Pins and suggestions
Before you type anything, the bar lists what you pinned, in your order, then a few things it expects you to open.
The empty bar
Open the bar without typing and you see, from the top:
- Needs You, only when an agent is waiting for your answer. See Agents. In progress
- Saiki … is ready, only when a new version of Saiki is waiting. See Updates.
- Pinned: everything you pinned, in the order you set.
- Suggestions: about five things you usually open.
The first row is selected, so ↵ opens it. Use ↓ to reach the others.
Pin something
- Find it in the bar, for example by typing its name.
- Press ⇧⌘F, or press ⌘K and choose Pin to Empty Bar.
- Clear the field: it's now at the end of your pins.
You can pin these from the main search:
| Pin | What it does on the empty bar |
|---|---|
| Apps | Opens the app |
| Saiki's commands and window actions | Runs the command |
| Saiki settings | Opens Settings on that row |
| System Settings items | Opens System Settings at that setting |
| Site search shortcuts | Opens the site. To search it, type its shortcut and press ⇥. See Web and site search |
| Web pages and bookmarks | Opens the page |
| Open tabs | Switches to the tab while it's open, and opens its page once it's closed |
| Files and folders | Opens it, even after you move it |
Web searches, Ask AI rows and calculator answers can't be pinned. Clipboard History and Emoji & Symbols have pins of their own; see Clipboard History and Emoji and symbols.
Reorder and unpin
On the empty bar, select a pin and:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌥⌘↑ | Move Up in Pinned |
| ⌥⌘↓ | Move Down in Pinned |
| ⇧⌘F | Unpin |
The same actions are in ⌘K. Moving works only with the field empty, where you can see the pins. Unpin works from search results too.
When a pinned item goes away
- A moved file or folder is followed to its new place.
- A deleted file stops showing. Its pin waits, and comes back if the file does.
- An item you hide from search (⌘K → Configure Command → Hide from Search) leaves the pins too, until you show it again.
- A command of a feature you turn off leaves with the feature.
Suggestions
Under your pins, the bar suggests about five things, picked in this order:
- Up to two apps you installed in the last five minutes, while Saiki was running, and haven't opened yet.
- What you open most, of every kind: apps, commands, files, tabs, pages and settings. What you opened often a while ago fades over a few weeks.
- When there isn't enough history yet: Clipboard History, Applications, Emoji & Symbols, Files and Saiki Settings.
Anything already pinned isn't suggested again, and a file you deleted drops out on its own. A tab you used to switch to is suggested as its tab while it's open, and as its page once you close it.
Hold ⌥ on the empty bar to see which rows are pinned and which are suggested, with how often and how lately you opened each one.