Dashboard

The CommandLane dashboard provides a visual interface for managing your entries, viewing analytics, and configuring settings.

Opening the Dashboard

• Hotkey: Ctrl+Shift+D (customizable in Settings)
• System tray: Right-click → Open Dashboard

Pages Overview

Overview

Your productivity at a glance.

Metrics Cards

• Captures: Total entries captured
• Tasks: Task count with completion rate
• Notes: Note count
• Contextual Advice: AI-generated suggestions

Each card shows:

• Current count
• Trend indicator (↑ up, ↓ down, → stable)
• Percentage change from previous period

Time Range Selector Switch between:

• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days
• Last 90 days

Activity Chart Visual timeline of your capture activity:

• Line/bar/area chart options
• Daily capture counts
• Color-coded by entry type

Contribution Heatmap GitHub-style 365-day heatmap showing:

• Daily activity levels
• Streak tracking
• Most active days

Streaks

• Current streak: Consecutive days with captures
• Longest streak: Your personal record

Captures

Unified view of all entries (tasks, notes, decisions).

Search

• Real-time filtering (300ms debounce)
• Searches entry body text

Filters

• All: Every entry
• Recent: Last 7 days
• Archived: Completed and archived

Sorting

• By date (newest/oldest first)
• Alphabetically (A-Z/Z-A)

Entry Cards Each entry displays:

• Body text (truncated if long)
• Creation date
• Entry type badge (task/note/decision)
• Status badge (for tasks)
• Due date (if set)
• Tags (up to 3 shown)
• Source app icon

Status Management (Tasks) Click the status dropdown to change:

• not_started → in_progress → done → archived

Changes save automatically with optimistic UI updates.

Infinite Scroll Entries load 50 at a time. Scroll to load more automatically.

Sessions

View and resume past agent conversations.

Session List

• Chronological list of all agent conversations
• Shows conversation title, date, provider, and model used
• Message count per session

Resume Conversations

• Click any session to continue the conversation
• Full message history is preserved
• Context is maintained across sessions

Background Tasks

Manage scheduled AI tasks via the Banner system.

Task List

• View all configured background tasks
• See task status, schedule, and last run time
• Enable/disable individual tasks

Approval Workflow

• Tasks requiring sensitive actions request your approval
• Approve, defer, or dismiss pending actions
• Session-level capability grants for trusted tasks

Task Runs

• View execution history for each task
• See results, errors, and tool call counts
• Real-time feed of task events

Integrations

Manage third-party connections.

Available Integrations

Integration	Features
Notion	Bi-directional sync, database mapping
OpenAI	API key management, model selection
Anthropic	API key management, model selection
Ollama	Local LLM connection, model list

Notion Integration

• OAuth connection flow
• Select task database
• Select notes database
• View sync history
• Trigger manual sync
• See conflict resolution stats

AI Providers

• Enter/update API keys
• Test connection
• View available models
• Set as default provider

MCP Quick Connect

• Add curated MCP providers without typing full server configs
• Supports remote OAuth/API-key providers and local stdio tools
• Local providers may require installing a CLI first, then authenticating it outside CommandLane

Google Workspace CLI

• Connect gws mcp as a local MCP provider from the Integrations page
• Install @googleworkspace/cli, then run gws auth setup and gws auth login
• Start with only the Workspace services you need to keep tool count and approvals manageable
• Advanced token and credentials-file overrides are available when local gws auth is not appropriate

Settings

Customize CommandLane to your workflow.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Capture window hotkey
• Dashboard hotkey
• Real-time validation (detects conflicts)

AI Settings

• Classification provider and model (Local/OpenAI/Anthropic/Ollama)
• Agent provider and model (for multi-turn conversations)
• Ask provider and model (for quick questions)
• Model visibility toggles per provider

General

• Start on Windows startup
• Minimize to system tray
• Show watcher toggle

Launcher

• Show developer tools option

Appearance

• Theme selection (Dark, Light, and other themes)

Subscription

• View license status
• Manage Banner Pro subscription

Feedback

Submit questions or bug reports.

Form Fields

• Name
• Email (for replies)
• Subject
• Message

Feedback is sent via email to the CommandLane team.

Navigation

Header Navigation The top navigation bar provides access to all pages:

• Overview
• Captures
• Sessions
• Background Tasks
• Settings
• Integrations
• Feedback

Current Page Indicator Active page is highlighted in the navigation bar.

Common Actions

Finding a Specific Entry

1. Open Dashboard (Ctrl+Shift+D)
2. Go to Captures page
3. Type in search box
4. Use filters to narrow results

Changing Task Status

1. Find the task on the Captures page
2. Click status dropdown
3. Select new status
4. Changes save automatically

Connecting Notion

1. Go to Integrations page
2. Click "Connect" on Notion card
3. Authorize in popup
4. Select databases for tasks and notes
5. Click Save

Changing Hotkeys

1. Go to Settings page
2. Find Keyboard Shortcuts section
3. Click on hotkey field
4. Press new key combination
5. Save changes

Viewing Analytics

1. Open Overview page
2. Select time range (7d/30d/90d)
3. Review metrics cards
4. Scroll to see heatmap and charts

Tips

Keyboard Navigation

• Use Tab to move between sections
• Enter to activate buttons
• Escape to close modals

Quick Status Updates

From the Captures page, you can rapidly update multiple task statuses without leaving the page.

Sync Monitoring

On the Integrations page, Notion shows:

• Last sync time
• Items synced
• Any conflicts detected

Search Behavior

Search is debounced (300ms delay) to avoid excessive queries while typing. Results update automatically.

Troubleshooting

Dashboard Won't Open

1. Check hotkey isn't conflicting with another app
2. Try different hotkey in Settings
3. Right-click the system tray icon and select "Open Dashboard"
4. If issues persist, restart CommandLane from the system tray

Entries Not Showing

1. Check filter settings (might be on "Archived")
2. Clear search box
3. Refresh page

Sync Issues

1. Check integration status on Integrations page
2. Verify API keys are valid
3. Try disconnecting and reconnecting
4. Check for error messages in sync history