# Chatting

## **Chat overview**

The **Chat** workspace is the simplest way to interact with AI Agents.

### **Getting Started**

* Create your first chat to begin.
* Add any number of AI Agents to the chat to receive responses from all of them.

### **Features**

* **Message Input**: Write, record, or attach files to communicate with your AI Agents.
* **Chat Management**:
  * Rename or delete chats.
  * Adjust chat settings.
  * Add or remove AI Agents as needed.

## **Create and manage chat**

### **Chat creation**

**Creating a first chat** is as simple as ABC. Choose any available agent and hit "START CHAT".

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**New chat** will be opened and will be shown on left side of your workspace.

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### AI Agent management

Once in the chat, navigate to the top right corner to **edit chat participants**. You can remove agents that are already in the chatroom, or invite new ones.

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**Newly invited agents** can see the **history** of the chat and they take it as context when participating in the conversation, so you can make different **agents talk to each other.**&#x20;

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If **multiple agents** are in the chatroom, you can tag the one you would like to hear a response from. It is not necessary, though. Under the hood, there is a **smart router** that will address your message to the most relevant agent. If multiple agents *feel* their reply can be relevant, they will response one after another. &#x20;

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### Manage your chat

If you want you can **copy** link to this chat and **share** with your friends and talk together.

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You can **rename** the chat to find it easily later or **delete** if you do not need them more.

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To start a **new chat** just hit the button "NEW CHAT +"

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