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The composer is the primary input for both Chat and Code sessions. It shares state across surfaces via ComposerStore in ClawdmeterShared.

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Slash-command palette

Type / to open the command palette. For Claude sessions, the palette walks:
  • ~/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md — globally installed Claude Code skills.
  • <repo>/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md — project-local skills.
SkillCatalog runs this scan (up to 127 files) and parses YAML frontmatter on a background thread with a 30-second TTL and directory-mtime invalidation. The palette opens immediately; the scan never blocks the main thread. For Codex sessions, the palette shows built-in commands: /clear, /compact, /model, /help, /quit.

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@ mentions

Type @ to open the mention picker. It lists:
  • Open sessions in the daemon registry.
  • Agent-cited files in the current session (from SourceEntry).
  • Recent JSONL files across sessions.

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Attachments

Attach files via drag-drop from Finder, the paperclip button (file picker), or paste an image from the clipboard (saved as PNG). Attachments are staged before the prompt is sent:
Session typeStaging path
Claude~/Library/Application Support/Clawdmeter/attachments/<sessionId>/
Codex (worktree)<worktree>/.clawdmeter-attachments/
Each attachment shows a QuickLook thumbnail chip. The hard cap is 50 MB per attachment. Text and attachments are preserved if the send fails — you do not lose context on a network error.

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Voice dictation

Ctrl+M toggles voice dictation. Continuum uses SFSpeechRecognizer + AVAudioEngine (on-device). Partial transcripts append live to the composer as you speak.

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Send and Stop

The Send button (Cmd+Return) transforms into a Stop button while a turn is in progress:
  • Claude: sends ESC to the direct PTY.
  • Other providers: triggers harness cancellation or HTTP cancel.

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Live cost ticker

The composer footer shows a running estimate: ~$X • Y K tokens. This reads from the current WireChatSnapshot × Pricing.shared.cost(for:tokens:). For Claude sessions, a soft-red ⚠︎ weekly cap N% badge appears when weekly consumption reaches ≥95%. Codex sessions do not show a cap badge (Anthropic’s weekly cap does not map to Codex’s pricing model).

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Error handling

ComposerStore uses locked semantics: on a send error, text is preserved and attachments remain staged. The error surfaces inline. You can edit and retry without re-attaching files.
  • Sessions — how sessions are spawned and configured.
  • Autopilot — the autopilot chip and per-repo trust.
  • Broadcast — per-child attachment staging in broadcast mode.