#The interface

One calm window holds every surface, with a live view of the work and an appearance that follows you.

#Overview

Nourva's main window is where everything happens. It gives you the different surfaces — Chat, Arachne, the Shell, Deep Research, Office, the Workplace, Axiom, Memory, Hiring, and Nourva Mind — and lets you move freely between them as your task changes. You are always one assistant with many surfaces, not a set of separate apps.

The window is built to keep you oriented: a live view shows you what Nourva is doing while it works, and the whole interface follows your appearance and language settings so it feels native from the first moment. This page is orientation only — enough to find your way around before you start.

#What you can see and do

  • Move between surfaces. The main window presents the surfaces and lets you switch from one to another. Start a conversation in Chat, hand a real-web task to Arachne, draft a document in Office, or run a formal proof in Axiom — all in the same window.
  • Watch the work live. A live view shows what Nourva is doing as it does it, so you can follow a task in real time rather than waiting for a result at the end.
  • Stay in your appearance. The interface follows your theme — any of the twelve color identities, in light or dark — and adapts cleanly, including right-to-left layouts.
  • Work in your language. Nourva replies in the language you use and mirrors its entire layout for right-to-left languages, so the experience is native rather than bolted on.
  • Be told when you are needed. Nourva can notify you when a long job finishes or when something needs your attention, so you can step away from a running task.

#How to use it

  1. Open Nourva and start in Chat. Chat is the simplest surface — ask anything and get a clear, direct answer. It is a good place to get your bearings.
  2. Move to the surface that fits the task. Switch to Arachne for work on the open web, Office for documents, Deep Research for long-form investigations, Axiom for formal math, and so on. Chat will point you to the right surface when a job is bigger than a quick answer.
  3. Turn on the live view to watch the work. When Nourva is carrying out a task, the live view lets you see what is happening step by step. Watch the first run of anything new so you can steer.
  4. Switch surfaces as your task evolves. You are not locked into one place. Research in Arachne, then turn the findings into a document in Office, then keep them in the Workplace — moving between surfaces in the same window.
  5. Set appearance and language to suit you. The interface follows these settings, so set them once and every surface matches.

#Examples

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Take me to where I can build a document.

You move to Office, ready to describe the document you want, with a preview that fills in as it is built.

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Switch to dark mode.

The whole interface — every surface, including any right-to-left layout — shifts to dark, matching your chosen color identity.

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Show me what's happening right now.

The live view opens on the current task, showing what Nourva is doing as it works toward your goal.

#Tips

Tip

Keep the live view open the first time you run a new kind of task. Seeing the work happen is the fastest way to learn what a surface can do and to step in early if you want to change direction.

  • Let Chat be your home base. It answers directly and points you to the right surface — Arachne, Office, Deep Research — when a task calls for one.
  • Set your theme and language once. Because the interface follows your settings, every surface you move to will already match your taste and your language, including right-to-left mirroring.
  • Turn on notifications if you run long tasks, so you can leave a job working and be told the moment it finishes or needs you.