amodal chat
Open an interactive terminal chat with an agent. Studio chat is the default product UI; amodal chat is useful for local development, scripted testing, and debugging from a terminal.
amodal chatModes
Local mode (default)
When run in a local agent repo, it can start a local development runtime and connect to it:
amodal chatRemote mode
Connect to an already-running server:
amodal chat --url http://localhost:3847
amodal chat --url https://my-agent.amodal.aiSnapshot mode
Load from a snapshot file (built with amodal deploy build):
amodal chat --config snapshot.jsonOptions
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--url <remote> | Connect to remote server |
--config <file> | Load from snapshot |
--app-id <id> | App identifier |
--port <number> | Local server port |
--resume <id|latest> | Resume a previous session |
--fullscreen | Use alternate terminal buffer |
Features
- Streaming responses — see the agent think in real-time
- Tool call display — watch tool invocations as they happen
- Skill activation — see which reasoning framework is active
- Session resume — pick up where you left off
- Session browser — navigate previous conversations
- Markdown rendering — formatted output in the terminal
- Responsive layout — adapts to terminal size