The message box is where you write to a Mind and send the message; the answer appears above it. This page covers the box and its controls. To start a chat and read answers, see Ask a Mind; the formatting toolbar above the box is covered in Formatting messages and rich answers.
To give a long message more room, click Expand input field or press Ctrl+↑; the field opens tall. Press Ctrl+↓ or click Collapse input field to return to the field that grows with your text. The expand control appears while your cursor is in the field.
Text you carry in from an answer shows above the field as a badge, Attachment 1, Attachment 2 and so on. Point at a badge to read the text it holds. To put a piece of an answer into your message, see Formatting messages and rich answers.
Two kinds of chips can sit above the field as well:
A message that is too big to send is refused with "The message is too large to send. Shorten it or remove some attached text, then try again."
Click + under the message box to open the options row. The button's tooltip reads Attach and more, and it reads Hide options while the row is open. The row starts open, and it remembers how you left it.
The row holds the controls you do not need for every message:
Settings you change by hand are kept for you, so your next chat starts with them where the Mind allows the same features.
The current mode sits beside the send controls in the toolbar; on a phone it is in the + sheet. The modes are Short, Analyzer (the default), Consultant and Research; what each one does is in Ask a Mind.
Response mode styles the answer. How long the model thinks before it answers is set with the model; see Models in a chat.
The pill at the left of the toolbar shows the current Mind's icon and name. Click it to open Select Mind, type in Search minds..., and pick a Mind. The list is grouped by status and shows each Mind's kind and status badges.
Choosing another Mind switches the chat to it. Your typed text and any attached text come along, and images and PDFs move with you. Excel and CSV files are removed, with the message "Excel / CSV attachments don't transfer between Minds"; tagged objects and skills on the draft are dropped too. See Attach files and Excel data to a chat.
Point at the Mind's icon and it becomes a shortcut to Mind Settings; the shortcut appears when you can manage the Mind or read its training cards. See Who can do what with Minds.
The microphone button, left of send, turns typing into dictation. Its tooltip reads Voice input with the shortcut Alt+S; while it listens it reads Recording... with Click to stop. A dictation runs for up to 60 seconds. If the browser cannot use the microphone, the chat says Microphone access denied with Enable in browser settings, or Microphone access required with "Microphone access is required for speech recognition. Please enable it in your browser settings."
While an answer streams, the microphone gives its place to the stop button.
On a phone the toolbar collapses. The + button, announced as More options, opens a bottom sheet with the secondary controls:
Swipe the sheet down to close it; it returns to its first step next time. Controls that use hover tooltips on a desktop open as tap popovers here. The Check-PII control sits next to the send button.
Your message is saved as you write, so you can leave the chat and come back to it. A draft is kept for the chat you are in; for a chat you have not started, it is kept for the Mind you picked. Attachments come back with your text, while Excel and CSV files stay inside the chat where you attached them. See Attach files and Excel data to a chat.
Yes. Click Expand input field or press Ctrl+↑. The control appears while your cursor is in the field. Press Ctrl+↓, or click Collapse input field, to return to the field that grows with your text.
Click the current mode's label to cycle to the next mode, or press Alt+M. To see all four modes at once, hold the label for about half a second or click its caret, and pick from the Response Mode list.
An answer is being written and you are the person running it. The button becomes a stop button while your answer streams; its tooltip reads Stop the current response. While it stops, it shows Stopping.... Only the person whose answer is running can stop it.
Writing in another person's chat needs Add Message In Others Chat. Without it, the box is greyed out and the tooltip names the missing permission: "You don't have permission to send messages here. Ask your administrator for the “Add Message In Others Chat” permission." See Who can do what with Minds.
Yes. The send button turns on when the message carries something the Mind can use: text, a file, text attached from an answer, or a skill. An Excel or CSV file must finish preparing first. See Attach files and Excel data to a chat.
It is kept. Your text and attachments come back when you return; for a chat you have not started yet, the draft is kept for the Mind you picked. Excel and CSV files stay inside the chat where you attached them.
The message is bigger than the chat can send in one piece, usually from a very long text or a lot of attached text. Shorten it, or remove some attached text, and send again. The full notice reads: "The message is too large to send. Shorten it or remove some attached text, then try again."
Objects were tagged for your next message, usually through the /tag-object command. They travel with the message when you send it. To drop them, click Clear all in the bar above the field.
Yes. Changes you make by hand, such as the model, the response mode, the response language and the toggles, are kept for you and start your next chat, where the Mind allows the same features. The Private or Regular choice for new chats is remembered in this browser, and the options row keeps its open or closed state.
Behind the + button, announced as More options. It opens a bottom sheet with Model, Effort, the response mode row and the other secondary controls. Swipe the sheet down to close it.