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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)
  • Command: pkb dashboard
  • 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

Tasks​

Full task management interface.

Search

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

Filters

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

Sorting

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

Task Cards Each task displays:

  • Body text (truncated if long)
  • Creation date
  • Status badge
  • Due date (if set)
  • Tags (up to 3 shown)
  • Source app icon

Status Management Click the status dropdown to change:

  • not_started → in_progress → done → archived

Changes save automatically with optimistic UI updates.

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

Notes​

Browse and search your notes.

Layout

  • 3-column responsive grid
  • Cards with preview text
  • Tag display

Features

  • Debounced search
  • Sort by date
  • Filter controls

Note Cards Each note shows:

  • Preview text (first ~100 characters)
  • Creation timestamp
  • Tags (truncated to 3)
  • Source app indicator

Integrations​

Manage third-party connections.

Available Integrations

IntegrationFeatures
NotionBi-directional sync, database mapping
OpenAIAPI key management, model selection
AnthropicAPI key management, model selection
OllamaLocal 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

Settings​

Customize CommandLane to your workflow.

Keyboard Shortcuts

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

AI Settings

  • Classification provider (Local/OpenAI/Anthropic/Ollama)
  • Model selection (filtered by availability)
  • Planning provider and model
  • Chat provider and model

General

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

Launcher

  • Show developer tools option

Feedback​

Submit questions or bug reports.

Form Fields

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

Feedback is sent via email to the CommandLane team.

Sidebar The left sidebar provides navigation between pages:

  • Overview
  • Tasks
  • Notes
  • Integrations
  • Settings
  • Feedback

Current Page Indicator Active page is highlighted in the sidebar.

Common Actions​

Finding a Specific Task​

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

Changing Task Status​

  1. Find the task
  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 Tasks 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. Use pkb dashboard command instead

Tasks 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