The command index

244 commands.
One list, for you and the agent.

Everything VectorBrain can do is a registered command with one summary. You read that line in the palette, and the model is handed the same line.

VectorBrain’s command palette open over the Composer. The count reads 244 of 244. The first rows are agent.create, agent.delegate, agent.delete, agent.get, agent.history, agent.list, agent.report, agent.update and app.backup, each with its one-line summary and a read, write or destructive badge.

The palette is VectorBrain’s real interface, and the 244 commands in it are the real registry, read from source on 2026-09-25. The window behind it runs on example data.

01

Every command says how far it reaches.

Effect is set on the command, not guessed from the call. Destructive and exec stop and show you the exact input before an agent runs them, by default. That is 29 of the 244.

Each command also declares whether it can be undone, whether only a person may run it, where its result comes from, and which fields must never be written down.

How approvals work
  1. 105read

    Looks, changes nothing.

  2. 110write

    Creates or changes something recoverable.

  3. 23destructive

    Removes something, or changes it for good. Asks first.

  4. 6exec

    Runs a program. Asks first.

What an agent run may never call

69 of the 244 commands are marked person-only. The bus refuses them to any agent run on that flag alone, before an approval card exists, so no model can sign off its own work. Where the bus checks it.

At a glance

The registry, in numbers.

Commands
244, in 47 namespacesCommandSpec, crates/*/src
By effect
105 read, 110 write, 23 destructive, 6 execvb-core/src/permission.rs
Ask a person first by default
39: every destructive and exec command, plus 10 that ask whatever their effectvb-bus/src/policy.rs
Person-only
69, refused to any agent runvb-bus/src/bus.rs
Declare an undo
74, reversed by journal.undo through the busvb-bus/src/builtin.rs
Taint the run
9 foreign commands: web and browser readsvb-core/src/provenance.rs
Return project content
55, wrapped as data before a model reads itvb-core/src/provenance.rs
Fields never journalled
content on mcp.answer, value on mcp.secret.set and api_key on provider.key.setvb-bus/src/registry.rs
Open to a connected program
20, each behind a box you tickvb-bus/src/policy.rs
Conversation ceiling
Exec for every conversation you start. The trust level decides what asks; helpers keep fixed, lower ceilings.vb-agent/src/role.rs · PERSON_CEILING
The index

All 244, by namespace.

Read from the desktop source on 2026-09-25: every CommandSpec the build registers, test code excluded, with each summary exactly as written. The app will export its own registry, and that file will replace this one. Why everything is a command.

agent.* 8 commands

  • agent.create

    Create an agent: a name, a job description, a voice, and a folder of its own.

    writecompanion: roster

  • agent.delegate

    Hand parts of this job to the crew, several at once, and get back what each of them did.

    write

  • agent.delete

    Delete an agent: its record, its folder, and the notes inside it.

    destructive

  • agent.get

    Read one agent in full: its job description, its voice, and its notes.

    readcompanion: look

  • agent.history

    Every conversation one agent has been in, and what each of them cost.

    read

  • agent.list

    List the roster, leads first, with what each is for.

    readcompanion: look

  • agent.report

    Send a helper to read around the project and report back in a paragraph.

    read

  • agent.update

    Change an agent: its job description, its voice, its model, or its tools.

    writeundocompanion: roster

app.* 8 commands

  • app.backup

    Save a whole copy of the app's database into ~/VectorBrain/backups.

    writeperson only

  • app.backups

    List the database backups there are to restore from, newest first.

    readperson only

  • app.info

    Report the app version, platform, and security posture.

    readcompanion: look

  • app.pick_file

    Open the system's own file window and hand back the file the person chose, or nothing when they canceled.

    readperson only

  • app.pick_folder

    Open the system's own folder window and hand back the folder the person chose, or nothing when they canceled.

    readperson only

  • app.quit

    Shut VectorBrain down completely. Closing the window only hides it; this is the real off switch.

    execperson only

  • app.restore

    Replace the app's data with a backup and restart. What it replaces is kept as a backup of its own.

    destructiveperson only

  • app.save_copy

    Open the system's own Save window and copy a file from a project to wherever the person chose. Hands back the saved path, or nothing when they canceled.

    writeperson only

approval.* 4 commands

  • approval.amend

    Change what a pending action will run, before allowing it.

    writeperson only

  • approval.decide

    Allow or refuse an action the agent is waiting on.

    writeperson only

  • approval.list

    Show actions the agent is waiting to be allowed to take.

    read

  • approval.policy

    Say how often one command asks before it runs, or go back to the usual.

    writeundoperson only

artifact.* 15 commands

  • artifact.cells

    Read a sheet as shown: every formula worked out, formatted and styled.

    read

  • artifact.contrast

    Measure the contrast ratio between color pairs, to WCAG 2.1.

    read

  • artifact.create

    Write a new document: markdown, HTML, a slide deck, or a spreadsheet.

    writeundo

  • artifact.delete

    Take a document out of the list. Its history is kept.

    destructiveundo

  • artifact.edit_cells

    Change cells, rows, columns or sheets of a spreadsheet, keeping the previous version.

    writeundo

  • artifact.edit_element

    Replace one element of an HTML document, leaving the rest alone.

    writeundo

  • artifact.element

    Read one element of an HTML document by its data-fl-id.

    read

  • artifact.export

    Write a document to a real file: PDF as rendered, DOCX, PPTX as slides, XLSX from its tables.

    write

  • artifact.get

    Read a document, with the element map for its HTML.

    read

  • artifact.list

    List documents, most recently changed first.

    read

  • artifact.restore

    Put a deleted document back in the list.

    writeundo

  • artifact.retune

    Change one CSS design token of an HTML document, keeping the previous version.

    writeundo

  • artifact.revise

    Replace a whole document, keeping the previous version.

    writeundo

  • artifact.rollback

    Bring back an earlier version as the newest one.

    writeundo

  • artifact.versions

    List a document's version history, newest first.

    read

automation.* 13 commands

  • automation.check

    Check a connection trigger now: ask its read-only tool and fire once per new item that matches.

    readperson only

  • automation.create

    Create an automation: a prompt scheduled for an agent or team, or a reminder notification.

    writeundoasks first

  • automation.delete

    Delete an automation. Undo brings the row back under its id, not its firing history.

    destructiveundo

  • automation.fire

    Fire an automation now: record the firing, move it on to its next moment, and start the run or show the reminder.

    writeperson only

  • automation.get

    Read one automation by id, including its schedule in words and cost line.

    read

  • automation.history

    List firings for an automation or across all automations, newest first.

    read

  • automation.list

    List automations, optionally filtered by project or active state.

    read

  • automation.pause

    Pause an active automation.

    writeundo

  • automation.preview

    The time now, and what a proposed automation would mean: its schedule in words, when it fires, what it can cost.

    read

  • automation.resume

    Resume a paused automation, clearing failures and recomputing due time.

    writeundo

  • automation.run_now

    Trigger an automation to fire immediately.

    writeasks first

  • automation.seen

    Mark what an automation produced as looked at, so it stops counting as waiting on you.

    write

  • automation.update

    Update an existing automation: change its schedule, prompt, model, or who runs it. Null clears a field.

    writeundoasks first

brand.* 6 commands

  • brand.create

    Create a brand: a name and a brief that will ride every project tied to it.

    write

  • brand.delete

    Delete a brand: its record, its folder and the brief inside it. Cannot be undone.

    destructive

  • brand.get

    Read one brand and the brief it carries.

    read

  • brand.list

    List brands with how many projects each carries.

    read

  • brand.update

    Change a brand: what it is called, the brief it carries, its billing or its invoice colours.

    writeundo

browser.* 4 commands

  • browser.capture

    Photograph one public https page as a browser renders it, into the project.

    writeundotaints the run

  • browser.read

    Open one public https page in a real browser, run its scripts, and read it.

    readtaints the run

  • browser.reopen

    Read a page saved in the project's web folder, at the same cost as fetching it.

    readtaints the run

  • browser.save

    Open one public https page and write it to the project's web folder.

    writetaints the run

build.* 3 commands

  • build.list

    List this project's build pages: what each part is, and which files it covers.

    read

  • build.sync

    Rewrite the build pages describing what has changed, and stage them for the commit.

    write

  • build.write

    Write or rewrite one build page: what a part of this project is, and which files to open.

    writeundo

business.* 13 commands

  • business.create

    Create a business: a named folder of contacts, deadlines, invoices and expenses.

    writeperson only

  • business.dashboard

    One business at a glance: owed, this month, overdue, due this week, and what to do next.

    read

  • business.delete

    Delete a business: its record and its folder, every file inside. Cannot be undone.

    destructiveperson only

  • business.discard_import

    Delete the files one import wrote. The stored inverse of business.import_csv.

    destructive

  • business.export_csv

    Write a business's contacts, deadlines, deals, invoices and expenses out as five CSV sheets.

    write

  • business.get

    Read one business: header, notes, contacts, deadlines, quotes, invoices, expenses and hours.

    read

  • business.import_csv

    Import contacts or expenses from a CSV file: one file per row, with a map saying which heading is which key.

    writeundoperson only

  • business.import_preview

    Look at a CSV before importing it: its format, a suggested map, a sample and duplicates.

    readperson only

  • business.list

    List businesses with how many projects and contacts each carries.

    read

  • business.overview

    Where a business's money is: kept, owed and how late, what is coming in the next 90 days, and the monthly running costs.

    read

  • business.tie

    Tie a project to one client of one business, so that file rides its turns; or untie.

    writeundoperson only

  • business.totals

    Add up one business: invoiced, paid, unpaid and spent, per currency.

    read

  • business.update

    Change a business: name, brand, currency, terms, the payment sentence or the notes.

    writeundo

chat.* 8 commands

  • chat.budget

    Set the dollar ceiling for a conversation, or the one new conversations start with.

    writeundoperson only

  • chat.cancel

    Stop a run that is in flight.

    write

  • chat.history

    Read one conversation, its run, what that run cost, and anything it is waiting on.

    readcompanion: look

  • chat.list

    List conversations, most recently used first, each with its latest run's status.

    readcompanion: look

  • chat.search

    Find past conversations by something that was said in one.

    read

  • chat.send

    Send a prompt and let the agent work until it is done.

    writeperson onlycompanion: agents

  • chat.set_project

    Say which project a conversation is about, or move it back to a scratchpad.

    writeundoperson only

  • chat.trust

    Set how much this conversation is asked before the agent acts.

    writeundoperson only

commands.* 1 command

  • commands.list

    List every command registered on the bus.

    read

companion.* 4 commands

  • companion.connect

    Point Claude Code, Codex or Claude Desktop at this app by writing the entry into its own settings file.

    writeundoperson only

  • companion.disconnect

    Take this app out of a program's settings file again.

    writeundoperson only

  • companion.grant

    Tick or untick one box for one connected program: the Studio, your agents, or setting up agents and teams.

    writeundoperson only

  • companion.status

    Whether the door is open, what a connected program may do, and which programs point at this app.

    read

contact.* 4 commands

  • contact.bulk

    Change many contacts at once: business or personal, status, or a tag, undone in one step.

    writeundo

  • contact.get

    Read one contact in full: header, address, notes, the whole log and what they owe.

    read

  • contact.list

    Find contacts in a business by words, business or personal, and status, a page at a time.

    read

  • contact.log

    Add one dated line to a client's log, under its file's Log heading.

    writeundo

crew.* 8 commands

  • crew.approve

    Sign off the crew for this conversation. Only after this can anybody be handed work.

    writeperson only

  • crew.create

    Put a team together by hand: a lead, who is on it, and what each one is asked for.

    writeperson onlycompanion: roster

  • crew.delete

    Forget a saved crew. The file is deleted; conversations that ran under it are untouched.

    destructive

  • crew.list

    The crews kept from earlier jobs, with who was on each and what they were asked for.

    readcompanion: look

  • crew.propose

    Draft the crew for this job: who to bring in, and what each of them will do.

    write

  • crew.save

    Keep this conversation's crew to start the next job from. Saves the briefs, never the findings.

    writeperson only

  • crew.staff

    Decide once how this conversation is staffed: a crew you approve, or anybody on your roster.

    writeperson only

  • crew.update

    Change a team you keep: its name, what it is for, its lead, who is on it and what each is asked for.

    writeperson onlycompanion: roster

dev.* 6 commands

  • dev.configure

    Confirm how this project's dev server is started.

    writeasks first

  • dev.list

    The dev servers configured for this project, what is running, and what could be configured.

    read

  • dev.read

    Read a page this project's dev server is serving, to check your own work.

    read

  • dev.start

    Start this project's dev server and leave it running.

    exec

  • dev.status

    Whether this project's dev server is running, since when, and where its log is.

    read

  • dev.stop

    Stop this project's dev server.

    write

draft.* 1 command

  • draft.card

    Show a drafted text as a card in the conversation with a Copy button; only the text itself goes in it.

    read

fs.* 12 commands

  • fs.browse

    List every known root and its files, for the window's explorer. Person-only.

    readperson only

  • fs.dirs

    List what is inside one folder, for the window's picker. Person-only.

    readperson only

  • fs.discard

    Delete files that were imported. The stored inverse of fs.import.

    destructive

  • fs.edit

    Replace exact passages in a file. Each must appear exactly once. Several disjoint ones can go in one call.

    writeundo

  • fs.import

    Copy files from anywhere on disk into a project, so they can be worked with. Person-only.

    writeundoperson only

  • fs.list

    List a folder in the project, skipping ignored files.

    read

  • fs.move

    File something into a project, or move it between folders. The file moves; nothing is copied.

    writeundo

  • fs.open

    Open a file in whatever program this machine opens that kind with.

    execperson only

  • fs.preview

    Serve one file from any known root for display. Person-only.

    readperson only

  • fs.read

    Read a file from the project as text: plain text and code, PDFs, and Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.

    read

  • fs.restore

    Put a file back from a copy kept when it was last replaced. What undoing a large save replays.

    writeundo

  • fs.write

    Create a file, or replace one whole file's contents.

    writeundo

git.* 4 commands

  • git.commit

    Stage the named files and commit them with a message.

    writeasks first

  • git.diff

    Show the changes in the project as a unified diff.

    read

  • git.push

    Push the current branch to its remote.

    writeasks first

  • git.status

    Show the branch and what has changed in the project.

    read

hours.* 1 command

  • hours.bill

    Bill one client's unbilled hours into one invoice, a line per file or per day, and mark them billed.

    writeundo

idea.* 8 commands

  • idea.create

    Keep an idea as a page, undecided, without choosing what it is for yet.

    writeundo

  • idea.discard

    Delete an idea page. The stored inverse of keeping one; it deletes nothing outside an ideas folder.

    destructiveundo

  • idea.gather

    Propose what comes along when an idea becomes a project: ideas, shelf files, chats, media. Writes nothing.

    read

  • idea.list

    Every idea and every project deadline, as facts read from their headers.

    read

  • idea.month

    One month of what you owe, what the app promised, and what your connected calendar says. Writes nothing.

    read

  • idea.promote

    Make an idea a project: a folder, the page as its brief, and the ticked ideas, files and chats carried in.

    destructive

  • idea.today

    What is next, what is due this week, the inbox, what went quiet, and what ran while you were away.

    read

  • idea.update

    Move an idea on the ladder: retitle it, give it a date, mark it now, active, done or parked.

    writeundo

index.* 7 commands

  • index.clear

    Forget everything indexed for a project.

    destructive

  • index.embedding

    Which model the index is built with, what else it could be, and what changing it would cost.

    read

  • index.embedding.set

    Choose the model the index is built with. Every vector already paid for stops being comparable.

    destructiveundo

  • index.search

    Find passages in the project by meaning and by keyword at once.

    readcompanion: look

  • index.status

    Report what the local index holds for a project.

    read

  • index.sync

    Read a project into the local index, skipping files that have not changed.

    write

  • index.watching

    Say which folders the index keeps current on its own, and why.

    read

invoice.* 4 commands

  • invoice.credit

    Issue a credit note against a sent invoice: a negative file that reduces what is owed.

    writeundo

  • invoice.draft

    Start an invoice: claim its number and write the file, lines and totals worked out.

    write

  • invoice.export

    Print one invoice to a PDF beside its file, wearing the business's brand.

    write

  • invoice.pay

    Mark an invoice paid, or part paid by an amount; the app adds the amounts up.

    writeundo

journal.* 2 commands

  • journal.list

    Show recent commands, newest first.

    read

  • journal.undo

    Reverse a journalled command by replaying its inverse.

    write

librarian.* 1 command

  • librarian.sweep

    Read one conversation that has gone quiet and propose what to keep.

    writeperson only

llm.* 1 command

  • llm.chat

    Send a prompt to the selected model and stream the reply.

    read

mcp.* 19 commands

  • mcp.add

    Connect an MCP server: a URL, a program with arguments, or the mcpServers snippet from its README.

    writeundoasks first

  • mcp.agent_owned

    Mark a connected server as the agent's own account rather than the person's.

    writeundoperson only

  • mcp.allow

    Let one MCP tool act without asking, or take that back.

    writeundoperson only

  • mcp.answer

    Answer, decline or dismiss a question a connected server asked the person.

    writeperson onlynot journalled: content

  • mcp.asks

    The questions connected servers are waiting for the person to answer.

    readperson only

  • mcp.autonomy

    Let every tool on an MCP server act without asking, or take that back.

    writeundoperson only

  • mcp.call

    Call one tool on a connected MCP server.

    readasks first

  • mcp.enable

    Switch an MCP server, or one of its tools, on or off.

    writeundo

  • mcp.get_prompt

    Fetch one prompt template from a connected MCP server, filled in with its arguments.

    read

  • mcp.list

    The MCP servers connected to this app, whether each is up, and how many tools each has.

    read

  • mcp.login

    Sign in to a remote MCP server in the browser, and keep the sign-in.

    execperson only

  • mcp.logout

    Forget a remote MCP server's sign-in.

    destructiveperson only

  • mcp.preload

    Choose whether a server's full tool schemas ride from the start of a run.

    writeundoperson only

  • mcp.prompts

    The prompt templates one connected MCP server offers, with the arguments each takes.

    read

  • mcp.read_resource

    Read one resource from a connected MCP server by its URI.

    read

  • mcp.remove

    Disconnect an MCP server and forget it, its tools and its secrets.

    destructiveundo

  • mcp.resources

    The resources and resource templates one connected MCP server offers to read.

    read

  • mcp.secret.clear

    Remove a stored token or environment value for an MCP server.

    destructiveperson only

  • mcp.secret.set

    Store a token or an environment value for an MCP server in the OS credential store.

    writeperson onlynot journalled: value

media.* 11 commands

  • media.discard

    Delete generated media files. The stored inverse of a generation.

    destructive

  • media.embed

    An artifact with its media/ pictures put inline, for drawing in the window.

    readperson only

  • media.image

    Generate images from a prompt and save them under the project's media folder.

    writeundocompanion: studio

  • media.import

    Save image bytes (base64) into the media folder as a file generations can reference.

    writeundo

  • media.measure

    Learn what a transcription model charges per minute by transcribing a three-second clip. Person-only.

    readperson only

  • media.read

    Read a media file as a data URI so the window can display it.

    readperson only

  • media.recent

    List recent media generations from the journal, newest first.

    readcompanion: look

  • media.sound

    Compose music or sound from a description and save the clip.

    writeundocompanion: studio

  • media.speech

    Read text aloud with a speech model and save the audio.

    writeundocompanion: studio

  • media.transcribe

    Turn a recording into text, from a project file or supplied base64 audio.

    readcompanion: studio

  • media.video

    Generate a video clip from a prompt, waiting out the provider's job, and save it.

    writeundocompanion: studio

memory.* 7 commands

  • memory.brief

    Read the brief that is loaded into every conversation about this project.

    read

  • memory.discard

    Turn down a suggested note, so it is not proposed again.

    writeundoperson only

  • memory.homes

    Show where notes are kept: the project brief, its design sheet, its wiki, the library, and the ideas home.

    read

  • memory.keep

    Keep a suggested note, as written or with your own wording.

    writeundoperson only

  • memory.promote

    Keep something: into this project's brief, its design sheet, its wiki, or the global library.

    writeundo

  • memory.suggest

    Propose a note for this person to keep, without keeping it.

    write

  • memory.suggestions

    List the notes waiting to be kept or turned down.

    read

mode.* 2 commands

  • mode.list

    List the modes a conversation can run in.

    read

  • mode.select

    Choose the mode the next new conversation starts in.

    writeundo

model.* 2 commands

  • model.current

    Report the model and effort a prompt would run at right now.

    read

  • model.select

    Choose the model, the effort level, or both.

    writeundo

models.* 3 commands

  • models.browse

    List the catalog grouped by vendor, sorted by price, cache price, context, release or a published score.

    read

  • models.list

    Search the cached model catalog by id or name, optionally within one craft.

    readcompanion: look

  • models.sync

    Fetch the live model catalog from OpenRouter and replace the cached copy.

    write

notify.* 1 command

  • notify.show

    Show an OS notification toast with a title and message.

    read

pane.* 11 commands

  • pane.act

    Perform one action on the page in the browser pane - click, fill, press a key, or scroll - and read what the page became. Stops for the person's approval unless they have granted autonomy.

    readasks firsttaints the run

  • pane.autonomy

    Grant or withdraw the standing permission for agents to act in the browser pane without asking.

    writeundoperson only

  • pane.capture

    Photograph what the browser pane's front tab is showing into the project's media folder.

    writeundoperson onlytaints the run

  • pane.dev

    Put this project's running dev server on the stage, so the person can see it.

    read

  • pane.find

    Find text on the page in the browser pane's front tab and select the next match. The window's find bar.

    readperson only

  • pane.open

    Send the browser pane's front tab to one public https page, step it back or forward, reload or stop it, or park it on its start screen.

    readtaints the run

  • pane.place

    Position the browser pane over the stage, or hide it. The window's own plumbing.

    readperson only

  • pane.read

    Read the page the browser pane's front tab is showing: its text, and a numbered map of what can be clicked or filled. The numbers are minted fresh on every read.

    readtaints the run

  • pane.status

    Where the browser pane is: address, title, and whether it is loading.

    read

  • pane.tab

    Open, close, switch or list the browser pane's tabs. Every other pane command works in the tab in front, and switching brings a tab to the front where the person sees it.

    read

  • pane.zoom

    Scale the page in the browser pane's front tab. The window's zoom control.

    readperson only

pin.* 1 command

  • pin.set

    Replace the pinned agents and teams in the drawer, in the order they should appear.

    writeundoperson only

project.* 8 commands

  • project.access

    Lock a project to read-only, or unlock it again.

    writeundoperson only

  • project.create

    Create a new folder and add it as a project.

    writeundo

  • project.delete

    Remove a project from VectorBrain. The folder on disk is untouched.

    destructiveundo

  • project.list

    List the projects the person has added, newest first.

    readcompanion: look

  • project.map

    A map of the project: its files ranked, with the definition lines of the parts other files depend on.

    read

  • project.open

    Add a folder on disk as a project, optionally tied to a brand.

    writeundoasks first

  • project.state

    Where the work stands: branch, changed files, and the last command this conversation ran.

    read

  • project.trust

    Set how much this project is asked about before the agent acts.

    writeundoperson only

provider.* 5 commands

  • provider.balance

    Report the OpenRouter account's remaining credit, in USD.

    read

  • provider.key.clear

    Remove the stored OpenRouter API key from this machine.

    destructive

  • provider.key.set

    Store the OpenRouter API key in the operating system credential store.

    writenot journalled: api_key

  • provider.status

    Report whether an OpenRouter key is set, and optionally check it works.

    read

  • provider.topup

    Open the OpenRouter credits page in the system browser, to add funds.

    execperson only

quote.* 3 commands

  • quote.accept

    Accept a quote: draft the invoice from its lines, number claimed by the app, and link the two.

    writeundo

  • quote.draft

    Start a quote: claim its number and write the file, lines and totals worked out.

    write

  • quote.export

    Print one quote to a PDF beside its file, wearing the business's brand.

    write

sandbox.* 2 commands

  • sandbox.status

    Say what confines commands on this machine, and what it does not.

    read

  • sandbox.sweep

    Remove every folder permission this app has granted itself.

    destructive

settings.* 4 commands

  • settings.delete

    Remove a setting entirely.

    destructiveundo

  • settings.get

    Read one setting by key.

    read

  • settings.list

    List every setting and its value.

    read

  • settings.set

    Set one setting to a value. The value may be any JSON.

    writeundo

shell.* 1 command

  • shell.run

    Run one command inside the project and capture its output.

    exec

skill.* 4 commands

  • skill.create

    Save a new skill as a file, in this project or in the global library.

    writeundo

  • skill.get

    Read one skill in full, including the instructions it adds to a run.

    read

  • skill.import

    Copy a skill file from anywhere on disk into this project or the library. Person-only.

    writeperson only

  • skill.list

    List the skills a conversation can be run with, project ones first.

    read

team.* 3 commands

  • team.retry

    Send a crew member again, with the brief they were given the first time.

    writeperson only

  • team.status

    Who is working on this conversation's job, what each is doing, which files each has changed, and what it has cost.

    read

  • team.transcript

    Read one crew member's record: what they were sent, and everything they did.

    read

tools.* 1 command

  • tools.search

    Find commands by name or description.

    read

versus.* 7 commands

  • versus.begin

    Fix a Versus project's mode and two models and open its two conversations, ready for versus.send. Once only.

    writeperson only

  • versus.create

    Make a Versus project: two sibling project folders, "<name> vs1" and "<name> vs2", where two models race the same job.

    writeundoperson only

  • versus.delete

    Remove a Versus project: its match record and both sides' project rows. The folders on disk are untouched.

    destructiveperson only

  • versus.list

    Every Versus project, newest first, with each side's folder, model and measured facts.

    read

  • versus.pick

    Record which side of a Versus project won, or clear the pick. Archives nothing.

    writeundoperson only

  • versus.send

    Send one message to both sides of a Versus project at once, and wait for both runs.

    writeperson only

  • versus.tidy

    Tidy up a finished Versus project: remove the named sides' project rows (folders stay on disk) and mark the match done.

    destructiveperson only

web.* 1 command

  • web.fetch

    Read one public https page and return it as text.

    readtaints the run

you.* 1 command

  • you.set

    Set what the model calls you and how you want to be spoken to, on every turn.

    writeundoperson only

The details,
for the careful.

How many commands does VectorBrain have?

244 registered commands in 47 namespaces, counted from the desktop source on 2026-09-25. 105 only read, 110 write something recoverable, 23 are destructive and 6 run a program. The largest namespaces are mcp (19), artifact (15) and automation (13).

Can the agent do everything I can?

No. 69 of the 244 commands are person-only, and the bus refuses them to any agent run before an approval card exists, among them approval.decide, chat.send and project.trust. Of the rest, 39 stop and ask you by default: every destructive and exec command, plus 10 that ask whatever their effect, such as git.commit and project.open, where the per-command setting that can quiet the others is not consulted. Every conversation you start has the same ceiling, exec, so what stops is decided by your trust level: running a program asks at Always ask and Normal, and only god mode lifts that.

Which commands are destructive?

23 of them: agent.delete, app.restore, artifact.delete, automation.delete, brand.delete, business.delete, business.discard_import, crew.delete, fs.discard, idea.discard, idea.promote, index.clear, index.embedding.set, mcp.logout, mcp.remove, mcp.secret.clear, media.discard, project.delete, provider.key.clear, sandbox.sweep, settings.delete, versus.delete and versus.tidy. 7 of those declare an undo (artifact.delete, automation.delete, idea.discard, index.embedding.set, mcp.remove, project.delete and settings.delete). By default, an agent that calls any destructive command waits for a person to approve the exact call.

Which commands run programs?

6: app.quit, dev.start, fs.open, mcp.login, provider.topup and shell.run. shell.run is the only one that runs an arbitrary command line, inside the open project, and it asks every time at Always ask and Normal trust. Only god mode lifts that, and only inside the sandbox.

Can I undo what the agent did?

74 commands declare an inverse, and journal.undo replays the stored inverse through the bus, so the undo is itself a journalled, permission-checked command. Whether one particular call can be undone is decided by its own journal row, because a call may have changed nothing.

What happens after the agent reads a web page?

9 commands return foreign content: browser.capture, browser.read, browser.reopen, browser.save, pane.act, pane.capture, pane.open, pane.read and web.fetch. Reading any of them taints the run for the rest of its life: it may still read and make something new, a Canvas document or a .md, .txt or .csv file under the project’s web/ folder, but it can no longer change anything that already exists, delete or execute, and no approval lifts that. Files in a project you opened are different: they are wrapped as data, but the run keeps its authority, so it can still make the change you asked for.

Does the journal keep my API key?

No. 3 commands name input fields the bus blanks before the call is journalled: mcp.answer (content), mcp.secret.set (value) and provider.key.set (api_key). The rule is on the command, so no handler has to remember it.

Can Claude Code or Codex run these commands?

A connected program can reach 20 of them, and only under the box you tick for it: looking at your agents, chats and projects, making media in the Studio, handing a job to your agents with chat.send, and setting up agents and crews. Every other command is on no companion list at all, whatever the settings say.

Where do these descriptions come from?

Each one is the summary string written on the command in the app’s source. The palette shows you that line, and the model is given the same line as the tool’s description, with a clause added when the call asks first or taints the run. Nothing on this page was rewritten for marketing.

Why is this list a static extraction?

The app does not export its registry to a file yet. Until it does, a script reads every CommandSpec in the desktop source, skips test code, and writes the list this page renders. This copy was read on 2026-09-25. When the app’s own export exists it replaces this file, with the app version on it.

Nothing hidden.
Every door is on the list.

If VectorBrain can do it, it is one of these 244, and the agent reaches it through the same bus and the same journal you do. What a connected program may reach.