Settings & Global Context
Settings sidebar + ⌘K command palette
Section titled “Settings sidebar + ⌘K command palette”Settings (⌘/Ctrl+,) and the ⌘/Ctrl+K palette. An in-place flip of the projects sidebar into a searchable settings nav (4 groups, 13 tabs) with a command palette (tabs, jump-to-control, actions) and a redesigned Model Tiers & Agents tab.
Settings About tab
Section titled “Settings About tab”Settings → About. Shows the Orbit wordmark, current version, license summary, and footer attribution. Answers version and license questions and offers direct actions to view the Alpha Tester Guide or open Orbit on GitHub.
Execution tiers & Claude auth mode
Section titled “Execution tiers & Claude auth mode”Settings → Model Tiers & Agents. Route Low / Medium / High·UI / High·Backend / Coordinator tiers to specific agents and models, with effort plus auth (Claude Max subscription/OAuth vs API key). At least one agent must be registered before any prompt runs.
Local AI providers (API executor)
Section titled “Local AI providers (API executor)”Settings → Model Tiers & Agents. Any complexity tier can route to a local or custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint — DeepSeek, MiniMax, Ollama, LM Studio, or a custom base URL — alongside cloud providers. The API executor runs with a curated safe subset of Orbit’s tools (file reads, shell, git, context) and blocks vault, deploy, and billing tools.
Global Context
Section titled “Global Context”Settings → Global Context and the dashboard Global Context panel. A two-layer context system — installer defaults in resources/defaults/global/, overridden completely by user files in ~/.orbit/global/ — with in-app editing, (default) / (custom) badges, View default, and Reset to default. Global Context (AI Rules, Workflow, Memory Global, Memory Project) lives under Settings; deep links elsewhere route here.
MCP tools: orbit_write_global_context, orbit_append_global_context.
Conventions viewer + sync-rules
Section titled “Conventions viewer + sync-rules”Settings → Conventions (all help icons deep-link here). Renders workflow.md as searchable HTML with a TOC and “Why” blocks, a Custom/Default badge, and a Reset intro; the rules feed CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md / GEMINI.md generation.
Tasks sidebar
Section titled “Tasks sidebar”The right-rail Tasks panel. A grouped task panel (Smart / Project / Flat modes) with metadata chips, inline editing, schedule and priority popovers, Smart drag-and-drop, undo, and per-node “Assigned to.”
MCP tools: orbit_tasks_create, orbit_tasks_update, orbit_tasks_delete.