Chat Interface

Overview

The chat interface is the main workspace of OS, ibl.ai's open-source AI agent platform. It is where you converse with an AI agent: you type (or dictate) a prompt, the agent streams back a response, and rich outputs such as Canvas documents appear inline in the conversation.

The screen is organized into three zones. The top bar holds the LLM model selector, the agent selector, and the User/Admin mode toggle; the center shows the running conversation; and the bottom holds the message composer with its tool chips and voice controls.

You land on the chat interface immediately after signing in at os.ibl.ai and selecting an agent. The left icon rail navigates to the other areas of the platform (new chat, Explore, chat history, projects, analytics, notifications, and settings).

Target Audience

User | Administrator (the model selector and the User/Admin toggle are administrator-only)

Features

LLM model selector

The top-left control shows the LLM currently powering the agent (for example gpt-4o-mini, with the provider's logo). Administrators can click it to open the LLM model selection dialog and switch the agent to a different provider or model. Regular users see the agent's model but cannot change it.

Agent selector

Next to the model selector, a dropdown labeled with the current agent's name (for example agentAI) switches between agents and agent-related views. The dropdown also carries a top "New Chat" action, and, when available, a footer "Modify" action that forks the agent so you can customize your own copy.

User / Admin toggle

Administrators see a User | Admin switch in the top-right. In Admin mode the full administrative surface is available (model selection, settings, analytics); switching to User mode previews the platform exactly as a regular user experiences it.

Notification bell

The bell icon opens a dropdown listing recent notifications with their titles and relative timestamps. From the dropdown you can open a notification, click View all to go to the notification inbox, or click Mark all as read.

Profile menu

Your avatar in the top-right corner opens the user profile dialog, covering account details, memory, privacy, and security settings.

Conversation view

Your messages appear as right-aligned bubbles; agent responses appear on the left with the agent's avatar, name, and a timestamp. Responses stream in as they are generated and render full markdown, including tables, lists, and code blocks.

Canvas preview card

When the agent produces a document with the Canvas tool, the response embeds a preview card showing the document's title and the first lines of its content. Clicking Open Canvas opens the full document in the Canvas panel beside the chat (see Canvas). While the document is still being generated the card shows a "Generating..." indicator.

Message actions

Under each agent response sits a row of action icons: Copy to Clipboard copies the response; Positive Feedback and Negative Feedback (thumbs up/down) rate it; Share copies a share link to the clipboard; Report Inappropriate Content flags the message; Read Aloud speaks the response with text-to-speech (and toggles to "Stop Reading Aloud"); and Retry regenerates a new response to your last message.

Suggested follow-up questions

After a response, the platform proposes guided follow-up prompts as clickable pills (for example "What are the customer personas for EduMind AI?"). Clicking one sends it as your next message; the circular refresh button beside them fetches a new set of suggestions.

Message composer

The "Ask anything" box at the bottom is where you write prompts. Press Enter to send, or click the arrow submit button; while a response is streaming, the submit button becomes a stop button that halts generation. A configurable disclaimer — "AI is capable of making mistakes. Please review all responses." in the screenshot — is shown above the composer.

Attach files (+)

The + button opens the upload menu and its Upload File action, letting you attach documents or images to your message. Attached files are listed above the composer with per-file remove and retry controls.

Tool chips (Canvas, Memory, and more)

Inline chips in the composer toggle per-session tools: Canvas (generate documents into the Canvas panel), Prompts (open the prompt gallery), Study Mode, Deep Research (extended multi-step reasoning), and Memory. An active tool shows as a highlighted chip with an X to turn it off — in the screenshot, Canvas is active. The Memory chip opens a menu where you can view, add, edit, and delete the memories the agent keeps about you. When the composer is narrow, extra tools collapse into an overflow (...) menu.

Voice input

The microphone icon records a voice message and transcribes it into the composer (its tooltip reads "Voice Record").

Voice call

The waveform icon starts a real-time voice call with the agent, powered by WebRTC/LiveKit. Screen sharing into the chat session is also available from the composer when enabled for the agent.

How to Use

Step 1: Pick an agent

Use the agent dropdown in the top bar to select the agent you want to talk to, or choose New Chat to start a fresh session.

Step 2: Compose your prompt

Type into the "Ask anything" box. Optionally attach files with +, toggle tools such as Canvas or Deep Research, or use the microphone to dictate.

Step 3: Send and review

Press Enter or click the arrow button. The response streams in; if the Canvas tool produced a document, click Open Canvas on the preview card to view and edit it.

Step 4: Act on the response

Use the action icons to copy, rate, share, report, or listen to the response — or click Retry to regenerate it. Click a suggested follow-up pill to continue the conversation with one click.