Chat

Chat allows you to interact with AI to get instant feedback, suggestions, and answers as you write. Chibi has some unique features that make chat a powerful tool for writers.

A few things separate chat in Chibi vs ChatGPT. Let's go over the UI.

The Top

From left to right:

  • The chat heading

  • Help button - open this guide

  • Toggle Overlay - this will change the panel between overlay mode and sidebar mode. Overlay mode gives you more space on smaller screens if needed.

  • Delete All Chats - a quick way to remove all the chat message in one click.

The Bottom "Message" Bar

  1. The message field - where you enter your message to send to the AI.

  2. The send button

  3. Role selector - a unique feature of Chibi chat is you can chat with the roles you create. Here you can choose the role (and even change it in the middle of the conversation).

  4. Context layer - another unique feature of Chibi chat. Click to cycle through three options:

    1. Chat messages only (layer 1) - uses only the content within the chat panel

    2. Chat messages + document (layer 2) - layer 1 + uses document text, either what you've selected or the text above your cursor location.

    3. Chat messages + document + memory (layer 3) - layer 2 + uses active document memory fields

  5. Re-Sync - if you work between browsers/computers and notice chat is missing, hit re-sync to update with the latest chats.

Chat With Roles

This is one of the most powerful capabilities of Chibi chat. You can quickly swap between the role you're chatting with. Imagine chatting with Albert Einstein one moment and then Stephen Hawking the next.

Combined with the role composer, you have an infinite number of roles you can chat with - designed by you.

Context Layers

Context is the text sent to the AI for processing. Context layers give you control to add additional context from your document, and/or memory.

Layer 1 - Chat Messages (default)

When the context layer is set to 1, only the messages in the chat panel are sent to the AI. This isolates chat away from the document and memory.

This lets you chat "beside" your document without the contents of the document (or memory) interfering with the chat.

Layer 2 - Messages + Document

This is where things can get interesting. In essence you can chat with your document.

But there is a unique twist. You can select the text in the document before chatting, and then only the selected text is used.

Or you can click somewhere in the document and then only the text above the cursor location is used.

This gives you control over the document context leading to better results.

Layer 3 - Message + Document + Memory

Going all the way to layer 3 means you want all the context you can get in your chats. This will use all the message plus the same document context we discussed above -- but also all the active memory fields (from the memory panel).

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