Find your way around
The sidebar, the account menu, the command palette and the keyboard shortcuts, in one place.
Everything in Koast is one or two clicks from the sidebar, and most of it is one shortcut away.
The sidebar
| Part | What's there |
|---|---|
| Top | The Koast logo (goes to Home), the fold button, and the brand switcher. |
| Launch ⌘L and ⌘K | Start a new campaign, or open the command palette. |
| Main | Home, Ads Manager, Creatives and Templates. Teammates without Creatives access see Pipeline instead. |
| Agent Tasks | Your first five tasks with a status dot, Show all, and + for a new task. |
| Koast Agent | Your seven most recent chats, pinned first, then Show all. Sort or filter them, start a new chat, or open a chat's menu to Rename, Pin, Archive or Delete it. |
| Bottom | The account menu. |
Fold the sidebar with the button at the top. When it's folded, hover the left edge to peek at it, or select the reopen button to bring it back.
The account menu
Select your name at the bottom of the sidebar.
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Activity | Opens the Activity Feed, with All Activity, Launching and Automations tabs. |
| Demo | Plays the Koast demo video. |
| Appearance | Light, Dark or Auto (follows your system). |
| Settings | Your account, ad accounts, organization, billing and integrations. |
| Help & docs | Opens these docs. |
| Log out | Signs you out. |
The command palette
Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) anywhere, or select ⌘K in the sidebar. Type to filter, move with ↑ ↓, press ↵ to pick and esc to close.
| Group | Items |
|---|---|
| Create | New campaign, Clone campaign, Create campaign with Koast Agent. In All Accounts, each asks which ad account first. |
| Koast Agent | Ask Agent anything... and quick asks: Show campaign tree, Set daily budget, Campaign performance, Last 7 days metrics, Generate ad copy, Suggest headlines. |
| Ad accounts | "Switch to" each of your ad accounts, and Setup New Ad Account. |
| Campaigns | Your six most recent campaigns with their status, and View all campaigns.... |
Keyboard shortcuts
| Shortcut | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ⌘K | Everywhere | Opens or closes the command palette. |
| ⌘L | Everywhere except while you're typing in a field | Starts a new campaign. In All Accounts, asks which ad account first. |
| / | Ads Manager, Creatives, Pipeline, Agent Tasks, Templates | Jumps to the search box. |
| n | Pipeline | Adds a new item. |
On Windows, use Ctrl where you see ⌘. View Only teammates don't have Launch or ⌘L. For every shortcut, see Keyboard shortcuts.
On your phone
At 768 px wide and under, the sidebar folds away behind a menu button next to the Koast logo. Tap it to open the sidebar as a drawer, with the brand switcher, Launch and the rest. Koast works best on a desktop.