Use chat

A chat is a conversation with the TulipFarm AI. This guide shows the everyday chat tasks.

Start a chat

1. Select New chat at the top of the sidebar.

2. Type your request in the message box.

3. Select Send message, or press Enter.

   To stop the answer, select Stop reply.

A new chat is a personal chat. Only you can see it. To share a chat with other people, use a project.

Add a file to a message

The Files button in the message box has three choices.

Choice	What it does
Store a private file	Saves the file with the chat for download. The chat does not read the file.
Let the assistant read a file	Lets you pick a saved file. The assistant reads the file with your message.
Add a file to Knowledge	Opens Files. Your chats and agents can search your Knowledge. Other people cannot.

To have the assistant read a file:

1. Select Files in the message box.

2. Select Let the assistant read a file.

3. Pick a saved file from the list.

   You can also type @ in the message box to open the same list.

4. Type your request and send the message.

Limits for stored files:

• Each message can have up to 5 files.
• Each file can be up to 10 MiB.
• Files that you upload but do not send expire after 24 hours.
• The whole workspace has 1 GiB of storage for chat files.

Choose a model

1. Select the model picker in the message box.

2. Select a model from the list.

3. Send your message.

The list shows only the models that your workspace admins allow. If you see “No models are available. Ask a workspace admin.”, contact an admin. For more help, read Credits or models are unavailable.

Rename a chat

1. Open the chat.

2. Open the Chat actions menu.

3. Select Edit title.

4. Type the new title.

5. Select Save title.

You can also rename a chat from the Chats page. Open the menu next to the chat and select Rename.

Archive or restore a chat

An archived chat stays saved. An archived project chat is read-only.

1. Open the chat.

2. Open the Chat actions menu.

3. Select Archive chat.

To restore a chat:

1. Select Chats in the sidebar.

2. Select Archived.

3. Open the chat.

4. Open the Chat actions menu.

5. Select Restore chat.

Delete a chat

Caution

You cannot undo a delete. The chat disappears at once. TulipFarm keeps it for 30 days, then removes it permanently.

1. Select Chats in the sidebar.

2. Open the menu next to the chat.

3. Select Delete.

4. Select Delete chat to confirm.

   To cancel, select Keep chat.

Compact a long chat

Compaction shrinks the working context of a long chat so that the chat can continue. The original messages stay readable.

1. Open the chat.

2. Type /compact in the message box.

3. Send the message.

Automatic compaction is on by default. It starts when a chat uses 70 percent of its context budget. Admins choose the summary models on the Models page.

Next steps

• Work in a project
• Manage files
• Create skills