Interface Overview
A tour of Arketic's interface — where everything is, what you can click, and how the menu changes with your role.
Main Layout
Arketic has a simple two-part layout, plus a notification bell.
| Area | What it does |
|---|---|
| Sidebar (left) | Your navigation: menu items, your recent chats, and your user card |
| Content area (right) | The main workspace — it changes with the page you're on |
| Notification bell (top-right) | Your in-app notifications |
There is no top navigation bar with menus, search, or an avatar menu. The only control in the top area is the notification bell — and on phones, the menu button that opens the sidebar. Everything else lives in the sidebar.
The Sidebar
Top of the sidebar
| Element | What it does |
|---|---|
| Arketic AI logo | Takes you back to the chat home screen |
| Collapse / expand button | Shrinks the sidebar to icons only, or opens it back up (desktop only) |
| New Chat button | Starts a fresh conversation |
Hovering the collapse button shows Collapse sidebar or Expand sidebar, depending on its current state. When the sidebar is collapsed you still see every icon — hover one to see its name.
See Starting a Chat for what happens after you click New Chat.
Navigation: what you see depends on your role
The menu is built from your role. Members see a short, flat list. Executives see the same list plus a few extras. Admins see the same items organised into collapsible groups.
:::info Do you manage a department? If you are the manager of a top-level department, you also get Blueprints and Knowledge Base — even if your role would not normally include them. :::
If you're a member
Your menu is a plain, flat list — no groups.
| Item | Where it takes you |
|---|---|
| Projects | Your projects — see Projects Overview |
| Assistants | The assistants you can chat with — see Browsing Assistants |
| Tasks | Your task board — see Tasks Overview |
| Blueprints | Only if you manage a department — see Blueprints Overview |
| My Documents | Your own documents — see Managing Documents |
Below these you'll find Recent and your recent conversations. At the very bottom sit Settings (marked Soon) and your user card.
If you manage a department, a Platform section also appears above Recent, containing Knowledge Base.
If you're an executive
Your menu is also a flat list, with extras at the top and bottom.
| Item | Where it takes you |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Your organization dashboard |
| Projects | Your projects |
| Assistants | The assistants you can chat with |
| Tasks | Your task board |
| Blueprints | See Blueprints Overview |
| My Documents | Your own documents |
| Knowledge Base | Your organization's shared knowledge — see Knowledge Base Overview |
| Org Chart | Your organization chart, read-only — see Org Chart |
Then Recent and your recent conversations. At the bottom: Analytics, Settings (marked Soon), and your user card.
As an executive you can view the Org Chart, but not manage it. Creating departments and users stays with administrators.
If you're an admin
Your menu is organised into collapsible groups.
| Group | Items, in order |
|---|---|
| WorkSpace | Projects, Assistants, Tasks, Blueprints, My Documents, AI Assistants, Models & Providers |
| Platform | Knowledge Base, Workflows, Prompts |
| Organization | Org Chart, Departments, Users |
Dashboard sits above the groups. Then Recent and your recent conversations. At the bottom: Analytics, Settings (marked Soon), Help & Support, and your user card.
A group opens by itself when you're on a page inside it, so you always see where you are. When you collapse the sidebar, the groups close.
:::caution Two different "Assistants" items Assistants and AI Assistants are not the same screen.
- Assistants is the everyday list of assistants you and your colleagues chat with.
- AI Assistants is the admin screen where those assistants are created and configured — see Assistant Configuration. :::
Menu items by role at a glance
| Menu item | Member | Executive | Admin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dashboard | — | Yes | Yes |
| Projects | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Assistants | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tasks | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Blueprints | Only if you manage a department | Yes | Yes |
| My Documents | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI Assistants | — | — | Yes |
| Models & Providers | — | — | Yes |
| Knowledge Base | Only if you manage a department | Yes | Yes |
| Workflows | — | — | Yes |
| Prompts | — | — | Yes |
| Org Chart | — | Yes (read-only) | Yes |
| Departments | — | — | Yes |
| Users | — | — | Yes |
| Recent / All Chats | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Analytics | — | Yes | Yes |
| Settings | Shown, marked Soon | Shown, marked Soon | Shown, marked Soon |
| Help & Support | — | — | Yes |
Can't find a menu item you expected? It belongs to another role. Ask your administrator — see Roles & Permissions.
Recent conversations
Just under the navigation you'll find your chat history.
| Element | What it does |
|---|---|
| Recent | Opens your full conversation history |
| The list below it | Your most recent conversations — click one to reopen it |
| All Chats | Also opens your full conversation history |
A conversation that hasn't been given a title yet appears as New conversation. While the list is loading you'll see a small spinner, and if you haven't chatted yet you'll see No conversations yet.
More on this in Chat History.
Settings is marked "Soon"
Settings appears at the bottom of the sidebar for every role, but it is greyed out with a blue Soon label. It is not clickable yet, so any instruction that starts with "go to Settings" won't work from the sidebar today.
Your user card
The card at the very bottom of the sidebar shows:
| Element | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Avatar | Your photo if you've got one, otherwise your initials |
| Name | Your full name |
| Role | Your role, in blue — for example member, executive, or admin |
Your initials come from your name: the first letter of your first name plus the first letter of your last name (so "Eren Kekiç" becomes "EK"). If you only have one name, the first two letters are used.
Click the card — or the ⋮ button on its right — to open its menu.
:::note The menu has one option: Sign Out Sign Out is the only action in this menu. There is no Profile or Settings entry here. To close the menu without signing out, press Esc or click anywhere outside it. :::
Signing out ends your session and returns you to the sign-in screen. See Signing In to get back in.
Notifications
The bell sits in the top-right corner of the screen (and in the top bar on phones). A red badge shows how many unread notifications you have; if there are more than 99 it shows 99+. The bell gives a short shake when something new arrives.
Click the bell to open the Notifications panel.
| Element | What it does |
|---|---|
| Mark all as read | Appears in the panel header when you have unread notifications — clears them all at once |
| A notification row | Shows an icon, the title, an optional detail line, and how long ago it arrived ("now", "5m", "3h", "2d") |
| Unread rows | Highlighted so they stand out from the ones you've already seen |
| Load more | Appears when there's older history; it tells you how many are left |
| No notifications | Shown when your list is empty |
Clicking a notification takes you straight to what it's about — a task notification opens that task, and a service request notification takes you to the Tasks area. Opening it also marks it as read.
What you get notified about — examples include: a task assigned to you or taken off you, task reminders and deadlines approaching, new comments on a task, an approval you need to give, an approval that was rejected, a task completed or cancelled, a new subtask, escalations, response-time warnings and breaches, a completed blueprint, cross-department requests, and new or resolved service requests.
More detail in Notifications Overview.
Content Area
The right-hand side changes with the menu item you pick.
| Page | What you see |
|---|---|
| Chat | Your conversation with the assistant — see Starting a Chat |
| Tasks | Your task board — see Kanban Board |
| Projects | Your projects — see Projects Overview |
| My Documents | Your documents — see Managing Documents |
| Analytics | Your organization's numbers — see Analytics Dashboard |
| Org Chart | Your organization chart — see Org Chart |
On a Phone or Tablet
Arketic adapts to smaller screens.
| What changes | How it behaves |
|---|---|
| Sidebar | Slides in over the page instead of sitting beside it |
| Menu button | Sits in a top bar that stays visible as you scroll — tap it to open the sidebar |
| Notification bell | Stays in that same top bar |
| Picking anything | Tapping a menu item or a conversation closes the sidebar for you |
For the best experience, use Arketic on a desktop or laptop. The full-screen editors — Workflows and Blueprints — need the room.
Next Steps
- Signing In — get into your account
- First Steps — your first chat, task, and document
- Starting a Chat — how conversations work