Stream Mode is for long-running output. It is not better for everything. This guide makes the distinction clear so your chat stays useful instead of noisy.
docker compose build npm install pytest docker compose pull
These commands can run for a while and keep producing new lines. Streaming is useful because you want to see progress as it happens.
You send once and then watch output arrive live instead of waiting for one final block at the end.
pwd ls -lah docker compose ps docker compose logs --tail 100
These commands finish quickly. The result is easier to scan later if it stays as one normal chat result.
If the command should end in a few seconds, default to normal mode.
Turn Stream Mode on at send time, or save it directly on a command in the catalog so that command always opens in stream mode by default.
Put it on the repeat commands you already know are long-running, like Compose Build or Compose Pull.
Stream Mode is part of Premium. Free users can still run the command, but enabling Stream Mode should trigger the paywall.
If the stream is no longer useful, use the stop control in sshChat rather than waiting forever.
Stream Mode is for watching progress and deciding fast, not for turning the app into a permanent tail window.
If you want to organize which commands stream by default, continue to the command catalog guide.
