Work in a chat

Last published : Nov 09, 2026
This guide shows you how to send messages, attach files, stop or queue a response, answer the assistant when it asks you something, and use the diagrams, images, and files in its responses.
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Send a message

Type in the box under the chat, and press Enter. To start a new line instead, press Shift+Enter.
The box shows Ask anything… in a new chat, and Type a follow-up… while a response is running.

Improve a draft before you send it

  1. Type your draft.
  2. Select Optimize my prompt (the light bulb).
The assistant rewrites your draft to be clearer and more specific. Review the result, and edit it if you like. To go back to what you typed, select Undo.

Attach files

Use any of these ways to attach files to your next message:
  • Drag files onto the page. The page shows Drop files to attach.
  • Paste a file or an image into the message box.
  • Select Add context (+), then Add files, and choose the files.
Each file shows as a chip above the message box while it uploads. To remove one before you send, select Remove (×) on its chip.
Attached files are saved in the upload folder of the chat's folder. If a file with the same name is already there, a number is added to the new file's name, for example report_1.pdf.
The assistant can read PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files you attach. It reads them by extracting their text, or by turning pages into images. Some model providers accept only images, so any other file the assistant reads is kept out of the conversation it sends to the model. This stops one unsupported file from breaking every later message in the chat. For which files you can view yourself, see File previews.

Stop a response

While the assistant is answering, do one of the following:
  • Select Stop at the top of the chat.
  • Select Stop response (×) next to the message box.
  • Press Enter in the message box.

Queue a message while the assistant works

You can type your next message while a response is running:
  1. Type the message.
  2. Press Ctrl+Enter (or Cmd+Enter on a Mac), or select Queue message.
Queued messages are listed under the message box. Each one is sent after the current response finishes. To take one back, select Remove from queue (×).

Answer a question

Sometimes the assistant needs a decision from you before it continues. It stops, lists its questions in its response, and shows a ❓ Question card in the chat. The card can hold several questions, each with the answers the assistant suggests.
To answer each question, do one of the following:
  • Select one of the suggested answers. Where the question allows several, select all that apply.
  • Type your own answer in the field under the question.
Once every question has an answer, select Send answer or Send answers. If there's only one question and it takes one answer, selecting a suggested answer sends it straight away.
Your answers are sent as your next message, and the assistant continues with them. You can also reply with a message of your own instead.
The chat is marked Waiting for you in the sidebar until you answer.

See what the assistant did

Under each response, bars summarize the work:
  • Tools lists the steps the assistant took. Select a step to see what went in and what came out.
  • Connectors lists the connectors it used.
  • A Skill line names any skill it used.
When a response finishes, it shows what it cost and what it changed, for example output tokens and files changed.

See diagrams and images in a response

A response can include diagrams and pictures. Ask for one, for example Draw the approval process as a flowchart, or the assistant adds one when it explains something better than words. If your workspace has a skill that draws diagrams or charts, the assistant uses it for a diagram worth keeping, such as an architecture diagram or an infographic.
  • Diagrams are drawn in the chat, in the light or dark theme you use. The assistant writes them in Mermaid, a text format for diagrams. If a diagram can't be drawn, the chat shows its text and the reason.
  • SVG images that the assistant writes are shown as pictures. They can't run scripts or load other files.
  • Images in the chat's folder that a response refers to are shown in place. An image outside the chat's folder isn't shown.
  • Images from the web aren't loaded until you select Show image from and the site's name. Loading one tells that site that the chat was opened.
Under a diagram or an SVG image, select one of the following:
  • Copy source: copy the text it's made from, to change it or to use it in another tool.
  • Download: save it as an SVG file. A diagram is saved in the light theme.
Under an image from the chat's folder, select Download to save the file.
People you share the chat with see the same diagrams and images. They see images from the chat's folder only if you let them Work with files.

Open a file that a response names

When a response names a file in the chat's folder, select the name to open the file in the Files panel. If the panel is hidden, it appears. On a narrow screen, the file opens over the chat.
The assistant links the files it mentions, with their path in the chat's folder. A file name it writes as code, for example report.md, opens the file too. A name becomes selectable once the file is in the folder. Names of files outside the chat's folder can't be selected.
People you share the chat with can open the files only if you let them Work with files.

Use commands

Type / in the message box to see the commands you can use. For the full list, see Slash commands.