For users¶
Everything you need to use Reyn day-to-day — no skill authoring, no server management.
If you haven't installed Reyn yet, start with Getting started: Installation.
The one command you need¶
This opens a TUI session. Type a request, get a response. That's it. Reyn routes your request to the right built-in skill automatically — you don't choose which one.
What you can do in chat¶
| Task | Example input |
|---|---|
| Ask questions | "What's the capital of France?" |
| Summarize files | "Summarize README.md" |
| Work on local files | "What functions are in src/reyn/skill_runtime.py?" |
| Search the web | "What's the latest release of Python?" |
| Run multi-step tasks | "Research X and write a report" |
No configuration required for any of these. Reyn has the skills for them out of the box.
How-tos¶
Interface¶
- Chat and Web UI — start the web interface, use it alongside the TUI.
Files and tools¶
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Work with local files — reference files and directories in your requests.
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Enable semantic search — index your own docs so Reyn can search them by meaning.
- Log in to an OAuth provider — authorize GitHub / Google / etc. via the browser device flow.
- Inspect and manage memory — review, edit, back up, or restore what Reyn remembers.
Control and safety¶
- Manage permissions — approve or deny what Reyn is allowed to do.
- Rewind a session — jump back to an earlier point with
/rewindand branch from there. - Cap your spending — set token / dollar limits so a run can't overspend.
Things Reyn handles for you¶
Memory — Reyn remembers facts across sessions automatically. No setup needed. To review or curate what it has stored, see Inspect and manage memory.
Crash recovery — if a long task is interrupted, re-run reyn chat and it resumes from where it left off.
Cleanup — when you close the TUI, the session ends cleanly. No background processes left behind.
Where to go from here¶
Once you're comfortable with chat mode:
- Reference: CLI / chat — full list of slash commands and flags.