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Chat Interface and Controls

The AI Assistant is available from the Ask AI option in the Files.com Web App. Type your question or request in the chat input and submit it. The assistant streams its response in the chat window as it works, including any intermediate steps it takes.

The assistant understands your current location in the app. Phrases like "this folder," "here," "selected files," or "this tab" resolve to wherever you are when you send the message, so you do not need to type out full paths for the context you are already viewing.

When the assistant proposes a write action, it shows you the proposed change and asks for your confirmation before applying it. You can review, ask follow-up questions, or decline before anything changes.

Stop cancels an in-progress action. Retry re-sends your last message as a new turn in the same session. New Chat starts a fresh session; if your current chat has messages, it stays resumable from Chat History instead of being discarded. If the chat shows A chat is active in another tab, check your other browser tabs for the active session. If none is active, use New Chat to begin a fresh session.

A chat expires automatically after 24 hours of inactivity, or when you log out. The assistant preserves message history across page reloads within the same session, so refreshing the page restores your conversation.

Chat History

The History button opens a drawer listing your prior chat sessions in your current Workspace, newest first. You can see the chat's title, when it was last active, and whether it is Active or Expired (not active for 24 hours). History covers the last 30 days.

You can view a read-only transcript preview for any chat session that shows all the messages. Resume picks up an Active session where you left off. If the assistant was still writing its answer when you left, Resume shows you the rest of it as it arrives.

Expired sessions cannot be resumed, but you can use Continue in New Chat to start a new session. Your old messages do not reappear in the new chat, but you can use the "Continued from" links to review the original read-only transcript.