Chat
Chat is where you talk to one agent at a time; every message runs as a plan on the board and the agent reports back in the thread. Use it for questions and one-off work, and a workflow for work that should repeat.
Before you start: at least one agent is Active (Agents: create and optimise).
Start a conversation
- Click Chat in the dock. Start a Conversation opens; close it and the page offers a Start a conversation button instead.
- Type in "Search across N agents" to filter; rows show the name, an Agent tag and the description. Only active specialists are offered, up to 100.
- Click a row, then Start Chat with the agent's name. It reads "Creating Chat..." and the conversation opens. Studio records the agent's configuration at this moment so it can tell you later if the agent changes.
Reopen a conversation from Recent Chats or by its address. The composer placeholder reads "Message <agent>. · @ to mention"; Enter sends, Shift+Enter adds a line. There is no attachment button: files arrive through the Files tab or an @ mention. The three-dot Conversation options menu in the header offers:
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Summary so far | A panel with the agent's running digest, captioned "updated after turn N" ("No summary yet" before the first turn completes). Close puts it away. |
| Rename | The title becomes a field; Enter or Save keeps it, Escape or Cancel discards. |
| Delete | A strip asks "Delete this conversation? This cannot be undone."; Confirm delete removes it and its messages and reopens the picker. |
Where to go next
| Page | Read it for |
|---|---|
| The board and mentions | Cards and their states, the inspector, @ mentions, sending more while a run works, Stop, reconnecting. |
| Files, previews and approvals | The Files, Preview and AMPG tabs, deliverable cards, approving a step, the timeline and read receipts. |
| Turn a conversation into a workflow | Asking for a workflow in the composer and opening the WORKFLOW CREATED tile. |
Notes
- A conversation is pinned to its agent; start another to talk to a different one. The summary is written after each completed turn and cannot be requested on demand.
- "No agents yet." with Create an agent: there are no agents; the button opens the Create Agent form. "No active agents" with an Agent Map link: activate one first. "No matches": no active agent has that name. "Could not start the chat:", "Failed to rename conversation." or "Failed to delete conversation.": try again. "No agent assigned to this conversation.": the agent was deleted; start a new conversation.