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url: https://cuonghuunguyen.github.io/guide/tour.md
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# A quick tour

The screen has four parts. Each links to its own page.

![The main screen: sidebar, tabs, session and side panel](/screenshots/workspace-light.png)

| Part | Where | What it is |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Sidebar** | Left | Your [projects](../features/projects) and their [sessions](../features/sessions). Search, Focus and Settings live here too. |
| **Tab bar** | Top | Open sessions as [tabs](../features/sessions#tabs), grouped by project. |
| **Session** | Middle | The chat with Claude: the [timeline](../features/timeline) and the [prompt box](../features/prompt-box) at the bottom. |
| **Side panel** | Right | [Files](../features/files), [Changes](../features/changes), [Graph](../features/git-graph) and the [terminal](../features/terminal). |

## Words you will see

* **Daemon:** the small server claude-code-ui runs on your computer. It owns all sessions.
* **Project:** a folder you opened with **Open project**.
* **Session:** one conversation with Claude in one folder.
* **Turn:** one prompt and everything Claude does for it.
* **Tool card:** one thing Claude did, like running a command or editing a file.
* **Permission request:** Claude asks before it runs a tool. See [Permissions & modes](../features/permissions).

## Top-right buttons

| Button | Does |
| --- | --- |
| Usage ring | Your plan usage. Click for details. See [Usage & context](../features/usage). |
| Search | Opens the [command palette](../features/palette). |
| Theme | Cycles System → Light → Dark. |
| Panel | Shows or hides the side panel. |

## Good to know

* Press Ctrl+/ to see every [keyboard shortcut](../reference/shortcuts).
* Restart the guided tour any time: **Settings › Help & about**, or "Show guide" in the command palette.
* On a phone the layout changes: the sidebar becomes a drawer and you see one pane at a time.