The normal view is the everyday app and the default. The advanced view shows more settings, controls and detail. The assistant is the same in both.
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Haruno has two views. The normal view is the everyday app. The advanced view adds controls and detail for people who want them. The assistant, what it can do and how safe it is are the same in both.
Switch between them
Open Settings ▸ General and use the Advanced view switch. Off is the normal view. On is the advanced view. The change is immediate. The line under the switch says: Shows more settings and controls, and the details of each step. The assistant is the same in both views.
A new install starts in the normal view. Haruno remembers your choice.
Same product, different amount of detail
The views may differ in controls, Settings sections and how much detail is shown. They may not change what Haruno is or what it can do. Every difference below is of that kind. What a hidden setting was set to still applies.
What changes
Normal view
Advanced view
Home screen
The Portfolio. A first launch opens there, and switching to the normal view takes you there
Chat
Permission mode
Always Automatic. No choice
You choose, in Settings and in each chat
Settings tabs
General and Books
General, Books and Advanced
Settings ▸ General
No Permissions or Automations sections
Both sections
Approval cards
One plain sentence, with Show details
Every detail, a risk label and the reason Haruno asked
Buttons on a card
Allow once and Deny
Also Allow for this session where it is offered
Website requests
Allow once and Deny
Also Always allow this website and Allow all sites for this session
Steps in a chat
Plain labels. Failed steps and Haruno's reasoning are left out. Repeated steps fold into one counted row
Every step, failed ones and reasoning included
Files Haruno made
Only files you can open. A file opens as a document
Also the scripts and helper files behind it
Chat controls
A list of what you allowed for this session, and a small meter of how full the chat is
Custom servers
Not offered in Connectors
A Custom MCP servers section in Connectors, with Add server
Sidebar
Portfolio, Chat, Projects, History, Scheduled
Same rows. See the note on Git below
Exports follow the same rule. A chat exported from the normal view has no raw reasoning.
Keys and sidebar
The sidebar rows and their keys are the same in both views. See Keyboard shortcuts.
The Git row
Git is meant for the advanced view, and only when Haruno has one folder open for the whole app. In the current release every chat works in its own project folder, so there is no such folder and the Git row does not appear. The Keyboard Shortcuts window and the View menu still list it for the advanced view.
Sandbox is the same
On the Mac the isolated space is always on in both views. The advanced view does not have a switch for it. See Sandbox.
What to tell a customer
Most people should stay in the normal view. It asks little, hides technical detail and opens on the books. Someone who wants to see every step, choose the permission mode or manage allowed sites can turn the advanced view on. It is one switch, and it can be turned off again at any time.