Primeros pasos

Interface tour: shelf, editor, right-side chat, toolbar

Lectura de 4 min

Five minutes — every big area of the Slima UI, what each button does and why it lives where it does.

Writing Studio editor 4 zones: left activity bar / file tree / center editor / right AI Coach (or Notes)

After you enter the editor, the screen splits into 4 main regions. Left to right:

1 · Activity bar (far left)

Narrow vertical column — the switcher between Slima's workspaces.

Icon What
★ Slima home
💧 Writing Studio
🎬 Script Studio
👁 AI Beta Readers
🔗 Slima MCP
📊 Your writing stats (motivation system)
⚙️ Settings

At the bottom: EN / 繁 language toggle, dark / light mode toggle, your avatar (goes to Account).

2 · File tree (left)

Every file in the current book, grouped by folder. Two built-in folders:

  • Chapters — your draft
  • Notes — characters, worldbuilding, references

Add more folders as you like. Files drag to reorder, right-click for edit / delete / rename.

See: Files & content

3 · Editor (centre, largest)

The main stage. Markdown editor + floating toolbar.

Top toolbar:

  • Heading levels (H1 / H2 / H3)
  • Bold / italic / strikethrough
  • Lists, quotes, blockquote, table
  • Dialogue punctuation (auto-switches to 「」/《》 for CJK books)
  • AI image
  • Undo / redo
  • Word count

Press / inside the editor to open the command palette (search features, switch views).

See: Editor overview · Writing tools

4 · AI Coach (right)

The right-side chat panel. It's already read your book — you don't need to paste context.

Top tabs:

  • AI chat — ask the Coach, revise, continue
  • AI analysis — four lenses on a chapter
  • Chat history — past conversations

Bottom focus topics chips (character motivation / sharpen conflict / scene description / theme) + "Or start from here" chips (I'm stuck / check this / suggest something) — one tap and the Coach takes over.

See: AI Coach

5 · Top toolbar

Tabbed:

  • Left side: active chapter tabs (multiple open at once)
  • Right side: a split editor icon (two chapters side-by-side)

6 · Status bar (bottom)

Quiet but important:

  • Today's word count — the motivation system's headline metric
  • Sync state — live / offline / conflict, …
  • Selection length — appears when you've highlighted text

Live in the keyboard

Every region is reachable by keyboard — press ⌘K (Mac) or Ctrl K to open the command palette and search everything.

See: Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

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