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title: "Workspace tour"
description: "Understand the operation catalogue, recipe lane, data panes, and execution controls."
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> Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.serialize.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Workspace tour

## Operation catalogue

Search or browse the 504-operation catalogue. Fuzzy matching helps when you know the task but not the exact operation name. Add an operation with its plus control or drag it into the recipe lane.

## Recipe lane

The recipe lane is the ordered list of transformations. Drag steps to reorder them, disable a step without deleting it, collapse arguments to save space, or set a breakpoint before a step.

Each operation exposes typed arguments. Some arguments switch between text, hexadecimal, Base64, or raw-byte interpretations; selector arguments can reveal additional fields.

## Input and output

Type, paste, drop, or load data into **Input**. The result appears in **Output**. You can copy raw output, download it, or replace the input with the output to begin a new pass.

The status bars show length, line count, character encoding, line endings, selection, cursor offset, and total processing time.

## Execution controls

- **Auto Bake** reruns the recipe when input or arguments change.
- **Bake** runs the full recipe manually.
- **Step** advances one operation at a time.
- **Breakpoints** pause before selected operations.
- **Disabled operations** are skipped while the rest of the recipe continues.

> **Visible by design**
>
> Complex analysis remains an ordered, inspectable recipe. Reorder or disable one step and the effect is immediately visible.

Source: https://help.serialize.dev/getting-started/workspace-tour/index.mdx