Managing Sessions
After reading this page you will be able to: create, pin, rename, archive, and search chats, and keep the whole sidebar list organized.
1. Creating a chat
Section titled “1. Creating a chat”- Click New Chat at the top of the sidebar (plus icon), or press
Ctrl+T(⌘Ton macOS) - When a project folder is set, the plus icon next to a project group means “New chat in this project” — the new chat belongs to that project
2. How the chat list is grouped
Section titled “2. How the chat list is grouped”The sidebar list has three sections, top to bottom. Click a section label to collapse it, click again to expand:
| Section | What’s inside |
|---|---|
| Pinned | Chats you pinned by hand |
| Projects | Chats bound to a project folder, collapsed per project, most recently used first |
| Chats | Everything else, grouped by time: Today, Yesterday, Last 7 Days, Earlier |
3. Actions on a single chat
Section titled “3. Actions on a single chat”Hover over a chat row, click the ”…” icon at the end of the row (or right-click the row) to open its menu:
| Menu item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Pin / Unpin | Fix the chat to the “Pinned” section, or unfix it |
| Mark as unread / Mark as read | Manually control the blue dot reminder on the row |
| Rename | Opens a “Rename chat” dialog; click Save when done |
| Create scheduled task | Create a scheduled task based on this chat |
| Archive | Move the chat out of the list into “Archived” (see section 6) |
Delete is not in this menu: to remove a chat permanently, archive it first, then delete it under Settings → Archived (section 6).
4. Pinning and drag to reorder
Section titled “4. Pinning and drag to reorder”- Click Pin in the menu; the chat moves to the “Pinned” section and its leading icon becomes a pushpin on hover
- Chats inside “Pinned” can be dragged — “Drag to reorder pinned conversation” — and the order persists
5. Two kinds of search
Section titled “5. Two kinds of search”| Search | Entry | What it finds |
|---|---|---|
| Search within a chat | Ctrl+F (⌘F on macOS), or the magnifier at the top of the anchor rail | Keywords in the current chat’s Q&A; results are highlighted, ↑/↓ to move, Enter to jump, Esc to close |
| Search all conversations | Ctrl+Shift+F (desktop app only), or the Search button in the titlebar | Keywords across all chats’ history; type into “Search message content…”, results load page by page, click one to jump straight to that message |
6. Archiving and deleting
Section titled “6. Archiving and deleting”Archive means “put away”; delete means “gone for good”:
- Click Archive in a chat’s menu — it disappears from the sidebar
- Open Settings → Archived (the “Archived conversations” tab) to see archived chats and teams
- To restore: click Unarchive to send it back to the sidebar; for a whole project archived together, click Restore all
- To delete permanently: click Batch manage, tick items, and use Batch delete; you can also click Delete item by item, or Delete all to empty the page
Batch mode also works from the sidebar: click the checklist icon right of “New Chat” (Batch Manage), tick several chats, and the panel shows how many are selected plus Select All and Batch archive; click the checklist icon again to Exit Batch Mode.
7. Forking: branch a new chat from any message
Section titled “7. Forking: branch a new chat from any message”To try a different direction from some point in a chat without touching the original:
- Open the chat and hover over that message
- Click the fork icon — “Fork from here”
- A new chat is copied up to that message; the original chat stays unchanged, and the two never affect each other
The forked chat shows a fork badge next to its name in the sidebar; hovering it shows “Forked from “original chat name””.
What success looks like
Section titled “What success looks like”- Pressing
Ctrl+Tstarts a new chat and a new row appears - You can pin any chat and drag to reorder the “Pinned” section
Ctrl+Ffinds keywords in the current chat; titlebar Search locates messages across chats- After archiving, the chat leaves the sidebar but appears in Settings → Archived and can be Unarchived
- Clicking “Fork from here” on a message produces a new chat with a fork badge in the sidebar
