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Version: 3.2

3.4.2 Chatbot

The Chatbot is the interface for running and testing an Agent System. When you click Run system, the Chatbot opens and you can send queries that the configured Agents process. Each agent answers with its assigned model (from its Provider Configuration) using data from its attached Memories, and the Chatbot returns the result along with details of how it was produced.

The Chatbot keeps conversational context, so a follow-up question can build on a previous answer.

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The Chatbot is an engineering interface for executing, validating, and debugging an Agent System while you build it. It exposes operational detail (how each agent responded, processing time, retrieval steps) that is useful to builders and administrators. It is not the primary end-user interface: a production deployment integrates the Agent System into a dedicated application for its users.

Ask a question​

Type a query in the composer and send it with the Send button. While a query is running, Send becomes a stop button that aborts the current query. The answer appears in the conversation, and you can ask a follow-up that builds on it.

The Chatbot over an Agent System: starting-point prompt suggestions and a Custom prompt tab above the composer, which has a microphone for speech-to-text, a Send button, and an Add as a custom prompt checkbox; Show insights and Close are in the top right

Two input aids are available:

  • Custom prompts: Tick Add as a custom prompt when you send a query to save it for reuse. Saved prompts are available under the Custom prompt tab.
  • Speech-to-text: Where the browser supports it, a microphone button lets you dictate a query instead of typing.

Inspect a response​

Click Show insights to open the insights panel, which shows the Steps the system took (including Thinking Step entries for exploring and analysing context) and the resulting Insights.

For a multi-agent system, the run Overview groups the agents into Intake, Process, and Output (see Execution order and agent groups). Each agent shows its Input and Output, and the run reports the total Processing time in seconds.

Export and close​

  • Download context saves the conversation context to a file.
  • Copy message copies a single message.
  • Close exits the run.

Open the Chatbot​

Open an Agent System and click Run system. The button is available once the system has at least one agent. For a fuller walkthrough of building the system first, see Agent System.