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The inspector

Browse files, edit them with syntax highlighting, read the git diff, and search the project — a full side panel that never pulls you out of the terminal.

The inspector is Termio's side panel for everything around the terminal: files, changes, and search. It sits beside your sessions so you can glance at code without switching apps.

Files

The file tree mirrors the working directory. Single-click a file to open it in a built-in editor with syntax highlighting, soft-wrap, and a live line/column readout. Edits auto-save — there's no save button. Images, PDFs, and HTML open in a Quick Look preview instead.

Changes

The git pane has two read-only tabs:

  • Changes — the current diff, rendered as a clean unified view.
  • History — recent commits with author avatars, expandable file lists, and per-commit diffs.

It's deliberately read-only: writing to git (commit, push, PR) stays in the terminal, where the agent and your own commands already live.

The inspector's Search tab runs a content search across the project (backed by git grep) and jumps you straight to the matching line in the editor — it searches inside files, not just filenames. This is the "find in files" you know from an editor.

Looking for a file by name instead? That's Open Quickly (⌘⇧O), which also jumps between sessions and recent projects.

Opening files from the terminal

Cmd-click a file path in terminal output — even inside an agent's TUI — and Termio opens it in the editor. Cmd-click a URL to open it in your browser, or a file:// link for a read-only preview overlay.