Browse your working folder
Explorer is a file browser for the working folder attached to your chat. It shows the folder's structure and the files you have open, so you can browse the workspace and point the agent at exact paths.
How it surfaces
Explorer is a contextual panel in the side panel, beside a chat. It appears whenever your current destination is a chat, including chats with no project, and not on destinations such as Automations or Skills.
Explorer shows the chat's working folder rather than your whole filesystem. To open it, select New tab in the side panel, then select Explorer. See Open an extension's panel.
How to use it
- Browse the folder. Explorer shows the working-folder structure. Select a file to open it in a tab. Open files stay as tabs so you can move between them.
- Add a path to the chat. Right-click a file or folder and choose Add to chat to attach that exact path as context. Select several paths first and choose Add selected paths to chat to add them together. Use this when a folder holds many files and you want the agent to work on a specific one.
- Add selected text to the chat. Highlight text inside an open file and a small Add to chat button appears beside your selection. Select it, or press Cmd+L (Ctrl+L on Windows), to send that text to the composer. Glean Tau includes the file path with the selection, so the agent knows where the text came from. Right-clicking the selection gives you the same Add to chat action plus Copy.
- Copy a path. Right-click a file tab and choose Copy absolute path for the full filesystem path, or Copy relative path for the path relative to the working folder.
- Manage tabs. The tab context menu offers Close, Close others, Close all, and Close tabs to the right.
Explorer refreshes automatically when files change. If the tree appears stale, select Refresh to reload it manually.
See also
- Work in projects — how a project's working folder is set
- Terminal — run commands in the same working folder