Chat
Ask a question, inspect the answer and its sources, and keep useful conversations within reach.
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Chat is the quickest place to ask about a document, understand a topic, or refine an answer through follow-up questions. The assistant can search accessible knowledge and fetch public pages when the question needs them, and make a spreadsheet, document, chart or image when you ask for one. Check its sources before relying on a factual answer, especially when the information may have changed.
Start with a useful question
Open Home, choose New chat, type in the composer, and send. A starter prompt can help if you are unsure where to begin. Include the outcome you need and the relevant source: “Using the onboarding guide, list the steps a new customer needs to complete. Cite the guide.”
When several usable models are available, the model picker can start on Auto. Select a named model when you want control over which available model answers, and adjust reasoning effort where supported. You can attach a file for a question about its contents or open a project chat for recurring reference material.
Choose the surface for the work
| You want to | Start in |
|---|---|
| Ask, compare information, or clarify an answer | A chat |
| Get a document, spreadsheet, chart, or image made | A chat |
| Reuse the same files and instructions across conversations | A project chat |
| Produce a deliverable with an owner and a review | A project task |
| Run a repeatable process on a schedule or incoming event | An automation |
Chat makes files within the conversation. For a deliverable that needs an owner and a review, or work on a repository, in a browser session, or lasting hours, the assistant may direct you to a task so an agent can work in its own sandbox and a person can review the result. See Tasks and Automations.