Navigating the Platform
Demiton has two ways to get anywhere: the sidebar, and the search palette you open with Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac). Most sessions start in one of them and never need the other.
The sidebar
Section titled “The sidebar”The sidebar down the left of the screen is the primary navigation rail. It is grouped by what you are doing:
| Section | What lives there |
|---|---|
| Work | The surfaces you use every day - Studio, Market, Compliance, Projects, Memory, Agents & ML |
| Configure | Your own systems and settings - Systems, Control Room, Workspace (Baseline) |
| Account | Workspace settings, shown to Public accounts |
| Platform | Demiton’s internal admin tools, visible only to platform staff |
A Search item sits at the top of the rail, directly above the Work section - the visible way into Ctrl+K for anyone who does not know the shortcut.
You can collapse the sidebar to icons with the rail on its right edge, or with the toggle in the top bar. It stays collapsed where you left it as you move around.
On mobile (below 768px) the sidebar is replaced by a bottom tab bar - Studio, Projects, a centre button that opens the palette, and a More drawer for everything else.
Where each destination lives
Section titled “Where each destination lives”Every destination below is a real entry in the app’s navigation catalog. Your tier, and your role, decide which ones you see - a destination above your tier is still listed, with a plan badge, rather than disappearing.
| Section | Product name | App label | Route | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work | Studio | Studio | /studio | The in-app AI |
| Work | Protection | Protection | /protection | The five diseases, the project board, watches, alerts and proof. Every tier, including Free/Public |
| Work | Market | Market | /explore | Public civil work: planning, tenders, awards |
| Work | Memory | Memory | /memory | The sourced record. Baseline |
| Work | Agents | Agents & ML | /agents | Scoped agent runs and ML models. Baseline |
| Configure | Systems | Systems | /connectors | Connectors to your own systems. Baseline |
| Configure | Workflows | Control Room | /workflows | Workflows, templates, runs. Baseline |
| Configure | Workspace | Workspace | /hq | Organisation settings, members, billing, API keys |
| Account | Workspace | Workspace | /hq | The same page, shown to Public accounts while Configure is hidden |
Deeper destinations - Market Snapshot, Dimension Audit, Template Catalog, Team Members, API Keys, Write Approvals, Competitors, Watchlist, and the tab inside each page - are reachable from the search palette rather than the top-level rail.
The search palette (Ctrl+K)
Section titled “The search palette (Ctrl+K)”Press Ctrl+K - ⌘K on a Mac - from anywhere to open the search palette, or click Search at the top of the sidebar. It is the fastest route to a destination you can name but cannot place.
The palette searches across:
- Work, Configure, More and Platform - every destination, grouped by its sidebar section. A locked destination is still shown, with its plan badge, and takes you to billing to upgrade.
- Page sections - the tabs inside a page. Typing “registers” lands on the Registers tab inside Control Room, not just on the Control Room page. Only sections that actually match what you typed are listed.
- Registers - each register you have by name, taking you straight to that register’s page. Typing “payment claim” or “compliance gate” opens it directly, without going via Memory first. Available on Baseline.
- Memory - entities from Civil Memory once you have typed two characters: workers, projects, assets, vendors, cost codes and more.
- Connect a System - quick links that open Systems ready to add a specific connector.
- Commands - the keyboard shortcuts available on the page you are on.
- Recent and Suggested - the last eight destinations you visited, and a short contextual list for where you are.
Keyboard navigation: ↑↓ to move, ↵ to open, Esc to close.
Keyboard shortcuts
Section titled “Keyboard shortcuts”These are the global shortcuts, exactly as the app binds them:
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac) | Open the search palette |
| Ctrl+J (⌘J on a Mac) | Toggle the agent sidecar |
| ? | Show the keyboard shortcuts for your current location |
| Escape | Close the current overlay |
| 1–9 | Go to a destination you have pinned to that slot |
One more shortcut is scoped to a single page:
| Shortcut | Where | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl+N (⌘N on a Mac) | Control Room only | Create a new workflow |
Press ? at any time to see what is available where you are.
The agent sidecar (Ctrl+J)
Section titled “The agent sidecar (Ctrl+J)”Ctrl+J opens the agent sidecar - a persistent panel on the right of the screen that shows what your workflows are doing, without leaving the page you are on.
A status dot stays visible at the edge of the screen:
- Blue - a run is in progress
- Red - a run has failed and needs attention
- Green - everything has finished
Runs are grouped by status, and the panel opens itself when a run fails. Expand any run inline for its task detail, follow it through to the full run view, or retry a failed run from the panel.
Retired destinations
Section titled “Retired destinations”Some older documentation points at hubs that no longer exist. Scheduling, Estimating, Finance, Human Resources, Purchasing and Assets were rolled into Civil Memory, and their URLs now redirect to /memory. Vendors, Workers, Opportunities and /next/ were removed outright.
If you reach one of those pages from an old bookmark, you will land on Memory. Use the search palette for what you were looking for - the entity types those hubs used to hold (workers, vendors, projects, assets, cost codes) are all searchable there.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- Connecting a System - the wizard behind the Systems destination
- Uploading Your Data - bringing in historical records, which starts in Systems too
- What is Demiton - how the surfaces and tiers fit together
Frequently asked questions
- How do I navigate the Demiton platform?
- Demiton has two ways to get anywhere: the sidebar down the left of the screen, which is the primary navigation rail grouped into Work, Configure, Account and Platform, and the search palette you open with Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac). A Search item sits at the top of the rail as the visible way in, and on mobile the sidebar is replaced by a bottom tab bar. The palette is best when you can name a destination but cannot place it - it also searches page tabs, Memory entities, connector quick links, commands, and your recent destinations.
- What are the Demiton keyboard shortcuts?
- The global shortcuts are: Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac) opens the search palette; Ctrl+J (⌘J) toggles the agent sidecar; ? shows the shortcuts for your current location; Escape closes the current overlay; and 1-9 jump to a destination you have pinned to that slot. One shortcut is route-scoped: Ctrl+N (⌘N) creates a new workflow, and only on Control Room (/workflows). Press ? at any time to see what is available where you are.
- What is the Demiton agent sidecar?
- The agent sidecar (Ctrl+J, or ⌘J on a Mac) is a persistent panel on the right of the screen that shows what your workflows are doing without leaving the page you are on. A status dot stays visible at the edge of the screen - blue for a run in progress, red for a failed run, green when everything has finished - and the panel opens itself when a run fails, with retry available inline.
Talk to the team
Tell us what you run - your ERP, field, payroll and document systems - and we will show you the registers Demiton would fill from them, on your data, in a 30-minute call.