The bench: a visual console in your terminal

The bench is Paresium Clara in a full-screen terminal app. It is the easiest way to try every offering by hand: type a message, watch the governed check run, and read the result and its record side by side. Start it with:

paresium bench

The layout

Four panes and a message box. You type at the bottom; the panes fill in as a check runs.

• Conversation shows your messages and Clara's replies, plus the list of commands you can type.
• Context Brief / Record shows what was gathered before the answer, and the saved record afterwards.
• Briefing / verdict shows the decision, the reasoning, and the safety outcome.
• Workbench is a scratch area used by the persona and knowledge tools.

The top banner always shows your profile, the model you are on (clara-dev is the beta model), and the current mode.

Switching modes

The bench does more than answer questions. Switch what a message does by typing a slash-command and pressing Enter:

Type this	What the next message does
/check	Governed check (the default): a safe, reviewed answer with a record
/execute	Brief plus a governed answer written for you
/compliance	A fast pass / warn / block safety check
/direct	Send your own instructions straight to the model (always metered)
/knowledge	Open the knowledge wizard (below)
/workbench	Interview and save an assistant persona
/model	Show the model picker (only Beta is available today)
/sandbox	Toggle test billing on or off
/record <id>	Look up a saved record by its id

tip

The keys shown in the footer (like e or c) do the same thing, but only when the message box is not focused. Typing the slash-command always works, so that is the reliable way in.

The knowledge wizard

Teach Clara a compliance rule or a playbook without leaving the terminal. Type /knowledge to open it:

Three ways to add knowledge, all of which quote a price first and are checked so they can never weaken a required safety rule:

• Guided: add compliance: customers must be told about fees before signing. An assistant drafts a clean, structured rule from your plain-language description. Refine it by typing changes, then type publish.
• Paste: paste playbooks: <paste the text of an existing document>. The text is turned into structured items for you to review and publish.
• Quick: quick compliance: <your exact wording>. Publishes your statement as written.

structure is one of policies, playbooks, or compliance. After a draft appears, type publish, a refinement, or cancel. See Teach Clara for the full walkthrough and how to prove a new rule is recognized.

Choosing the model

Type /model to see the model picker. Today only the beta model is live, so RC and Production are shown but greyed out:

Every check you run records which model produced the answer, so an auditor can always see exactly what was used.