Chat with your files
The Chat screen lets you ask questions about your files in plain language. The model searches your library, reads the relevant files, and answers using what it found. It shows its sources as you go.
How a chat works
Section titled “How a chat works”Type a question and send it. The model searches your files, reads the relevant ones, and writes a response based on their content. The files it used appear as clickable citation cards. Click a card to open that file in All Files and verify the source.
Start fresh or pick up an old thread
Section titled “Start fresh or pick up an old thread”- New chat clears the conversation and starts over.
- Past conversations holds your history so you can reopen an earlier thread and keep going.
Chat across every source
Section titled “Chat across every source”By default, Chat answers from the current storage source. Switch the Storage Source selector to All Sources to let Chat draw on every source at once. See Manage storage sources.
Ask better questions
Section titled “Ask better questions”- Be specific. “What were the risks flagged in the 2024 vendor contracts” beats “tell me about contracts.”
- Name what you are after. A date range, a project name, a file type, or a person narrows the results.
- Ask follow-ups. The conversation keeps context, so you can refine without restating everything.
[!NOTE] Chat needs a Chat model assigned in Settings, and it answers best when your files have been processed. See Models.