Feature Guide · v1.8.0

Agent Tab

A 3-column IDE layout for VEKTOR's tool-using agent: chat thread on the left, file-tree / diff-viewer / docked terminal in the centre, and a live memory-recall rail on the right everything the agent is doing in one panel, instead of scattered across a terminal and a separate chat window.

Layout

The centre column is a real working view into the repo the agent is touching: a file tree to browse, a diff viewer to review exactly what changed, and a docked terminal for anything that needs to run. The chat thread on the left is where you actually direct the agent, and the memory-recall rail on the right surfaces relevant prior context from VEKTOR's memory as the conversation moves.

RUN / SEND composer

One composer, two behaviours depending on state. If nothing's running, it starts a new agent run. If a run is already active, sending a message injects a live chat interrupt instead of queuing a second run behind it so you can redirect the agent mid-task without waiting for it to finish first.

Per-tool approval gating

Every tool the agent can call falls into one of three modes: allow, ask, or deny. Writes and code execution default to “ask”, reads and search default to “allow”. Anything gated to “ask” surfaces an in-panel approval modal before it runs you see exactly what's about to happen before it happens, not after. An “Auto-run code” checkbox is available for a run where you want to opt out of that gate entirely.

Write self-check

Every write the agent makes runs a syntax check the moment it happens node --check, py_compile, or JSON.parse, matched to the file type. A bad edit surfaces immediately instead of only showing up on the next build.

Powered by CodeGraph

The file-tree, diff-viewer, and CODEMAP panel are all backed by CodeGraph, VEKTOR's on-demand code intelligence engine real AST-level understanding of a repo across 36 languages, built fresh per session and thrown away when it ends. See the CodeGraph guide for how that works underneath the Agent Tab.

Getting started

Agent Tab ships in v1.8.0. Upgrade at any time:

bash

npm install -g ./vektor-slipstream-1.8.0.tgz

No config changes are required the Agent Tab is available immediately from the main nav once you're on v1.8.0.

Next steps

See the CodeGraph guide for the code intelligence engine behind the file-tree and diff-viewer, the Faraday-Gate guide for the security layer sitting in front of every MCP tool call, or the v1.8.0 changelog for the full release.