Keyboard shortcuts.
Every shortcut LADLE supports. Cross-platform — Mac ⌘ and Windows/Linux Ctrl are interchangeable in the tables below.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06Every keyboard shortcut.
The full reference. Global commands, per-surface bindings, and the mnemonic principles behind them.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06File types and limits.
Every file type LADLE accepts, the per-file and per-chat size caps, and what happens at the edges.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06Usage limits.
How LADLE meters usage across the three plan tiers, what happens when you approach the cap, and how to inspect your consumption.
Open →Artifacts.
Substantial assistant outputs — code files, long documents, HTML documents, design files — are lifted out of the conversation into a dedicated versioned side panel.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-08Design mode.
How LADLE Design produces complete, single-file HTML documents, iterates in place, and stores every revision as a versioned artifact.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06Projects.
A Project groups related chats, attaches persistent files, and holds project-specific instructions. This is the reference for what a project is and every setting it exposes.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06Memory and instructions.
How LADLE handles instructions (three layers) and why it does not implement automatic conversation memory.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-06-10Response styles.
Five presets that tune the assistant's voice by appending a short directive to the system prompt. Chat-level override wins over profile-level default.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-07-28Extended thinking (THINK).
Sonnet-only extended-thinking budget (~8K tokens). Turns on a private reasoning scratchpad the model uses before replying. Off by default; per-chat toggle.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-07-30Second opinion.
Verify any assistant reply by having the other tier review it. Haiku answers get reviewed by Sonnet; Sonnet answers get reviewed by Haiku.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-07-21Temporary chats (TEMP).
One-shot conversations that aren't persisted to your history. No memory extraction. Meal accrual still fires so a temp chat contributes to the ledger.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-06-25Scheduled tasks.
Recurring prompts on a daily / weekdays / weekly cadence at a chosen hour in your timezone. Runs land in either a dedicated chat or a fresh chat per run.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06Citations and web search.
How LADLE's web search works, how citations are rendered, and how to verify the sources yourself.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-05-18Voice input (dictation).
Speak into the composer. Transcription happens in the browser via your operating system's speech service — the audio never leaves your device.
Open →Chat organization.
Every mechanism LADLE offers for organizing chats — what exists, what doesn't, and when to use each.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-07-20Sharing chats.
Publish any chat as a read-only public snapshot at /share/:slug. Images copied to a public bucket. PDFs stay private. Revocable any time.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06Data export.
How to export your chats, projects, files, and settings — including what's inside the archive and how it's delivered.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06Mobile and desktop install.
Where LADLE runs today, how to install on each platform, and what's still on the roadmap.
Open →DOC · UPDATED 2026-08-06Troubleshooting.
The most common failure modes and their specific fixes. If your issue isn't here, help@ladle.chat reads every message within one business day.
Open →Missing a reference? Ask.
hello@ladle.chat reads every message within one business day.