Use the thread TUI

Recipe for holding a branching, email-style conversation with a quorum deliberation. Assumes quorum is installed and pointed at an orchestrator (a room/policy configured, or the default remote). The why behind branching and per-branch sessions lives in Thread tree TUI.

What a thread is

A durable, client-owned transcript of a conversation whose replies are deliberations. It's a tree, not a flat log: each turn roots under the one you replied to, so you can continue a line, fork off an older turn, or start a fresh line under the same subject. Each branch carries its own session (conversation_id), so a fork doesn't disturb the branch it came from.

Open the inbox

quorum        # opens the TUI on the Threads tab

The list is your inbox — newest-activity first. Each row is [MM-DD HH:MM] <subject> · [role]: <newest-turn preview> (<count>). The pane below previews the selected thread's most recent turns, so you see the latest exchange without opening it.

↑↓ — move between threads
Enter — open the selected thread
n — start a new thread
d — delete the selected thread (d/y confirms, any other key cancels)

Start a thread

Press n. The compose box opens.
Type a subject, Tab to the message, type your first turn.
Enter sends. The subject is fixed once set; the live deliberation detail opens automatically so you can watch the rounds. Esc returns to the thread — the run keeps going and its answer lands as a [noosphera] turn.

Read a thread

Messages are newest-on-top, one collapsed line each:

▸▾ [07-07 13:42] [noosphera] here's the summary…  ⑂2  ↳ re: what changed?

↑↓ — pick a message
Enter / → — expand the selected message inline; ← collapses
o — open it full-screen (scroll with ↑↓/PgUp/PgDn, Esc back)
↳ re: shows which turn a reply answers; ⑂N marks a fork point with N branches; forked branches are indented, linear turns are not
▲N/▼N in the title count lines hidden above/below the viewport

Continue, fork, or branch

The turn you compose roots under wherever the cursor is:

Continue the conversation — press w without selecting anything. The reply continues from the newest turn (same branch → the session resumes).
Fork off an older turn — ↑↓ to that turn, then w. The reply roots under it and carries only that turn's lineage as context; the compose header shows ↳ replying under [role] …. Replying under a turn that already has replies starts a new branch (a fresh session, cold-seeded from the path).
Start a fresh line — press n inside a thread. A new root turn under the same subject, rooted at nothing.

Steer a running deliberation

In the deliberation detail, press / to open the steering input and inject a message into the live rounds. It's a line editor: ^←/^→ jump by word, Home/End snap to the ends, and a paste inserts at the caret (multi-line kept). Press ^F for a full-screen editor when the message is large; Esc leaves full-screen, then closes the input. Enter sends.

Stop a runaway deliberation

^C (or x, if your terminal/tmux swallows Ctrl keys) cancels the running deliberation — from the reader or the detail view (a compliance kill-switch too). The turn is left unanswered; write a follow-up to continue. When a turn has already finished with no answer, ^D/Enter shows ⚠ No running deliberation.

Swap the model or effort

^P (or type /model) — pick the policy acting as the model
^E — cycle the effort (convergence threshold)

Both show in the footer. Policy can change mid-thread.