How do I navigate the Demiton platform?

Demiton has three navigation methods: the Radial Menu (compass button at the bottom of the screen, or press Space), the Command Palette (Cmd+K), and the sidebar. The Radial Menu has two wheels - Wheel A for Work surfaces (Studio, Market, Prequalification, Projects, Memory) and Wheel B for Configure surfaces (Systems, Workflows, AI Briefs, Workspace). The Command Palette is best when you know the name of where you're heading.

What are the Demiton keyboard shortcuts?

Key Demiton keyboard shortcuts: Space opens/closes the Radial Menu; Cmd+K opens the Command Palette; Cmd+J toggles the Activity Panel (workflow runs); ? shows all available shortcuts for your current location; Escape closes the current overlay. On the Workflows page, Cmd+R refreshes runs and Cmd+N creates a new workflow.

What is the Demiton Activity Panel?

The Activity Panel (Cmd+J) is a persistent right-side panel showing the status of all workflow runs in your organisation. A status dot on the right edge shows blue (running), red (failed), or green (all complete). Failed runs can be retried directly from the panel. Active runs show live task counts; completed and failed runs appear below.

Navigating the Platform

Demiton has three ways to navigate: the Radial Menu (the compass button at the bottom of the screen), the Command Palette (⌘K), and the sidebar. Each serves a different purpose, and most users develop a muscle-memory rhythm across all three.

The Radial Menu is the primary way to move between platform areas. It opens as a circular wheel from a compass button fixed at the bottom-centre of the screen.

To open it: click the compass button, or press Space.
To close it: press Escape, click outside, or press Space again.

Two wheels

The menu has two wheels you switch between by pressing Tab or clicking the centre button again.

Wheel A - Work (the product surfaces you work in):

Destination	What it is
Studio	The in-app AI - ask and get sourced answers
Market	Discover and pursue public civil work
Prequalification	Your standing and eligibility (Insights+)
Projects	Deliver work you have won (Connected)
Memory	The sourced story across the whole job

Wheel B - Configure (configuration and infrastructure):

Destination	What it is
Systems	Connectors to your own systems
Workflows	Automations and run history
AI Briefs	Per-connector instructions for the AI
Workspace	Organisation settings, members, billing, API keys

Selecting a destination

Desktop: Hover over a spoke to highlight it, then click to navigate.

Touch: Tap the compass button to open, then tap a spoke to navigate. Double-tap the compass button to go straight to Studio.

The Command Palette (⌘K)

Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows/Linux) from anywhere in the platform to open the command palette.

The palette searches across every destination and action in the platform. Start typing a name or keyword - for example, typing “chat” finds Studio, “calendar” finds Scheduling, “pay” finds Payroll and Purchasing.

Keyboard navigation: ↑↓ to move, ↵ to open, Esc to close.

What’s in the palette

The palette is organised into sections:

Work - the product surfaces (Studio, Market, Prequalification, Projects, Memory)
Configure - configuration surfaces (Systems, Workflows, AI Briefs, Workspace)
More - deeper routes including Workers, Opportunities, Scheduling, Estimating, Finance, Templates, Profile, Notifications
Connect a System - quick links to connect an integration you haven’t set up yet
Commands - keyboard shortcuts available on the current page (appears only when there are shortcuts relevant to where you are)

The palette is the best place to go when you know the name of where you’re headed but can’t recall which spoke it is on the radial menu.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Space	Open / close the Radial Menu
⌘K	Open the Command Palette
⌘J	Toggle the Activity Panel (workflow runs)
?	Show all keyboard shortcuts
Escape	Close the current overlay (cascades: shortcuts → radial → palette)

On the Workflows page, two additional shortcuts are active:

Shortcut	Action
⌘R	Refresh workflow runs
⌘N	Create a new workflow

Press ? at any time to see all shortcuts currently available for your location.

The Activity Panel (⌘J)

Press ⌘J to open the Activity Panel - a persistent right-side panel showing the status of all workflow runs in your organisation.

A small status dot is always visible on the right edge of the screen:

Blue - a workflow is currently running
Red - a run has failed and needs attention
Green - all runs are complete

The panel groups runs by status: active runs appear at the top with live task counts, completed and failed runs appear below. You can expand any run inline to see step detail, or open the full run view. Failed runs can be retried directly from the panel.

The left sidebar is the persistent navigation rail for the section you’re in. It becomes more specific as you go deeper - for example, inside Projects it shows your project list; inside HQ it shows organisation settings tabs.

On mobile, the sidebar collapses and is accessed via the menu icon at the top-left. Selecting any item closes the sidebar automatically.

The sidebar and radial menu cover the same top-level destinations - use whichever is faster. Most users reach for the radial menu for cross-section jumps and the sidebar for in-section navigation.