Command reference

Cancels the print the printer is running.

Reads out the files stored on the printer.

Pauses the print the printer is running.

Opens the toy gun model and wakes the printer up.

Turns the printer's chamber light on or off.

Reads out the printer's state, temperatures and progress.

Resumes the print you paused.

Starts printing the file you name.

Opens all accessibility settings.

Opens cursor size settings.

Stops the recording Samsara is taking and throws it away.

Closes the Windows Magnifier.

Toggles color filters (for color blindness).

Opens text cursor indicator settings.

Opens color/theme settings (toggle dark mode).

Opens display settings (text size, resolution).

Opens focus assist settings.

Opens accessibility settings.

Opens eye control settings (requires compatible eye tracker).

Toggles immersive reader / reading view (Edge).

Toggles high contrast mode.

Toggles immersive reader in Edge (clean reading mode).

Opens color filter settings.

Toggles live captions (transcribes any audio on screen).

Opens text size / visual accessibility settings.

Opens audio accessibility settings (mono audio, visual alerts).

Opens mouse keys settings (control mouse with numpad).

Opens night light settings (reduce blue light).

Opens on-screen keyboard.

Opens the JAWS product page, because JAWS is not installed here.

Opens on-screen keyboard.

Opens Windows Magnifier.

Opens NVDA screen reader (free, must be installed).

Opens mouse pointer size and color settings.

Starts Read Aloud in Edge browser.

Has Windows Magnifier read the next sentence aloud.

Has Windows Magnifier read the previous sentence aloud.

Has Windows Magnifier start reading aloud from the cursor.

Opens Windows Speech Recognition settings.

Toggles Windows live captions.

Starts Samsara recording.

Starts or stop Windows Narrator (screen reader).

Opens sticky keys settings (press modifier keys one at a time).

Starts or stop Windows Narrator.

Stops Windows Magnifier reading aloud.

Opens text cursor settings (thickness, color indicator).

Opens text size settings.

Starts Samsara dictation (alias).

Opens on-screen keyboard.

Opens audio/visual notification settings.

Opens Windows voice typing.

Zooms Windows Magnifier in.

Zooms Windows Magnifier out.

Clicks the numbered thing you name, such as click seven.

double click

Steps the mouse grid back one refinement, after a misheard number.

Closes the mouse grid.

Clears the numbered labels from the screen.

left click

Puts a numbered grid on the screen for pointing at anything.

Moves the pointer to the current grid cell and closes the grid, without clicking.

Draws five test labels across the screen, to check the overlay paints.

Rescans the focused window and redraws the numbered labels.

right click

Numbers everything clickable in the focused window so you can name one.

Draws four test labels, to check the overlay can paint on this screen.

Cancels everything Ava is doing, including anything queued or repeating.

Switches Ava to the cloud model, which sends your requests to your provider.

Clears what Ava remembers of this conversation.

Switches Ava back to the local model, so nothing leaves the machine.

Asks Ava the question that follows, out loud.

Asks Ava whether an action you describe is safe before you do it.

Stops any repeating task Ava is running.

Confirms the action Ava has just asked you about.

Opens ARC GitHub repo.

Starts a new Claude chat in browser.

Opens Claude projects list.

Opens Claude settings in browser.

Opens Obsidian's command palette.

Opens today's daily note in Obsidian.

Follows the Obsidian link under the cursor.

Opens The Arcana / morneis.com.

Opens Obsidian's graph view of how your notes link together.

Highlights the selected text in Obsidian.

Indents the current line in Obsidian.

Inserts a link at the cursor in Obsidian.

Opens your GitHub profile.

Goes back to the note you were reading before in Obsidian.

Goes forward again through the Obsidian notes you have visited.

Creates a new note in Obsidian.

Opens Obsidian's help.

Creates a new note in Obsidian.

Searches every note in your Obsidian vault.

Opens Obsidian's settings.

Opens Anthropic website.

Opens ARC adversarial review pipeline.

Opens The Arcana / morneis.com.

Opens ChatGPT in browser.

Opens Claude in browser (desktop app not installed).

Opens Claude documentation.

Opens Claude in browser.

Opens Gemini in browser.

Opens github.com in your default browser.

Opens Obsidian's graph view of how your notes link together.

Opens huggingface.co in your default browser.

Opens Midjourney in browser.

Opens Obsidian's quick switcher to jump to a note by name.

Opens the Obsidian notes app.

Opens Perplexity in browser.

Opens Samsara landing page.

Opens Obsidian's quick switcher to jump to a note by name.

Switches Obsidian between editing a note and reading it.

Opens search and replace in the Obsidian note you are in.

Launches Claude Code in terminal.

Opens Samsara GitHub repo.

Searches every note in your Obsidian vault.

Searches inside the Obsidian note you are in.

Opens today's daily note in Obsidian, if the Daily Notes plugin is on.

Shows or hides Obsidian's left sidebar.

Switches Obsidian between editing a note and reading it.

Unindents the current line in Obsidian.

Drafts a message to the Claude desktop app and asks you to confirm.

Sends the message you had prepared for Claude.

Marks the alarm you name as done for today.

Turns the alarm you name off, so it will not sound.

Silences the alarm that is going off now.

Turns the alarm you name back on, so it will sound again.

Reads out the alarms you have set.

Puts your alarms on the screen.

Switch audio output.

Switches the microphone to the one you name.

Puts the cursor in the browser's address bar.

Bookmarks the page you are on.

Closes current tab.

Opens a second copy of the browser tab you are on.

Goes back one page in the browser.

Goes forward one page in the browser.

Focuses browser address bar.

Reloads the page and ignores anything the browser had cached.

Switches to last tab.

Mutes the sound coming from the Chrome tab you are on.

Opens new browser tab.

Switches to next tab.

Opens bookmarks manager.

Opens Google Chrome.

Opens browser developer tools.

Opens browser downloads.

Opens Microsoft Edge.

Opens the Firefox browser.

Opens browser history.

Pins the Edge tab you are on so it stays at the front of the bar.

Switches to previous tab.

Opens private/incognito window.

Toggles reading view (Edge).

Refreshes current page.

Reopens closed tab.

Resets zoom to default.

Switches to tab 1.

Switches to tab 3.

Switches to tab 2.

Finds the browser tab matching what you say and switches to it.

Opens action center / quick settings.

Repeats the last executed command.

Moves focus to the previous field.

Moves focus to the previous field.

Closes current virtual desktop.

Closes active window.

Copies selection.

Cuts selection.

Presses Enter key.

Presses the Escape key.

Toggles full screen.

Takes the command reference overlay off the screen.

Locks the computer.

Locks the computer.

Maximises window.

Minimises window.

Minimises all windows (show desktop).

Minimises all windows (show desktop).

Creates new virtual desktop.

Moves focus to the next field.

Opens notification center.

Opens the Samsara log file in Notepad.

Opens Windows Settings.

Switches to the previously active window.

Pastes from clipboard.

Moves focus to the next field.

Moves focus to the previous field.

Redoes last action.

Repeats the last executed command.

Opens the structured Samsara problem report form.

Opens the interactive Samsara tutorial.

Saves current file.

Throws away the whole hands-free draft, asking you first.

Removes the last pasted dictation.

Scrolls to bottom of page.

Scrolls to top of page.

Opens Windows search.

Selects all text.

Opens the Samsara beta feedback form.

Puts the command reference overlay on the screen.

Minimises every window to show the desktop.

Opens the interactive Samsara tutorial.

Snaps window to left half.

Snaps window to right half.

Snaps window to top-left quarter.

Snaps window to top-right quarter.

Presses Enter.

Switches to next window.

Switches to next window.

Opens Task Manager.

Removes the last pasted dictation.

Removes the last pasted dictation.

Switches to left virtual desktop.

Switches to right virtual desktop.

Checks GitHub for a newer version of Samsara.

Re-reads your settings from disk without restarting.

Restores both floating windows to their default positions.

Clears the hints you have already seen so they can appear again.

Closes Samsara and starts it again.

Opens the catalog-backed commands for the focused application.

Bookmarks every open browser tab and then closes them.

Clears the explosion overlays from the screen.

Draws an explosion at a random spot on the screen.

Stops all media, turns the lights off and silences everything.

Moves every window from the main screen to the one on the right.

Opens a spread of work apps, for demonstrating the app.

Minimises everything and plays the Celery Man clip fullscreen.

Gas Gas Gas + screen flash + Hyperion strobe + batman + mariachi.

Plays a scripted joke reply, for demonstrating the app.

bottom of page

Presses Page Down, moving one screenful forward.

Presses Page Up, moving one screenful back.

Scrolls down a page's worth wherever the pointer is.

Scrolls down a few lines wherever the pointer is.

Scrolls down as far as one command goes, for very long pages.

Scrolls a long way down, for skimming forward through a page.

Scrolls down about twice as far as plain scroll down.

Scrolls sideways to the left, for wide tables and timelines.

Scrolls sideways to the right, for wide tables and timelines.

Scrolls up a page's worth wherever the pointer is.

Scrolls up a few lines wherever the pointer is.

Scrolls up as far as one command goes, for very long pages.

Scrolls a long way up, for skimming back through a page.

Scrolls up about twice as far as plain scroll up.

top of page

Goes back to normal dictation, with capitals and punctuation added.

Dictates exactly what you say, with no formatting added.

Says whether workflow capture is running and how much it has recorded.

Reopens the review window showing the last workflow you captured.

Starts recording which shortcuts and clicks you use, never what you type.

Stops recording your workflow and opens the review window.

Holds W key down (for gaming).

Holds Shift key down.

Presses spacebar 5 times for repeated jumps.

Presses E key once.

Presses Spacebar once.

Releases all held keys.

Releases Shift key.

Opens Steam downloads view.

Opens Steam friends list.

Opens Steam library view.

Opens Steam store.

Releases W key.

Deletes every entry in your health log.

Saves your whole health log to a CSV file.

Reads out a summary of what you have logged recently.

Logs a pain level, such as pain level six, with an optional place.

Reads out what you have logged today.

Logs a symptom in your own words.

Logs a medication you have just taken.

Deletes the last thing you logged.

Pauses media and locks the screen, for a break.

Minimises every window.

Turns the volume down, opens your editor and clears distractions.

Mutes the sound, minimises everything and locks the screen.

Open daily sites, set comfortable volume.

Maximises the focused window and turns the volume up.

Opens the Spotify desktop app.

Opens Twitch in browser.

Opens Twitch browse / directory.

Opens Twitch channels you follow.

Skips to the next track in whatever is playing.

Pauses whatever is playing, using the keyboard's media keys.

Resumes whatever was playing, using the keyboard's media keys.

Goes back to the previous track in whatever is playing.

Plays or pauses whatever is playing, whichever it is not doing now.

Mutes or unmutes Spotify without touching the system volume.

Skips to the next track.

Pauses whatever is playing.

Resumes whatever was playing.

Plays what you name on Spotify, such as play music by Nick Cave.

Mutes or unmutes the system sound.

Turns the system volume down by twenty percent.

Turns the system volume up by twenty percent.

Copies a picture of the focused window to the clipboard.

Opens Xbox Game Bar.

Starts or stops the Xbox Game Bar screen recording.

Opens screenshot snip tool.

Opens screenshot snip tool.

Searches Giphy for a GIF of whatever you say next.

Starts recording the whole screen as a GIF.

Starts recording the focused window as a GIF.

Stops the screen recording and saves the GIF.

Types the last thing Samsara held back because the window had changed.

Captures what you say next as a note.

End the current Smart Actions session.

Captures what you say next as a note.

Runs the lighting effect you name, such as light effect rainbow.

Sets your lights to the colour you name, such as lights blue.

Turns your lights off.

Turns your lights back on at whatever they were showing before.

Reads out the lighting effects your lights can run.

Closes the Stremio app.

Switches Stremio between fullscreen and a window.

Mutes or unmutes Stremio.

Opens the Stremio app.

Pauses what is playing in Stremio.

Resumes what was playing in Stremio.

Jumps back in what is playing in Stremio.

Jumps forward in what is playing in Stremio.

Adds what you say next to your task list.

Deletes every task already marked as done.

Marks the task you name as done.

Takes the task list off the screen.

Reads out the tasks you have not finished.

Deletes the task you name from the list.

Puts your task list on the screen.

Types an apostrophe at the cursor.

Deletes previous character.

Makes the text bigger in the app you are using.

Toggles bold text.

Types a closing square bracket at the cursor.

Types a closing bracket at the cursor.

Types a closing quotation mark at the cursor.

Types a colon at the cursor.

Types a comma at the cursor.

Types a dash with a space either side.

Deletes selected text or item.

Selects and delete entire line.

Deletes the word to the right of the cursor.

Deletes selected text.

Deletes previous word.

Types three dots at the cursor.

Types an exclamation mark at the cursor.

Types an exclamation mark at the cursor.

Types a full stop at the cursor.

Moves cursor to document end.

Moves cursor to document start.

Applies Heading 1 style (Google Docs/Word).

Applies Heading 3 style.

Applies Heading 2 style.

Types a hyphen at the cursor.

Toggles italic text.

Starts a new line, without a blank line between.

Starts a new paragraph, with a blank line between.

Applies Normal/Body text style.

Types an opening square bracket at the cursor.

Types an opening bracket at the cursor.

Types an opening quotation mark at the cursor.

Types a full stop at the cursor.

Opens print dialog.

Types a question mark at the cursor.

Types a double quotation mark at the cursor.

Selects to end of document.

Selects to start of document.

Selects to end of line.

Selects to start of line.

Selects word to the left.

Selects word to the right.

Types a semicolon at the cursor.

Makes the text smaller in the app you are using.

Types a single space at the cursor.

Toggles strikethrough (Google Docs).

Toggles underline text.

Moves cursor one word left.

Moves cursor one word right.

Types a snippet you saved earlier, such as insert sign off.

Opens the Snippets page, where your saved snippets are kept.

Saves what you just dictated under a name, such as save snippet sign off.

Sets the start of a selection where the pointer is.

Selects the paragraph the pointer is in.

Selects from the mark you set to where the pointer is now.

Stops Ariadne and starts it again.

Stops the Sigil server and starts it again.

Stops Strata and starts it again.

show quick reference

Starts Ariadne running in the background.

Starts the Sigil server running in the background.

Starts Strata running in the background.

Stops Ariadne.

Stops the Sigil server.

Stops Strata.

Opens clipboard history.

Deletes selected file/item.

Opens emoji picker.

Opens file properties.

Moves up one folder in File Explorer.

Creates new folder (in Explorer).

Opens the Windows Calculator.

Opens the Windows Control Panel.

Opens Device Manager, where Windows lists your hardware.

Opens the Discord desktop app.

Opens Disk Management, where Windows lists your drives and partitions.

Opens the Windows display settings, for resolution and scaling.

Opens Event Viewer, the Windows system log.

Opens a new File Explorer window.

Opens File Explorer.

Opens Notepad with a blank document.

Opens MS Paint.

Opens Registry Editor.

Opens the Windows Services console.

Opens the Windows sound settings, for input and output devices.

Opens the Steam desktop app.

Opens Windows Terminal.

Opens the VS Code download page, because VS Code is not installed here.

Opens Warp terminal.

Deletes the selected file outright, without sending it to the recycle bin.

Toggles preview pane in Explorer.

Removes a file (preferred over 'delete file' to avoid collision with 'delete line').

Renames the file you have selected.

Opens Run dialog.

Opens system properties.

Opens the window for transcribing an audio file you already have.

Prints a greeting, as an example of how a plugin command works.

Asks Claude the question that follows.

Opens the Memos page, where your saved memos are kept.

Starts recording a quick memo straight away.

Cancels every reminder you have set.

Cancels the reminder you name.

Reads out the reminders you have set.

Sets a reminder from what you say, such as remind me to stretch at four.

Puts your reminders on the screen.

Sets a countdown timer for the length you say.

Cancels the memo you were about to record.

Gets ready to record a memo, which you then dictate as usual.

Opens the site you name, or searches Google for it.

Searches Google for whatever you say next.

Switches to window 8 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 5 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 4 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 9 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 1 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 7 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 6 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 3 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 2 in the numbered grid.

Closes the app you name, asking it to save first.

Brings the app you name to the front, such as focus firefox.

Opens the app you name, or brings it to the front if it is already running.

Moves active window one monitor to the left.

Moves active window one monitor to the right.

Moves active window one monitor to the right.

Un-maximises the focused window so it can be moved.

Moves the focused window to the screen on the left, still maximised.

Moves the focused window to the screen on the right, still maximised.

Moves active window to the far-left monitor (2 steps left).

Moves active window to the far-right monitor (2 steps right).

Moves active window to the main (far-left) monitor.

Moves the focused window to the middle screen.

Copies the text from one numbered window into another.

Shows the next page of the numbered window grid, or the page you name.

Arranges the numbered windows you name side by side.

Takes the numbered window grid off the screen.

Rescans your open windows and redraws the numbered grid.

Pins a numbered grid of your open windows to the screen.

Switches to window 8 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 5 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 4 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 9 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 1 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 7 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 6 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 3 in the numbered grid.

Switches to window 2 in the numbered grid.

Clears the window letters from the screen.

Reads out the open windows and their letters.

Labels every open window with a letter so you can name one out loud.

Moves the window with the letter you name to the screen you are on.

Closes the window with the letter you name, asking it to save first.

Copies the text from one lettered window into another.

Moves the window with the letter you name to another screen.

Mutes the audio coming from the window with the letter you name.

Brings the window with the letter you name to the front.

Arranges the lettered windows you name side by side.

Unmutes the audio from the window with the letter you name.

Brings the app you name to the screen your pointer is on.

Moves the mouse pointer to the screen or place you name.

Deletes the saved window layout you name.

Reports any windows sitting off-screen where you cannot reach them.

Finds the window for the app you name and brings it to the front.

Reads out the window layouts you have saved.

Puts video on the TV screen and clears the other screens.

Pulls windows that are off-screen back onto a screen you can see.

Puts your windows back the way a saved layout had them.

Saves where your windows are now, under the name you give it.

Moves the app you name to the screen you name, such as the left one.

Snaps the focused window to the side you name, such as left or right.