Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

Everything you can press or say to reach a part of Wren. The same list is in the app: Help › Keyboard Shortcuts (⌘ /), or Settings › Keyboard shortcuts.

Anywhere on your Mac

These work in any app while Wren is running, even with its window closed.

Keys	What it does
Hold `⌥` `Space`	Talk to Wren. Hold, speak, let go. Wren transcribes on your Mac and runs it
`⌥` `⇧` `Space`	Type to Wren. Opens the capture panel

Change or turn them off: push-to-talk in Connectors › Voice, the capture shortcut in Settings. If another app already uses a combination, Wren tells you.

Go to a section

In Wren's window, or from anywhere in Wren: the Go menu.

Keys	Opens
`⌘` `1`	Overview
`⌘` `2`	Items
`⌘` `3`	Inbox
`⌘` `4`	Goals
`⌘` `5`	Review
`⌘` `6`	Delegate
`⌘` `7`	Connectors
`⌘` `8`	Local AI
`⌘` `9`	Settings

Wren's menus

Keys	What it does
`⌘` `N`	New capture
`⌘` `0`	Open Wren's window
`⌘` `,`	Settings
`⌘` `/`	Keyboard shortcuts
`⌘` `W`	Close the window (Wren keeps running in the menu bar)
`⌘` `H`	Hide Wren
`⌘` `Q`	Quit Wren: stops recording and email checks. Scheduled reminders still arrive
`⌘` `?`	Help: the guide

In the capture panel

Key	What it does
`Return`	Run what's in the field: save it, set the reminder, ask. After a result: Done
`Esc`	Cancel a recording, or close the panel
Voice button	Record with a click instead of holding the keys. Pause or click Stop to finish
Record again	Throw away a misheard sentence and say it again

Clicking away keeps what you typed as a draft.

The menu-bar bird

Action	What it does
Click	Today's list and an add field
Right-click or Control-click	Open Wren, New Capture, Voice Command, Settings, Quit

In notifications

Notification	Buttons
Reminder	Done, Remind me in 1 hour, Remind me at… (type `9pm` or `tomorrow 10am`)
Day-before heads-up	Done
Important email	Click: opens it in Gmail. Show in Wren, Snooze alert for 1 hour, Dismiss alert
Inbox review, email digest	Click: opens Wren's Inbox
ChatGPT finished (in Wren)	View result

Things to say or type

Hold ⌥ Space and say them, or press ⌥ ⇧ Space and type them.

Reminders and tasks

remind me to call Sam tomorrow at 10 AM
remind me to stretch every weekday at 3 PM
I need to finish the report by Friday (a deadline, a heads-up the day before and a reminder on the day)
remind me one day before the deadline
move that reminder to Sunday · snooze the current reminder for 30 minutes · mark the report as done
note: Friday is a holiday (just saves it)

Your own items

what should I work on today? · what's due this week? · what am I waiting for?

ChatGPT

ask ChatGPT what gradient descent is · ask GPT to research the history of the transistor
continue that research in ChatGPT

Email and calendar

do I have an important email from the recruiter? · open the latest email from Sam · what meetings do I have tomorrow?

If Wren isn't sure what you meant, it asks one short question. New to Wren? Start with the step-by-step guide.