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Kilo Code 7.4.21: Agent Manager keyboard/terminal rework and worktree startup speedups

Mostly Agent Manager work: reassigned terminal and navigation shortcuts, repository choice when creating worktrees in multi-project mode, and slash commands inside worktree prompts. Supporting changes cover model search relevance, custom provider configuration, and lower background load from Git polling and file watchers.

PUBLISHED2026-08-11
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE20h
SOURCES1
  • Terminal/navigation keys reassigned: Cmd+/ focuses a visible embedded terminal before hiding it, Cmd+Shift+T creates a side terminal only when the terminal area has focus, Cmd+Shift+[/] switch terminal tabs, Cmd+Shift+M focuses the Agent Manager prompt (was VS Code Problems), Cmd+W hides the last side terminal instead of stopping its shell
  • Agent Manager: pick the repository when creating or importing a worktree in multi-project mode; model/agent/variant/sandbox slash commands in worktree prompts; worktree dialog remembers previous selections
  • /review gains nested slash-command suggestions and staged, unpushed, quick modes
  • Model search made provider-aware with usage-based suggestions; instance model catalog browsable before a session starts; Auto models show their underlying models
  • Custom providers: broad reasoning-effort options exposed automatically, links to advanced JSON config, bulk toggles for reasoning and image modalities
  • "Why was this tool call approved" line moved below tool output, given an icon, and hideable via a Display setting
  • Performance: less background Git polling across large worktree sets, no unused file watchers, file indexing deferred until search is used, faster worktree session start via base-branch prefetch and overlapped setup
  • Speech-to-text audio compressed to AAC on macOS/Linux/Windows to avoid payload size errors on long recordings

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