Guide
How to work with Genbeya day to day, one area per page.
| Page | Covers |
|---|---|
| Wiki | Pages and subpages, the editor, links, callouts, diagrams and images |
| References | [[…]] links to tasks, pages and files, line ranges, embeds, and what happens when things move |
| Writing pages | @mentions of people, dates, math, code blocks with titles and line numbers, foldable callouts, footnotes, keys and collapsible sections, and inserting blocks with / |
| Tasks | The board and the list, the task file, comments, activity, epics, workflow states, types, templates and custom fields |
| Code | The editor: find and replace, several cursors, folding, the minimap |
| Search | Finding text in pages, tasks and code |
| Version control | Changes, stashes, branches, tags, merging, rebasing, cherry-pick, revert, conflicts and history |
| Terminal | A shell in the repository, locally, on WSL or over SSH |
| Sharing | Links that open a page, task, file or commit in a coworker’s Genbeya or on the Git host |
| AI agents | Teaching coding agents to plan in tasks and document in the wiki |
| Keyboard shortcuts | Every key, in the app and in the editor |
| Settings | The Settings view and every key of .genbeya.yml |
The window
Section titled “The window”The sidebar on the left switches between the five views of the open repository — Wiki, Tasks, Code, Changes and History (Ctrl+1 … Ctrl+5). Above them, the repository menu opens, clones and switches repositories; below them sit the current branch, the Terminal and Settings.
Moving around
Section titled “Moving around”Ctrl+Kjumps to a page, task or file by name, or runs a command such as switching branch, merging or pushing. Paste a Genbeya link there to open it.Ctrl+Shift+F, or/at the start of theCtrl+Kpalette, finds text inside pages, tasks and code — see Search.Alt+←andAlt+→, or the mouse’s back and forward buttons, walk through where you have been./focuses the filter of the current view,?lists the shortcuts.Ctrl+`opens a Terminal in the repository.- Right-click a page, task, file or commit for a link to share — see Sharing.
On macOS, use ⌘ where these pages say Ctrl (except for the terminal’s Ctrl+`).