Settings
Open Settings with ⌘ comma, or on a board with the gear, your avatar or Tools. It has eight panes and opens on Account.
On this page
Account#
| Option | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Your web account's | 1 to 80 characters, saved to your web account. |
| Shown, not editable here. | ||
| Sign-in methods | Manage on the web for passwords and Google. | |
| Avatar | Initials | Initials in eight colors, a photo or a logo; stays on this Mac. |
| Subscription | Status, Manage subscription and Refresh. See Account and subscription. | |
| Sign out | Keeps your local work; your agent logins are separate. |
General#
| Option | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Reopen last repo on launch | On | Starts on the board you left instead of the home screen. |
| Resume agent chats | On | Offers to resume the last conversation of Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and OpenCode consoles. |
| Chime when usage resets | On | A sound when an agent's limit resets. |
| Play | Only after 100% | Or Always. |
| Sound | Glass | Or Ping, Tink, Pop, Purr, Submarine. |
Appearance#
| Option | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Theme | OG | OG (dark), Light, or Match macOS. |
| Text size | 100% | Console text: 85, 100, 115, 130, 150, 175 or 200 percent. Each console can override it from its right-click menu. |
Shortcuts#
The single-key tools and panels of the board. Click a key, press the new one; Esc keeps the old key, Delete restores the default. See Keyboard shortcuts.
Agents#
| Option | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Default agent | First installed | What new consoles run. Change picks another. |
| Yolo: skip permission prompts | Off | Starts agents with their skip-permission flag. See Yolo. |
| Report status from the agent itself | Off | Live agent status through Claude Code and Codex hooks. See Live agent status. |
| Default shell | Your login shell | The shell plain consoles run. The field shows /bin/zsh until you set one. |
| Use Option as Meta key | Off | Option sends Esc plus the key in consoles. |
| Agent executables | Found on PATH | Paths for claude, codex, gemini, grok and opencode. |
| Your agents | Add an agent. See Your agents. |
Connections#
GitHub, through the GitHub CLI. Without gh installed, it offers to copy brew install gh. Connect GitHub opens a console running gh auth login on the board, so it needs an open repo. Once connected it shows your login and Disconnect, which asks for a second click because it signs gh out everywhere. The token stays in gh's own keyring.
Voice#
| Option | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Input device | Automatic | The microphone voice and dictation use. |
| Speech language | Automatic | Or one of 25 European languages. |
| Recognition | The state of the on-device model, with Retry. | |
| Hold Space to talk | On | Push to talk on the board. |
| Hold to dictate | Fn / Globe | Or Right ⌘, or Right Option. |
| Confirm commands out loud | On | Spoken replies, with a voice picker and Test. |
| Cached audio | Spoken lines kept on this Mac, up to 100 MB for 30 days. Clear empties it. | |
| Intelligence | Credits left this month, when they renew, and today's commands. |
About#
The version you run, Check for updates, the update status, a link to the release notes when a new version is available, and the platform: macOS on Apple Silicon. When an update is waiting, every other pane shows a banner with Restart to update, and About shows Restart now.
Keep going#
Something on this page does not match what you see in the app? Write to hello@symvibe.com or tell us in the Discord, and we will fix it.