The workspace is the main interface in Open Science — a three-panel layout designed for iterative research. Every panel plays a distinct role: the sidebar manages sessions, the conversation panel is where you interact with the AI agent, and the preview panel surfaces outputs and files without interrupting your flow.Documentation Index
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The Three Panels
Sidebar
The left panel shows your project name, lists all sessions, and provides the New and Files entry points. Navigate back to all projects using the ← All projects button at the top.
Conversation
The center panel is the main chat surface — message thread, inline tool activity, permission requests, and the composer at the bottom.
Preview
The right panel renders file previews, notebook output, and the project file browser. It defaults to 40% of the workspace width and can be resized or collapsed entirely.
Session Sidebar
The sidebar is scoped to the active project — only sessions belonging to that project are listed. Each session row shows a status indicator dot:| Status dot | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Empty ring (border only) | idle — the session is waiting for input |
| Solid color with glow | running — the agent is actively executing |
| Amber with glow | waiting-permission — paused for a permission decision |
| Red | error — the last run encountered a problem |
Conversation Panel
The conversation panel renders the full message thread for the currently selected session and owns the composer for sending new messages. Message thread: the thread shows user messages, streaming assistant responses rendered as Markdown, tool activity events (including tool inputs and outputs), and artifact events when the agent produces output files. Composer: the textarea at the bottom of the panel accepts your message. Attached files appear as chips above the text area. Errors from the runtime or attachment upload failures appear between the notebook status bar and the composer frame. Notebook status bar: when the agent first uses the notebook in a session, a small status bar appears above the composer with a Notebook button. Clicking it opens the live notebook session in the preview panel. Cancelling a run: while the agent is running or waiting for a permission decision, the Send button is replaced by a Cancel (square) button. Clicking it cancels the active run for the current session. Preview panel toggle: the ⊞ icon in the conversation header opens or collapses the preview panel. The icon color changes to indicate the current state.Preview Panel
The preview panel is a tabbed workbench on the right side of the workspace. Each open item — a file, the notebook, or the project files browser — gets its own tab. Clicking a tab’s × button closes it without affecting other open tabs. Opening and closing: click the preview panel toggle in the conversation header, or click the Files button in the sidebar, or click any artifact file in the conversation thread to open the panel. The panel opens and closes with a smooth spring animation (disabled when the systemprefers-reduced-motion setting is on).
Resizing: drag the divider between the conversation panel and the preview panel to resize. The preview panel enforces a minimum open size of 30% of the workspace width and a default size of 40%.
Panel state persistence: the open/collapsed state and last-used width are persisted per project, so your layout is restored the next time you open the same project.