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Press Ctrl+X at any time for the shortcuts overlay, or ? / F1 for help. The footer always shows one hint for the current context.
Cortex CLI shortcuts overlay listing the key bindings

The Ctrl+X overlay: mode cycling, @ mentions, ! bash, & Cloud hand-off, / commands, the palette, session search, interrupt, settings, scrolling, and history.

Global

Composer

Timeline

Applies when the transcript has focus.

Pickers and prompts

Approvals, /mode, /permissions, /model, plan confirmation, and questions are numbered pickers. The mouse works on them too: hover a row to highlight it, click to choose.
Cortex CLI approval prompt with the pointer hovering over an option

An approval prompt with the pointer over a row. The numbered options, the right-hand hint per row, and the footer keys: ↑↓ select · Enter confirm · e edit command · Esc cancel.

In the theme picker, moving the selection previews the theme live and Esc reverts.

Sessions panel

Rewind overlay

Resume picker (startup)