Chat overview

Chat is the always-on assistant inside the signed-in product. It handles questions, outlines, rewrites, and shorter drafts when you do not need the full essay builder.

What Chat is good for

1. Fast iteration — Tighten a paragraph, compare two angles, or ask for a bulleted plan before you commit to a long document.
2. Research-style answers — When your plan includes web-backed modes, answers can include links you can verify.
3. Handoff to documents — You can start in Chat, then move to Create when you need outline approval and export.

How sessions work

1. Each thread is a session you can reopen from the sidebar; messages are stored with your account so you can pick up later on another device you are signed into.
2. Public Aura help (the /help page and site widget) uses a separate, optional browser key for guests. That flow is not the same storage model as Workspace Chat.
3. Treat Chat like any cloud editor: do not paste secrets you would not put in a shared document.

Word usage

Chat draws from the same monthly word pool as long-form generation. See Chat and your word allowance for detail.

Next step

Open Chat and start a session from the workspace shell.