AmiKit Essentials

KIT utilizes the latest and greatest AmigaGPT 3 by Cameron Armstrong, currently only available in AmiKit. He lives in the Amiga Shell (KIT, not Cameron), from where you can call him anytime with Left Alt ⌥ + A

But he's far more than a chatbot - KIT is a helpful buddy inside AmiKit, capable of performing various system operations, searching for files, creating archives, managing backups, etc. If you can describe it, KIT can do it (probably). Just don't rely on him blindly - you know, it's the 21st century and we still don't have flying cars, so maybe keep your AI expectations in check.

On top of that, KIT has his own personality and won't blindly follow your orders either - he is cautious and puts system safety first, so he will always request your permission before executing any command or program.

By the way - you can speak to him in any language, even a programming language if you prefer. We cover his OpenAI bills every month so he can fully dedicate himself to the requests you throw at him.

From the technical point of view, AmigaGPT and KIT are powered by the latest gpt-5-mini model, foolishly sponsored by Jan from AmiKit.

Each user has a dynamically allocated fair-use allowance of prompts per timeframe, so everyone gets a fair chance to interact with KIT.

To keep the budget sustainable, Jan may (and will) adjust the model to a cheaper one or temporarily pause AI features if resources run low.

MASTERING AMIKIT

Open New Lister Instantly
Double-Click on Desktop Anywhere

Bring Start Menu to Front for 5 Seconds (if hidden)

Double-Middle-Click

Bring Window to Front

Left-Click

Send Window to Back

Middle-Click

Open Drawer in New Lister

Hold Shift ⇧ and Double-Click a Drawer

Toggle between Icon and Name modes

GIF Click to play

Click the button on the Toolbar or press F2

Create a New Drawer

GIF Click to play

Right-Click Window Titlebar or press F7

Do Quick Actions with a Single File or Folder

GIF Click to play

Right-Click & Hold

Edit File/Folder Properties Quickly

GIF Click to play

Left-Click & Hold

Do Operations with Multiple Entries

GIF Click to play

Click

button to open pull-down menu

Set SOURCE and DESTINATION Listers - for Copy, Move or any other filesystem operations

GIF Click to play

Toggle via the SRCE/DEST buttons, or simply click on one or the other Lister to switch roles

Do Operations with Pull-Down Menu

GIF Click to play

Right-Click on Screenbar or an empty desktop area

Power Keys

Shell

Alt ⌥ + S

Exchange

Alt ⌥ + E

SnoopDos

Ctrl ⌃ + S

SysInspector

Shift ⇧ Ctrl ⌃ + S

Clipboard History

Ctrl ⌃ Shift ⇧ + C

CacheDir

Alt ⌥ + C

DeviceList

Alt ⌥ + D

Close Lister

Esc ⎋

Color badges indicate which modifier key to hold:

Shift ⇧ Ctrl ⌃ Alt ⌥ Num

AMIGA ❖/⌘ = ❖ key on Windows/Linux or ⌘ Cmd key on Mac

Beyond the Basics

Directory Opus Lister

Press Space while in desktop or in a Lister (Icon or Name mode) and then use cursor keys ←→↑↓ to navigate and ⏎ to open the selected entry.

Type letters to find a file. Type capital letters (e.g. Shift ⇧ + A) to find a drawer.

F1 Rename selected entries
F2 Toggle between Name and Icon view
F3 View selected entries in Multiview
F4 Edit selected entries in microgolded
F5 Copy selected entries to Destination
F6 Move selected entries to Destination
F7 Create a drawer
F9 Calculate size of selected drawers

Del ⌦ Delete selected entries

Num + + Select all
Num + − Deselect all
Num + * Invert selection
Num + / Go to root
Backspace ⌫ Go to parent drawer

Ctrl ⌃ + F5 Copy As
Ctrl ⌃ + F6 Move As
Ctrl ⌃ + R Refresh drawer
Ctrl ⌃ + F Find files
Ctrl ⌃ + X Cut to clipboard
Ctrl ⌃ + C Copy to clipboard
Ctrl ⌃ + V Paste from clipboard
Shift ⇧ + Ctrl ⌃ + V Paste As from clipboard
Shift ⇧ + Ctrl ⌃ + F5 Duplicate selected

Lister Display Mode

Switch Lister among more view modes:

Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + [ Name mode
Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + ] Icon mode
Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + ; Show all files or files with icon only
Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + ' Icon Action mode (with Toolbar displayed)

Arranging windows

Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + \ Tile all open Listers
Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + - Tile horizontally
Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + + Tile vertically

Did You Know?

Help is always just a keystroke away. Hitting the Help key (or PageDown ⇟) in any Directory Opus window brings up a contextual guide. You can also find detailed PDF manuals in the DOpus:Help drawer.
You can easily set up your own customized hotkeys. Right-Click anywhere and head to "Settings" → "Hotkeys…", or simply press Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + 7.
You can lock your mouse cursor to move in a perfectly straight line. Hold down the Left Ctrl ⌃ key, and it will restrict your movement to purely horizontal or vertical.
You can boot straight into the classic Workbench instead of Directory Opus. Just hold down the Shift ⇧ key while AmiKit starts up.

Edit Actions for Specific Filetype

Right-Click & Hold over a file in Name mode and select the entry starting with an asterisk (*), for example *Video, MOV to edit left-click and right-click actions on all files of that kind.

Control Mouse with Keyboard

To control your mouse pointer, hold down the Left or Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ key and use cursor keys ←→↑↓.
Simulate left or right mouse click with Left AMIGA ❖/⌘ + Left Alt ⌥ or Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + Right Alt ⌥.
Access right-mouse button menus by Space + Right AMIGA ❖/⌘, then use cursor keys to navigate, ⏎ to select.

Change Wallpaper

Right-Click & Hold over an image file in Name mode and select Set as Wallpaper. To save it permanently then Right-Click an empty desktop area, choose Settings > Environment, and click the SAVE button.

Or use quick shortcut to save the change:

Right AMIGA ❖/⌘ + 4 and then S

MEET KIT

MASTERING AMIKIT

Toolbar Actions

Power Keys

Beyond the Basics

Directory Opus Lister

Lister Display Mode

Arranging windows

Did You Know?

Edit Actions for Specific Filetype

Control Mouse with Keyboard

Change Wallpaper