Chat

Chat is the main place to ask Row-Bot for help. A chat thread can stay simple, or it can use models, memory, documents, tools, approvals, attachments, skills, voice, workflows, and specialist profiles.

The chat view shows the active conversation, model context, tool-result history, and message composer controls.

UI Walkthrough

• Thread header shows the current thread title and actions such as rename, profile selection, model state, and export when available.
• Transcript contains user messages, assistant responses, tool results, charts, images, reasoning sections, and status messages.
• Composer is where you type the next request. Use plain language and include the outcome you want.
• Send submits the composer text to the selected model.
• Stop appears while Row-Bot is responding and asks the current run to stop.
• Regenerate or retry controls appear when a response can be run again.
• Model picker chooses the model for this thread. See Model Picker.
• Thinking control appears beside the model only when that exact model exposes supported reasoning choices. See Reasoning Controls.
• Approval mode controls how sensitive actions are reviewed for this thread.
• Attachments and context controls add files or local context to the current request.
• Skills and slash commands help start structured tasks when available. Enabled skills can also be selected progressively for the current task.
• Voice buttons use Dictate or Talk when voice is configured.
• Tool traces show what tools Row-Bot used and what came back.
• Approval prompts pause gated actions until you approve or reject them. When a child agent needs approval, the prompt appears in the parent thread too.

Beginner Workflow

1. Start a new thread.
2. Choose a model that is ready for chat.
3. Ask one clear question or task.
4. Attach files only when the task needs them.
5. Review any approval prompt before allowing Row-Bot to act.
6. Rename the thread when it becomes useful enough to keep.

Power Workflow

1. Choose an Agent Profile for the kind of work.
2. Pick a stronger tool-capable model.
3. Attach documents or enable retrieval only for relevant context.
4. Let Row-Bot use tools, but approve file writes, browser actions, shell commands, account actions, channel sends, MCP calls, and plugin tools deliberately.
5. Export or continue the thread after the work is complete.

Continue From The Buddy Overlay

In the native Windows and macOS apps, drag Buddy from the sidebar onto the desktop for a compact view of the selected thread. Its composer shares that thread's saved draft, model, tools, approval mode, and active response. Simple approvals can appear in the overlay; open the full thread for complex approvals, attachments, transcript history, tool traces, model controls, Talk, or Dictate. See Settings: Buddy.

Manage Conversation History

Open Show all from the conversation sidebar to filter Chat, Design, Code, or Workflow conversations. Choose Select for checkbox-based cleanup, then select individual conversations or use Select all for the current filter. The action bar shows the exact cross-filter selection count before you confirm deletion. Delete all applies only to the currently visible filter.

Deleting a conversation stops its active work and removes its Row-Bot-managed messages, drafts, attachments, media, tool sessions, workflow state, and Agent state. A linked Designer project is detached from the deleted conversation. Developer worktrees with changes and sandboxes with unimported work are kept and reported so deletion does not discard source work. Export anything you need before confirming because conversation deletion cannot be undone.

What Is Saved

Thread names, messages, selected model overrides, per-model reasoning selections, approval mode, profile selection, attachments copied into Row-Bot-managed storage, and tool results are saved locally. Some external providers may receive prompt content when you choose their models.

Privacy And Safety

Local model runs can stay on your machine. Hosted models, web search, browser actions, account tools, MCP servers, plugins, and channels can send data outside the app when configured and used. Row-Bot should not insert secrets into chat; enter credentials only through Settings or the provider's sign-in flow.

Troubleshooting

• If Row-Bot cannot answer with the current model, choose a more capable model in the picker.
• If the Thinking control is missing or a saved choice resets, read Reasoning Controls.
• If attachments are ignored, confirm the files finished uploading and are relevant to the prompt.
• If a tool is unavailable, check Settings, the current Agent Profile, and approval mode.
• If an external tool is enabled but not selected automatically, use a more specific request or review Progressive Tools And Skills.
• If a run is stuck, press Stop, then retry with a narrower prompt.