This is a quick tour of the Unstoppable Code interface — the main areas you'll move between and the few shortcuts worth learning early. You don't need to memorize any of it; this is just a map.
Shortcuts below are shown for macOS. Use Ctrl in place of ⌘ on other platforms.
The main areas
The app is a single window with a sidebar of pages on the left. The main ones:
- Code — where you do most of your development work: your worktrees, chats, files, terminal, browser, and git actions.
- Cowork — the Unstoppable Cowork side, organized by projects and chats instead of code worktrees.
- Pipelines — build, run, and review pipelines.
- Automations — scheduled and triggered activities, plus watchers.
- Environments — environment variables and runtimes for agents and pipelines.
- Plugins — manage collections, skills, and MCP servers.
- Audit Trail — review activity, transcripts, and costs.
- Statistics and Usage — activity summaries and provider quota.
The unstoppable logo at the top opens the Overview dashboard — a scan of what's active, unread, and needs attention. The sidebar footer holds App Advisor and Settings.
The sidebar and status indicators
Your worktrees live in the sidebar, and each one carries a status indicator that shows its state at a glance — waiting, running, or done and needing your attention. Because you'll often have several tasks going at once, this is the area you keep half an eye on. See Working in parallel for how to use it as a workflow.
Command palette (⌘K)
Press ⌘K to open the command palette — the fastest way to jump around the app and run common actions without hunting through menus. The number keys ⌘1–⌘9 jump straight between pages (Overview, Code, Cowork, Pipelines, and so on).
File finder (⌘P)
Press ⌘P to jump straight to a file in the current worktree. It's the quickest way to open a file, whether to read it or make a small edit.
App Advisor (⌘L)
Press ⌘L to open App Advisor — a pop-out window that can operate the app for you in plain language. For a one-off request, ⌘⇧L fires a quick prompt without opening the full window.
Slash menu (/)
Inside a chat, type / to bring up the slash menu — your commands, skills, and plugins. It works with both agents (Codex also uses $, but / works too), and any plugins you've enabled show up there.
Viewing and editing files
The built-in file viewer reads files with syntax highlighting and handles basic edits — it's handy for reading a README or making a quick change. For heavier editing, hand off to VS Code. See File viewer & VS Code handoff.
Settings worth a look
It's worth going through Settings once early on. A couple of things hide there that are easy to miss — branch-naming settings (under Git) and per-task model assignment (under Chat). See Settings you should review once.
Next steps
- Create your first worktree — put the interface to work on a real task.
- Working in parallel — the workflow the interface is built around.
- Core concepts & vocabulary — the terms behind what you see.