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title: The working timeline
description: How to read what Ysra is doing in a thread — stretches of work, the notes between them, individual steps, live command output and the finished result.
---

Everything I do appears in the thread as I do it. Nothing happens off screen.

![A finished thread: stretches of work with notes between them](../assets/screens/desktop/thread.webp){ width="1440" height="891" }
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Work is folded into stretches, with my notes between them.
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## Stretches of work

While I'm working you see **Working… 18s**. When a stretch finishes it folds
into one line:

```text
Worked 42s · read 6 files, ran 2 commands, edited 3 files
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Click the line to open it and see every step.

![One stretch opened to show each step](../assets/screens/desktop/thread-working-group-expanded.webp){ width="1440" height="994" }
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An opened stretch: each file read, each command.
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## Steps

Each step has a tag:

| Tag | What it is |
|---|---|
| **INSPECT** | I read a file or searched the folder |
| **EDIT** | I changed a file. Click it for the diff |
| **SHELL** | I ran a command. Click it for the output |
| **BROWSER** | I opened your app in a browser to check it |
| **REVIEW** | I checked the result against what you asked |
| **PLAN** | I wrote or updated the plan |
| **FAILED** | A step failed. It opens by itself so you see why |

## Notes

Between stretches I say what I found and what I'm doing next, in plain
sentences. They are the quickest way to follow along.

## Live commands

A running command shows its output as it arrives:

![A command running with live output](../assets/screens/desktop/live-command-block.webp){ width="1440" height="994" }
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`npm test` running, with the latest lines of output.
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- You see the last 20 lines; **Show all N lines** opens the rest.
- When it ends, the line reads *Ran `npm test` · passed in 8s*, or *failed
  (exit 1)*.
- A command that runs too long is stopped, and the line says so.

## The result

When I finish, a card says how it ended:

| Card | Meaning |
|---|---|
| **Candidate ready** | The change is done. The card shows lines added and removed |
| **Stopped** | You stopped me. What was done so far is kept; **Continue** picks up |
| **Stopped with a problem** | Something I couldn't get past. The thread says what |

From **Candidate ready** you can **Review changes**, **Commit…**,
**Commit & push…**, **Undo my changes…** or **Rewind…** to an earlier point in
the conversation.

## Notifications

When the app is in the background, your system notifies you for three things:
*Ysra needs you*, *Candidate ready*, and *A thread stopped*.

The sidebar's **Needs you** filter lists every thread waiting for an answer.