Refer to a file

When your question is about a particular file, name it with @: @notes/spring-2026.md. Snotra then knows exactly which one you mean and reads it when it needs to.

What you need

An open folder. Without one, @ stays ordinary text.

Steps

By typing

1. Type @ in the input field. A list of the files and folders of the open folder opens above it.
2. Type on to narrow it down. The match is fuzzy: @rlse finds docs/release.md.
3. Choose an entry with ↑ and ↓, and take it with Enter or Tab. Esc closes the list.

For a folder the list stays open (@src/), so you can go on into it.

From the file tree

• Drag a file or folder from the tree into the input field. It is inserted where the cursor is.
• Or hover over a row in the tree and click the @ button at its right edge. With the keyboard, Shift+Enter on the focused row does the same.

Either way the path is inserted relative to the open folder, the same as when you type it.

What happens

The model receives the path in your message, not the content of the file. It reads the file with its tools when it needs it — which keeps a long file out of the conversation until it matters. Reading inside the open folder runs without asking in Smart; see Why Snotra asks before it acts.

If it doesn’t work

• The list does not open. No folder is open, or the cursor is not right after the @.
• A file is missing from the list. The list leaves out what the model’s file search leaves out as well: hidden files, .git, and whatever the folder’s .gitignore excludes. Hidden files appear once you show them in the tree with Cmd+Shift+. / Ctrl+Shift+..