TUI Guide

When parallel execution is active, ralph-tui adds new views and keyboard shortcuts for monitoring workers, merges, and conflicts.

Workers View

Press w to toggle the parallel workers view. This shows all active workers with their status, progress, and task titles:

◆ Workers (3) Group 1/2
▶ W1 [3/10] feat: Add login page          2m 15s
✓ W2 [10/10] fix: Auth validation bug      1m 42s
⏵ W3 [7/10] feat: Dashboard widgets       1m 58s
─── Merge Queue ───
⟳ W2 → main  merging...
⋯ W1 → main  queued

Status Indicators

Symbol	Meaning	Color
`▶`	Running	Green
`✓`	Completed	Green
`✗`	Failed	Red
`■`	Cancelled	Gray
`○`	Idle	Dim

Merge Queue Indicators

Symbol	Meaning	Color
`⟳`	Merging in progress	Blue
`⋯`	Queued for merge	Gray
`✓`	Successfully merged	Green
`⚡`	Conflict detected	Yellow
`✗`	Merge failed	Red
`↩`	Rolled back	Yellow

Worker Detail View

From the workers view, use ↑/↓ to select a worker, then press Enter to drill into its detail view:

◆ Worker W1 ▶ Running 2m 15s
Task: task-123 — feat: Add login page
Iteration 3/10
────────────────────────────────────────────
Creating login form component...
Adding email validation...
Writing test for LoginForm...

The detail view shows:

Worker header with status and elapsed time
Task ID and title
Current iteration progress
Live agent output stream (scrolled to latest)

Press Esc to return to the workers overview.

Merge Progress View

Press m to toggle the merge progress view. This shows the complete merge queue with detailed status:

⟳ Merge Queue (2/5 merged)
Backup: ralph/session-start/abc123
────────────────────────────────────────────
✓ task-101 → main  Merged             12s
  fix: Auth validation bug
⟳ task-102 → main  Merging...          3s
  feat: Add login page
⋯ task-103 → main  Queued
  feat: Dashboard widgets

Each entry shows:

Merge status indicator and label
Task ID and branch name
Elapsed time (for active/completed merges)
Task title
Conflict count (if applicable)

Conflict Resolution Panel

When a merge conflict is detected, a modal overlay appears:

┌─── ⚡ Merge Conflict Resolution ────────────┐
│ Task: task-102 — feat: Add login page        │
│ Files: 3 conflicted, 1 resolved              │
│ ⟳ AI conflict resolution in progress...      │
│ ──────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ ▸ ✓ src/auth/login.ts        Resolved (ai)   │
│   ⚡ src/components/Form.tsx  Unresolved       │
│   ⚡ src/styles/auth.css      Unresolved       │
│ ──────────────────────────────────────────── │
│ a Accept  r Reject  A Accept All  Esc Abort  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Conflict Panel Keys

Key	Action
`a`	Accept resolution for selected file
`r`	Reject resolution for selected file
`A`	Accept all resolutions
`Esc`	Abort merge and rollback
`↑`/`↓`	Navigate between files

Keyboard Reference

All parallel-specific keyboard shortcuts:

Key	Context	Action
`w`	Any view	Toggle parallel workers view
`m`	Any view	Toggle merge progress view
`↑`/`↓`	Workers view	Select worker
`Enter`	Workers view	Drill into worker detail
`Esc`	Detail/merge view	Return to previous view

INFO

Press ? at any time to see the full keyboard shortcut reference, including parallel-specific shortcuts.