Features
Cosine CLI is more than a chat interface — it includes commit tracking, background work, session persistence, multi-project context, and specialized views for navigating active work.
Core workflow features
Section titled “Core workflow features”- Agent Commits — Per-turn Git history for reviewing and recovering agent edits
- Session History — Resume previous conversations with full context
- Background Tasks — Run work in parallel on separate branches
- Side Panel — Overview, terminals, agents, and changes
- Timeline — Message history, tool runs, plans, and commit markers
- Reasoning — Control how much time and thinking budget models spend on a task
- Linked Projects — Give one session access to multiple repos
- Memory — Persistent project context and saved facts
Related capabilities
Section titled “Related capabilities”Some capabilities used to appear on this page but already have dedicated documentation:
- Modes — Manual, Auto, Plan, and Swarm behavior
- Skills — Install and use reusable skill packages
- MCP Configuration — Connect external tools and APIs
Next Steps
Section titled “Next Steps”- Agent Commits — Review and recover agent-generated commits
- Session History — Reopen past sessions quickly
- Navigation — Keyboard shortcuts and terminal user interface (TUI) layout
- Configuration — All config options and flags
- Background Tasks — Run concurrent work in separate worktrees