Side conversation

Sometimes in the middle of work you want to ask about something else: “why don’t the discounts add up?”, “what does this function do?”. A question in the main session would pull the agent off its task and end up in its context. That is what the side conversation is for.

• It sees the whole main session — everything said and done before it was opened.
• The main session does not see it: its task and context do not change.
• It opens in a tab on the right, next to the main session: you can read both conversations at once.

How to open it

• Type /side in the main session’s input field and press Enter (the first Enter picks the command from the list, the second opens the conversation). You can add the question right away: /side why don’t the discounts add up?.
• Or in the command palette — “Side conversation”.

Each side conversation is a separate session, “Side conversation N”, but it is not in the general session list: it lives next to its main session — in a tab of the right panel, and in the terminal — behind the /side command. “Full screen” opens it as an ordinary tab.

How to use it

• Write in the field at the bottom of the tab: Enter sends, Shift+Enter starts a new line.
• If the side conversation’s agent needs permission or an answer to a question, the request appears in the tab itself.
• Selections go to the main conversation. Select a fragment of an answer, and a “To the main conversation” button appears next to it. The fragment goes as a quote into the main session’s input field — you can send it to the agent together with the task.

In the console

/side [question] opens a side conversation; the same rules apply: it sees the main session, which does not see it.