Getting Started
Sign In
Sign in with your Google account. After signing in, you’ll land on the Inbox.
Set Up Your Profile
Go to Profile (click your avatar in the sidebar footer) and configure:
- Nickname & Occupation — How Themis addresses you and understands your role
- Theme, Timezone, Date/Time format — Display preferences
- Connections — Link your GitHub, Linear, Sentry, and Telegram accounts
- Personalization — Language, communication style, and custom instructions
See Profile & Personalization for full details.
Your First Conversation
Start a conversation by typing directly in the input box — it’s focused and ready on most pages, including the home screen. You can also click the + icon in the sidebar to start a new chat from anywhere.
Themis can handle all kinds of conversations — there’s no restriction on topic. You can ask about code, brainstorm product ideas, draft emails, analyze data, discuss strategy, or just think through a problem. A few examples:
- Review a pull request — paste a PR link
- Create issues — describe a bug or feature for Linear
- Query data — ask business questions and get charts
- Generate code — describe what you need
- Write content — draft docs, emails, reports, or proposals
- Research — explore topics, compare approaches, summarize findings
When your space has connected services (GitHub, Linear, Sentry, Metabase), Themis uses them automatically when relevant. All conversations happen within your space’s context and are subject to the agent settings and policies configured by your space admin.
You can upload images and files directly in the chat input — drag and drop or click the attachment icon. Themis can analyze screenshots, read documents, and process spreadsheets.
Slash-Command Palette
Type / at the start of an empty input or new line in the chat composer to open the skill palette. It lists every skill available to you in the current space — personal, space-shared, and system — with their descriptions and example prompts.
- Keep typing to filter the list (e.g.
/codenarrows to skills whose name or description matches). - Use the arrow keys to move between items and Enter or Tab to insert
/<skill-name>into the input. - Each skill can include a few short example prompts in its frontmatter — they show up in the palette so you can see at a glance what the skill is good at. Authors: add up to 10 examples (200 characters each) when creating or editing a skill.
The palette uses the same priority Themis applies when loading skills (personal > space > system), so the skill you pick is the one the agent will actually use.
On phones, the palette stays hidden — your soft keyboard’s autocomplete strip already covers the same need, so the popover would compete with it rather than help.
Incognito Chat
The icon next to the upload button is a per-conversation toggle that asks Themis to ignore your saved memory, identity, communication style, and custom instructions for this thread. The toggle only appears on new conversations — once a thread has messages, its mode is locked in.
See Incognito Chat for details and when to use it.
Mobile Input
On phones and tablets (true touch devices), Enter inserts a newline instead of sending. Use the send button to submit. This matches what the soft keyboard’s return key normally does in chat apps, so you can compose multi-line prompts without accidental sends. Desktop and laptop browsers (including touchscreen laptops, which still have a mouse / hover) keep the original behavior: Enter sends, Shift+Enter inserts a newline.
Attachments
You can upload files and images directly in the chat input:
- Images — Screenshots, diagrams, photos. Themis can analyze and describe visual content.
- Documents — PDFs, spreadsheets, text files for the agent to read and process.
Click the attachment icon or drag and drop files into the input bar.
Message Feedback
Every assistant message has thumbs up and thumbs down buttons in its footer. Use these to rate the quality of responses.
- Thumbs up — Marks the response as helpful. Click again to remove.
- Thumbs down — Opens a comment form where you can describe what could be improved. The comment is optional but helps the team understand what went wrong.
Feedback is private to your space and visible to admins in the admin dashboard.
@Mentioning Themis
You can @mention Themis directly in GitHub or Linear comments:
- GitHub PR:
@themis please review this change - GitHub issue:
@themis can you investigate this? - Linear issue:
@themis create a bug report for this
Also available via Teams and Telegram if configured.
Navigating the Inbox
| Tab | What You’ll Find |
|---|---|
| Chats | Your conversations |
| Tasks | Work items across GitHub, Linear, and Sentry |
| Signals | PR reviews, @mentions, code generations, automation results |
| Saved | Pinned entries you’ve starred |
Tabs and Sub-filters
Each tab shows a row of sub-filter chips directly below the search bar. Click a chip to narrow the list. The active chip is highlighted.
| Tab | Sub-filters |
|---|---|
| Chats | Mine (default), Shared, API |
| Tasks | Doing (default), Todo, Done |
| Signals | Auto (default), Reviews, Mentions, Code |
A sort dropdown next to the chips lets you order items by newest, oldest, or title.
Click the active tab label again to toggle the sub-filter chips and search bar, giving you more vertical space for the sidebar list.
Chats Tab
- Mine — Conversations you started (default)
- Shared — Conversations shared by teammates
- API — Conversations from external API integrations (only visible when API is configured)
The right panel shows suggested prompts when no conversation is selected. Click any chip to start a conversation instantly.
Search
Use the search bar at the top of the conversation list to find conversations by title. Type a keyword and the list filters in real time.
Saving & Pinning
Click the star icon on any inbox entry (conversation, task, review, automation result) to save it. Saved items appear in the Saved tab for quick access later. Click the star again to unsave.
Deleting Conversations
To delete a conversation, open it and use the delete option in the conversation menu. Deleted conversations are removed from your inbox permanently.
Sending Feedback
Click Feedback in the left sidebar to send feedback about the app itself. A modal appears where you can:
- Choose a category — Idea, Bug, or Other
- Write your message — Describe the feedback
- Send — Your current page, conversation, and browser context are automatically captured
Feedback is delivered to space admins and can be reviewed in the admin dashboard under Feedback.