do not copy precise Go architecture from Anatomy, provider contracts from lingtai-preset-skill, Portal detail from lingtai-portal-guide, or tutorial/update/addon procedures from their owners. Route, then load only the source that owns the question.