AI chat
AI chat is Cmdop’s primary work surface: a conversation attached to a real computer with its real files and tools, reachable from the web console or from a terminal. You choose a machine, optionally a project folder, and an execution engine, then ask for an outcome in plain language and stay attached while the work runs.
Chat is where you work in Cmdop. It is not an assistant bolted onto a dashboard: the conversation is the product surface, and it is attached to a real machine with real files and real tools.
The loop
- Choose a machine.
- Start or resume a conversation.
- Choose a Project Root, if the work belongs to a repository.
- Choose an execution engine — CMDOP, Claude Code, or Codex.
- Ask for the outcome in plain language, and stay while it works.
Cmdop shows the active machine, project, and engine before the first turn, so you never have to reconstruct where work is about to happen from the transcript.
Two front doors, one conversation
| Where | How you get there |
|---|---|
| Browser | cmdop on a desktop host, or cmdop open anywhere |
| Terminal | cmdop chat — on a headless host, bare cmdop does this too |
For a single answer without the interactive interface:
cmdop chat -p "show me the 5 largest files in this directory"Inside the terminal chat, /exit or Ctrl+C leaves it.
It is built for coming back
The conversation is the visible part of a live session that lives on the machine. That is what makes chat here different from a chat window: leaving does not end the work, and returning does not restart it. You reattach to the same session and see its live state.
The AI is attached to that session as an operator alongside you — see AI in the workspace.
Engines bring their own accounts
CMDOP, Claude Code, and Codex are choices within the same machine and project model, not separate products. Claude Code and Codex use the local CLI’s existing sign-in; Cmdop never collects or manages those credentials.
Common questions
What is AI chat in Cmdop?
AI chat is a machine-attached work surface. You choose a real machine, optional project folder, and execution engine, then ask for work in plain language.
Can I use Cmdop chat from a terminal?
Yes. Use cmdop chat for the terminal interface, or cmdop chat -p for a
single non-interactive prompt.
Does closing chat stop the work?
No. Chat is attached to a live session on the machine. Leaving the UI does not erase the session or its durable history.
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