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title: "Command palette and keyboard control for Muse Code"
url: https://helicon.sh/features/command-palette
description: "A command palette, slash commands and a model and reasoning effort picker. Every project, session and action in Helicon is reachable without the mouse."
updated: 2026-09-19
site: Helicon
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# Keyboard first, mouse optional

Helicon is fully keyboard operable. A command palette jumps to any project, session or action, slash commands work in the composer the way they do in the CLI, and a picker switches model and reasoning effort mid thread. Nothing in the app requires a pointing device.

## Why a terminal user cares

The most common objection to a GUI from someone happy in a terminal is that it slows them down. It only does if it forces the mouse. Helicon was built so the fast path is the keyboard and the pointer is a convenience.

## What the palette reaches

- Any project, by name, including worktrees.
- Any session, so history is one search away.
- Actions: new thread, stop, background, settings, theme, usage.

## Slash commands and the picker

- Slash commands in the composer, matching what the CLI accepts.
- A model and reasoning effort picker you can change without restarting the thread.
- Goal controls from the composer as well as the goal panel.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I use Helicon entirely without a mouse?

Yes. Every project, session and action is reachable from the palette or a shortcut.

### Do slash commands work like the CLI?

The composer accepts slash commands, and the goal controls are available there as well as in the goal panel.

### Can I change the model mid thread?

Yes. The model and reasoning effort picker applies to the next turn.

## Related

- [Goals](https://helicon.sh/features/goals): Set, pause, resume, change and clear a Muse Code goal from the goal panel or the composer, without dropping back into the terminal to retype a slash command.
- [Session history and resume](https://helicon.sh/features/session-history): Every Muse Code session, grouped by project, with full history and one click resume. Sessions started in the muse terminal TUI are discovered and resumable too.
- [Keyboard control](https://helicon.sh/guides/keyboard-shortcuts): The command palette, slash commands in the composer, and the model and reasoning effort picker. Everything in Helicon is reachable without a mouse.

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Helicon is a free, MIT licensed, unofficial community client for Meta's Muse Code CLI. Not made, sponsored or endorsed by Meta. Source: https://helicon.sh/. Machine readable index: https://helicon.sh/llms.txt