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title: "Discover"
description: "Discover is where you take from what others made. Open Discover in the left panel, the File menu or the command palette, or press ⌥G. Press tab or ⇧tab to move between the tab strip, field and shelf. On the strip, press ← or →, or click a tab, to choose Templates, Films, Skills or Plugins. Discover remembers the tab while Creator Terminal runs. esc or ⌥G closes it."
canonical: "https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/docs/discover/"
last_updated: 2026-11-12
---

# Discover

Discover is where you take from what others made. Open **Discover** in the left panel, the
File menu or the command palette, or press `⌥G`. Press `tab` or `⇧tab` to move between the
tab strip, field and shelf. On the strip, press `←` or `→`, or click a tab, to choose
**Templates**, **Films**, **Skills** or **Plugins**. Discover remembers the tab while
Creator Terminal runs. `esc` or `⌥G` closes it.

A click on a tab picks its first card and gives the shelf the keys. On the tab strip,
`⏎` or `↓` does the same. From the shelf's first row, `↑` returns to the strip.

## Templates and Skills

**YOURS** holds your local items. **LIBRARY** holds items that people shared and a reviewer
listed. Use the arrow keys or click to pick a card. The right pane shows its picture, name,
author and description. A skill also shows its inputs and **best with**, when supplied.
Small windows show the shelf alone. `page up` and `page down` scroll a long description.

On a library card, press `⏎` to add it. If its name is already yours, press `⏎` once more to
replace it, or `esc` to cancel. The status line says what was added. Added templates and
skills appear in the command palette and work offline.

On one of yours, `⏎` opens a copy of a template, or opens a skill's form in the copilot.
See [Templates](https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/docs/templates-and-styles.md#templates) and [Skills](https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/docs/copilot.md#skills).

## Films

Films are made from a repository's facts. This tab holds the repository field and style chips.
See [Films and styles](https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/docs/templates-and-styles.md#films).

## Plugins

The Plugins tab shows the library. Pick **Plugins** at the start of its shelf to open the
[Plugins page](https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/docs/plugins.md), which holds installed plugins. On a library plugin, `⏎` downloads
and checks its package, then opens the usual installation confirmation. Review what it adds
and the tools its commands use before installing it.

## Open a link

Press `/` to focus the top field. Type or paste an item link ending in `/s/<code>`, or its
eight-character code, then press `⏎` or click **open**. This picks the item; it does not add
it. Press `⏎` again on the card to add it. An item shared by link can be absent from the
listing. Its tab opens with the item picked. A code already on the shelf picks that card.
An empty field does nothing. Paste goes into the focused field or an open report line;
the shelf and tab strip ignore it.

## Report an item

On a library card, press `r`, type the reason, then press `⏎` to send it. `esc` cancels.
Your own cards and the installed Plugins row cannot be reported.
No sign-in is needed to browse, add, open a link or report an item.

## Offline

Your local templates and skills remain available. When the library cannot load, its shelf
shows its error with **⏎ try again**. Pick that line and press `⏎`, or click it, to
try again. PNG, JPEG and WebP previews are still pictures. Other types and pictures that cannot
load show the item's initial.