Bodega One Code documentation.
Every feature, panel, button, and shortcut. 19 sections, 290 guides. This is the same content as the in-app Help panel, published from app version 1.0.0-beta.26.1 so the docs always match the build you can download.
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Getting Started
Bodega One is a local-first AI desktop IDE. It runs entirely on your machine - no cloud account required.…
17 guides · 7 shortcuts
Hardware & System Requirements
Bodega One runs entirely on your hardware - no cloud required. This section covers what Bodega detects at…
12 guides · 1 shortcuts
Core workflows
Chat Mode
Chat Mode (Ctrl+1) is a session-based conversational interface backed by the same agentic loop as Code Mode.…
15 guides · 10 shortcuts
Code Mode & Editor
Code Mode (Ctrl+2) is Bodega's full IDE - Monaco editor, file explorer, terminal, git integration, and an AI…
27 guides · 17 shortcuts
Terminal
The integrated terminal runs inside the bottom panel of Code mode - a full PTY-backed shell with xterm.js…
16 guides · 17 shortcuts
Models & providers
Models & Providers
This section covers everything in Settings → Models: how to connect a provider, configure your model roles,…
17 guides · 7 shortcuts
Reasoning & Thinking
Some models think before they answer - running an internal reasoning pass that isn't part of the final…
10 guides
Vision (Image Understanding)
Bodega can look at images - screenshots, diagrams, UI mockups, error dialogs - using a vision-capable model.…
6 guides
Agents & automation
AI Panels & the Agentic Loop
Code Mode's right sidebar has four AI panels - Agent, Research, Debug, and Advisor. Each runs a separate…
18 guides · 6 shortcuts
Fleet & Background Sessions
Fleet lets you run agent sessions in isolated git worktrees while you keep working - either one at a time or…
16 guides · 1 shortcuts
Custom Agents
Custom agents let you define named behavior profiles for the Agent panel - a specific system prompt, an…
10 guides · 3 shortcuts
Tools & Skills
Bodega has 24 built-in tools that run automatically during agentic tasks, 10 skills you trigger with slash…
16 guides · 18 shortcuts
Intelligence & verification
Bodega Map
Bodega Map visualizes your project as an interactive file graph and lets you ask questions about your…
14 guides · 1 shortcuts
Memory & Knowledge
Bodega One keeps two persistent context stores across sessions: Agent Memory (key-value facts the agent…
12 guides · 1 shortcuts
QEL Verification
QEL (Quality Enforcement Layer) is a fully automatic post-generation system built into Bodega One's agentic…
10 guides · 1 shortcuts
Setup & configuration
Integrations
Bodega One connects outward through several channels: an OpenAI-compatible API server, MCP tool servers, ACP…
25 guides
Privacy & Security
This page covers how Bodega One handles your data and what runs to protect it - local storage, network…
12 guides · 3 shortcuts
Settings, Themes & Spending
All of Bodega One's configuration lives in the Settings panel - opened with the gear icon (top-right) or…
20 guides · 2 shortcuts
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