feat(webui): present chats as topics
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# Nanobot WebUI: Browser Workbench for Self-Hosted AI Agents
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<!-- Meta description: Run nanobot from a browser WebUI with persistent chat sessions, visible tool activity, workspace controls, Apps, MCP presets, Skills, settings, and Automations. -->
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<!-- Meta description: Run nanobot from a browser WebUI with persistent topics, visible tool activity, workspace controls, Apps, MCP presets, Skills, settings, and Automations. -->
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The WebUI is nanobot's browser workbench for persistent chat sessions, visible
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The WebUI is nanobot's browser workbench for persistent topics, visible
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agent activity, workspace controls, Apps, Skills, settings, and Automations in
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one place.
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Use the WebUI as the primary setup surface after Quick Start:
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1. Send `Hello!` in a new chat to prove the selected model works.
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1. Send `Hello!` in a new topic to prove the selected model works.
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2. Open **Settings → Models** and confirm the active model preset.
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3. Start a separate chat before project work, then choose the intended workspace and access mode.
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3. Start a separate topic before project work, then choose the intended workspace and access mode.
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4. Add only one capability next: a chat channel in **Settings → Channels**, a web/voice/image provider in **Settings**, or an App/MCP integration in **Apps**.
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5. Restart when the WebUI shows a restart requirement, then test that capability with the smallest possible request.
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| Area | Use it for |
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| Chat | Start, switch, search, fork, and delete browser sessions |
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| Topics | Start, switch, search, fork, and delete browser topics |
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| Agent activity | See thinking, tool calls, file edits with diffs, command output, and generated artifacts in context |
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| Workspace | Pick the project workspace before asking for file or shell work |
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| Access | Choose the access mode for local capabilities allowed by your gateway configuration |
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| Automations | Review, search, run, pause, edit, and delete scheduled and local-trigger agent turns |
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| Settings | Adjust models, providers, image generation, voice, web tools, runtime, and safety options |
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## Chat Workspace
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## Topic Workspace
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The sidebar is the session switcher. A session keeps its own history, title,
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workspace metadata, and linked automations. Use a new session when you want a
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The sidebar is the topic switcher. Each topic keeps its own history, title,
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workspace selection, and linked automations. Use a new topic when you want a
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separate context; use fork when you want to continue from an existing point
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without changing the original thread.
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The access control in the composer controls the local capability level for the
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chat. It does not bypass your gateway, provider, shell sandbox, or operating
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system configuration; it only selects among the capabilities that are already
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available to this WebUI session.
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available to the current topic.
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In Restricted mode, ordinary file and shell work stays inside the selected
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project. To preserve agent continuity, filesystem/search tools receive narrow,
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selected project. These tool exceptions do not broaden the browser's file
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preview boundary.
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Remote WebUI sessions may reduce access for the current workspace. Selecting a
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Remote WebUI connections may reduce access for the current workspace. Selecting a
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different workspace or enabling Full Access remains limited to local and native
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clients.
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## Automations
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Automations are agent turns that run later in a linked chat/session. They should
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be created from the chat, channel, or session where they are supposed to run so
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nanobot keeps the correct target context. When an automation runs, it normally
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delivers the result back to that linked chat.
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Automations are agent turns that run later in a linked topic. Create them from
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the topic or channel where they are supposed to run so nanobot keeps the
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correct target context. When an automation runs, it normally delivers the
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result back to that topic.
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For the full automation model, creation flow, trigger CLI usage, and delivery
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semantics, see [`automations.md`](./automations.md).
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Use the Automations view to:
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- Filter by all, active, paused, needs-attention, or system jobs.
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- Search by task name, message, trigger command, linked chat, schedule, or status.
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- Search by task name, message, trigger command, linked topic, schedule, or status.
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- Sort by next run, last run, updated time, or name.
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- Run scheduled automations now.
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- Pause or resume, rename, or delete user-created automations.
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`chat:WeChat`, `schedule:09:30`, `cron:"0 23 * * *"`, `trigger`, and
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`status:paused`.
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An automation without a linked chat cannot be enabled or run from the WebUI,
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An automation without a linked topic cannot be enabled or run from the WebUI,
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because nanobot would not know where to deliver the scheduled turn. Recreate it
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from the target chat or channel so the automation has complete context.
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from the target topic or channel so the automation has complete context.
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Local triggers do not have a WebUI "Run now" action because each run needs a
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message. Use the copied `nanobot trigger ...` command and replace `"message"`
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