What is Boba Agents TUI

Boba agents is a all in one agent Terminal User Interface

Run this command in your terminal

boba

Now you will see the Boba Agents TUI you can begin chatting with your agent directly

Navigation

In the Boba TUI we use focus navigation with tab key-bind you can focus between Input line, chat and sidebar or you can also click the section you want to focus on to navigate in the TUI

• Sidebar navigation is with arrow keys or

  • Side to side cycles chains on Spot

  • Up and Down cycles Spot, Predictions and Perps

• Menu is opened with / inside the prompt input

Modes

In the Agents TUI you have various modes you can enable cycle through via shift-tab key-bind

• Normal (Default) - Chat with manual approvals of tool calls

• Thinking - Chat with deeper thinking for your agent

• Plan - Plan and execute a specific strategy or task with your agent then you can approve and execute it

• Auto - Chat mode with auto approve tool calls.

Menu

To open the menu use / to open the menu

• /new - To start a new conversation with your agent

• /conversations - To view old conversations and pick up where you left off

• /model - Select the Ai Model you would like to use

• /sidebar - Collapse Side bar to compact mode

• /status - Status of Boba MCP + proxy session (Check if everything is working)

• /deposit - Pull up wallet address and QR code for easy deposit into your agents wallets

• /topup - Top up your AI credits with the Boba provider (Accepts SOL and USDC on all supported chains. This is manual mode your agent can also do this for you)

• /quickbuy - You can quickbuy/sell a token without the need for AI credits in the event your agent credits run out you can still enter and exit positions on spot markets.

• /provider - Set up your inference provider. Boba provider is configured by default

• /skills - Manage skills or create a new skill with the help of your agents

• /agents - Manage Specialist agents or create new custom agents

• /reasoning - If the model you selected has reasoning effort you can enable the amount of reasoning/effort your agent does

• /theme - Select the Theme colors you want to personalize your TUI

• /help - Show list of commands and key-binds for quick help

• /init - initialize your repo so the agent understands your code base (not necessary for trading unless you are building custom tools powered by Boba MCP)

• /quit - Quit the Boba agents TUI

Sidebar

The Agents sidebar provides you overview of native balances across chains, you can tab to switch chains and to swtich from Spot Perps and Preictions

• You can see MCP connection status Tool count and your Boba credits below the portfolio

• Below credits you will see full tool call logs and automations if you have any set up