Tour of the app
Plinken is a single page with a sidebar on the left and a header across the top. Each tab remembers its exact state when you come back: view mode, sorting, selections and open editors.
Sidebar
Section titled “Sidebar”| Tab | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Plinky | Chat with the AI assistant and with your peers. See Chat & Plinky. |
| Spaces | Join, create and manage Spaces and their projects. |
| Team | The video call for the Space. See Team calls. |
| Grid | The timeline and the mixer. See Grid. |
| Assets | The version-controlled file library of the Space. |
| Story | Screenplays in Fountain format. |
| Canvas | Shared whiteboards. |
| Board | Storyboards built from canvases. |
| Look | Character and location look sheets. |
| Notes | Rich-text notes. |
| Lyrics | Lyrics with title and artist. |
| Actions | Small scripts that the video monitor’s Controller can fire. |
| Create | AI tools as simple forms. See Create with AI. |
| Flow | Node-based AI pipelines. |
| Motion | AI-generated motion graphics that bake to video. See Motion. |
| Streams | Hosted video with HLS and DASH delivery. See Streams. |
| Billing | Plan, credits, storage and invoices. |
| Settings | Account, devices, audio, runner, plugins, video, AI and shortcuts. |
| Help | Links to this site, feedback and support. |
A dot on Team means you are in a call. A dot on Flow means a flow is running or waiting for you.
Header
Section titled “Header”From left to right:
- Space slug — click to copy the invite code. Next to it, the Space name and the current project.
- Mute microphone / Unmute microphone and Turn camera off / Turn camera on — your call devices, available on every tab.
- Leave call — shown while you are in a call.
- Headphones — on: recording at full quality, no echo cancellation; off: echo cancellation / feedback removal active in calls. Switch it on when you wear headphones.
- Perform — go On Air. The same button reads Stop performing or Stop listening once a broadcast is running.
- Sync — Sync on — selections shared with peers or Sync off — working independently. With Sync on, you follow your peers’ tab changes and selections.
- PLIN balance — your credits, shown as a number with a diamond.
- Plinken Run — the runner button. Click to connect or disconnect, right-click for Runner settings…, Engine…, Plugins… and Disconnect. See Connect & status.
- Load meters — M main thread, A audio engine, G compositor.
- Status icons — audio engine (Audio engine running), Space server (Space server connected) and network (Online). Green is good, red means a problem.
Starting up
Section titled “Starting up”When you open the app it walks through Storage, Authentication, Spaces, Project, Assets and Audio Engine. Browsers only start audio after a click, so the first visit may show a Start Audio Engine button. Click it once.
Floating overlays
Section titled “Floating overlays”Some things follow you across tabs: the call overlay when you leave the Team tab, a popped-out chat, the video import progress, the Plin approval popup for AI jobs, and the TALKBACK control while someone is On Air.