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Chats

Chats Screen​

Screenshot showing how to access Chats Screen from Go button

The Chats Screen can be accessed from the Go Button on the Companion.

Chats Screen: A list of chats, with the most recent at the top.

Chats are listed with the one with the newest message at the top. Press to open a Chat.

Menu for an individual Chat
Press the 3 dots to open a menu for quick access to:

  • Title: AI generates a title for the chat based on the messages.
  • Sync: Switch between local and cloud storage. Both are private.
  • Delete: Delete the chat. This cannot be undone. Devices with a synced copy keep it.

Messages​

Text​

Two messages, one showing a prompt written by the user, the other showing a response from the AI.

The most recent response has buttons for Ideas and Speak.

Menu with buttons for Copy, Delete, Edit, Speak

Press the 3 dots to open a menu with:

  • Copy: Copy the message to the clipboard. You can also drag to select text.
  • Delete: Delete the message. This cannot be undone.
  • Edit: Edit the message. This is available for all messages, and can be quite a useful tool for prompt engineering.
  • Read: Read the message out loud.

History Marker​

A tile in a chat that reads 'Messages above won't be seen by AI'.

The History Marker shows the last message the AI will see. Messages above it are not sent to the AI. See Companion > Magic Wand to control how much history is sent to the AI. The marker is very literal: for example, if you are making AI Art, no history is sent, because art AIs only use a prompt. Hover over it with a mouse, or press and hold on a touch screen, to see a tooltip with more information.

Art​

Example of AI Art response in Chat

AI Art responses are displayed in the chat as an image, followed by details about it.

You can drag the image out of the app to other apps on your device.

Art: Menu​

Menu with actions for AI Art
Press the 3 dots to open a menu with:

  • Copy Art: Copy the image to the clipboard.
  • Copy Prompt: Copy the prompt used to generate the image.
  • Delete: Delete the message. This cannot be undone.
  • Download: Save the image to your device.
  • Upscale: This uses a special AI to increase the image size. Use it when you want to use it as a wallpaper.
  • View: Open the image full-screen, allowing you to zoom in and out.

Art: Details​

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Press the down arrow to see all details about the image.

AI art providers allow different levels of control over the image, and the details shown will vary based on the provider.

You'll always see:

  • Prompt: The prompt used to generate the image.
  • Colors: We use cutting edge algorithms at the intersection of design and science to generate the UI for the art. The colors we used are shared with you, enabling you to create harmonious designs using you art.
Search and Sources messages in Chat

When the AI uses a search engine to find information, it shows the search query, and the sources it found.

Press the magnifying glass to open a menu.

Menu with buttons for Delete Search & Open All In Browser
  • Delete Search: Delete the search message. This cannot be undone.
  • Open All In Browser: Opens tabs for all the pages in your web browser.

Then, there is a row for each source. Press on a source to open it in your web browser.

Sources​

Sources message in Chat

Press Sources, and you're taken to the Sources Screen. It shows exactly what was sent to AI to generate the response.

  • Sent to AI: entire block of text sent to AI, all sources combined.
  • Sources: There's a row for each source. Tapping on it expands the row, showing the text from that individual source.

How are Sources created?

  • A Search Script Step finds web pages uses a search query.
  • A Retrieve Script Step loads the web pages, turns them into text, then uses the kind of AI search engines use to find the best parts of the web pages.
  • Then, a search engine AI, running on your device, finds the best parts of the web pages to answer your question.
    - Then, those parts are sent to the chat AI to generate a response.

See Manual > Citations and Cookbooks > RAG: Search, Read, Retrieve for more on how to use Sources in your own Scripts.

Structured​

Example of a structured message in Chat

Structured AI messages are in a common machine-readable format, JSON.

They are displayed as a table, and can be copied as CSV, TSV, and JSON.

Menu with buttons for copying JSON, TSV, CSV, and deleting the message

Press the 3 dots to open a menu with:

  • CSV: Used for decades for spreadsheets. Columns are separated by commas.
  • TSV: Modern spreadsheet programs handle pasting TSV better than CSV. Columns are separated by tabs.
  • JSON: Copy the JSON to the clipboard.
  • Delete: Delete the message. This cannot be undone.