BIOS TUI

The ctrldot bios command runs an interactive, full-screen TUI styled like a firmware BIOS screen. It talks to the Ctrl Dot daemon (default http://127.0.0.1:7777) and your local config file.

Running

ctrldot bios
# Or with a different daemon:
ctrldot --server http://localhost:7777 bios

• q or Ctrl+C — quit
• ↑/↓ — change selection in the left nav
• Enter — select (no action yet)
• r — refresh data for the current panel
• Panic panel: y or e — enable panic mode; n or d — disable panic mode

Panels

• Status — Daemon health from GET /v1/health (running/not running, version, server URL).
• Limits — List of agents from GET /v1/agents and per-agent budget/limits from GET /v1/agents/{id}/limits (spent/limit and percentage).
• Rules — Loaded from config (~/.ctrldot/config.yaml or CTRLDOT_CONFIG): require resolution, filesystem allow roots, network deny-all, allow domains. Hint to edit with ctrldot rules edit.
• Panic — Current state from GET /v1/panic. Toggle with y/e (enable) or n/d (disable); uses POST /v1/panic/on and POST /v1/panic/off.

Layout

• Status bar (top): “Ctrl Dot BIOS” and “q: quit r: refresh”
• Left nav: Status, Limits, Rules, Panic (brand indigo background, accent for selection)
• Right panel: Content for the selected section (live data or errors if daemon is down)
• Footer: Nav hint and dimensions

Styling

• Background: #3E2C8F (brand indigo)
• Text: soft white; secondary text: muted lavender
• Selection: accent indigo highlight
• Colours are defined in internal/ui/bios/style.go

Testing without a TTY

ctrldot bios --print-snapshot

Prints a single 80×24 frame of the UI to stdout and exits (useful in CI or non-interactive environments).