Chat
Chat is where you talk with OpenAgents. It's the same chat on the website, the Mac app, the iPhone app, and the Terminal. OpenAgents answers as "we".
What you can ask
- About OpenAgents. How to connect a phone, what a plugin is, what's new in the Gym, how the wallet works. These are answered from our product notes.
- About your work. Plan a change, ask how something works, or ask what Coder just did.
- Anything else. A general question gets a general answer.
- Coding work. "Fix the failing test", "add a unit test for slugify", "work on #123". These go to Coder on your computer, as described below.
- To open something. "Open my wallet", "show me how you route things", "show the test-time capabilities deck" open that screen in the app that has it.
To start fresh, choose New chat (Cmd+N on the Mac, /new in the
Terminal). Every chat goes to OpenAgents; there's nothing to pick.
Why some answers appear at once
A small, fast model, Jev from TypeSafe, reads each message first and decides how we reply. When one of our prepared answers, or an entry in our product notes, fully answers the question, it shows in about half a second. Otherwise a larger model writes the reply, which takes a few seconds. A prepared answer often has follow-up questions under it to tap.
When Coder starts
When a message is coding work, the reply says so and Coder starts on a computer:
- On a computer (the Mac app, the Terminal,
openagents chat), Coder starts right there at once, in your project. If you set Coder to ask first, the reply offers Run Coder instead. - On the phone, Coder starts on your connected computer at once if that computer allows it; otherwise the reply shows Run Coder on your computer. Without a computer, it offers Connect a computer.
A reply that already answered your question never starts Coder. See Coder.
Use it as much as you like
We don't count your messages per minute or per day. If you ever see "Couldn't reach OpenAgents; try again.", send the message again. A very long conversation may ask you to start a new chat.
What the chat can't do
From the chat itself we can't read your files, run code, or reach your computer. That's Coder's job, and it happens only on a computer you connected or are using.
Next: Privacy and security.