# Finding your way around OpenATS

> What each part of the OpenATS sidebar is for, the dashboard, and the keyboard shortcuts.

The sidebar holds everything: **Dashboard**, **AI search**, **Pipeline**, **Postings**, **Sequences**, **Contacts**, **Referrals**, **Interviews**, **Newsletters**, **Reports** and **Settings**. The search bar across the top of every page finds anyone by name or email: press **⌘K** (Ctrl K on Windows) or **/** to jump to it, and **⌘\** to fold the sidebar away.

*Getting started · Last updated 2026-11-11*

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## The sidebar

| Section | What it’s for |
| --- | --- |
| **Dashboard** | Your roles, upcoming interviews and anything waiting on you. |
| **AI search** | Describe who you need and search everyone in your workspace. It’s called **Search** when AI isn’t on. |
| **Pipeline** | Every candidate on every role, by stage. |
| **Postings** | Draft, publish and share your open roles. |
| **Sequences** | Outreach emails that send in steps. |
| **Contacts** | Every person in your talent network. |
| **Referrals** | Submit people you know and follow them through the pipeline. |
| **Interviews** | Schedules, panels and outcomes. |
| **Newsletters** | Job updates for candidates who opted in. |
| **Reports** | What needs attention and where to focus the hiring team. |
| **Settings** | Your account, how OpenATS looks, your integrations, and (for admins) the organization, pipeline, email and team. |

In OpenATS Cloud the sidebar also has **Scout**, the assistant, at the top, and **Learning**, what OpenATS has learned about how your team hires. See [Scout, the OpenATS assistant](https://openats.ai/docs/search-and-ai/scout).

> **Note:** What you see depends on your role. Interviewers, for example, see the dashboard, referrals, interviews and settings. See [Roles and what each can do](https://openats.ai/docs/team-and-permissions/roles-and-access).

## The search bar

The search bar across the top of every page finds anyone by name or email as you type, and only shows people you may see. Press Enter to open the first match. Type a full sentence, like “product designers who have led a design system”, and choose **Advanced search** to hand it to [AI search](https://openats.ai/docs/search-and-ai/search-for-candidates). On the AI search page itself, its own search box takes the bar’s place.

## Light or dark

**Settings → Appearance** has **Light**, **Dark** and **System**, which follows your device and is where everyone starts. The choice is saved in that browser.

## The dashboard

The dashboard greets you with your roles and interviews. Depending on your role and setup it can also show **Awaiting your approval** (for admins), **Inbox sync in progress** while your Gmail history is being read, and **Add people from LinkedIn and Juicebox** until you’ve connected the [OpenATS Extension](https://openats.ai/docs/openats-extension/install-and-sign-in).

That card shows to people who add candidates, on a computer. The first time, a window introduces the extension: **Get the extension** or **Not now** put it away, and the card stays as a reminder. **Hide** removes the card in that browser.

## Keyboard shortcuts

- **⌘K** (Ctrl K on Windows) or **/**: jump to the search bar from any page. On a candidate’s profile, ⌘K opens a search box over it instead.
- **⌘\** (Ctrl \ on Windows): fold the sidebar away, and bring it back.

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Still need help? Write to the OpenATS team at https://openats.ai/support (or support@b150.ai). We reply by email.

Source: https://openats.ai/docs/getting-started/find-your-way-around
OpenATS help center: https://openats.ai/docs