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title: "Using SotaAgents"
description: "Chat is the core — type a message and the assistant replies, searches, generates files, and calls tools as needed. You can also organise conversations into projects, share them with teammates, and tune the model per conversation."
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# Using SotaAgents

Chat is the core — type a message and the assistant replies, searches, generates files, and calls tools as needed. You can also organise conversations into projects, share them with teammates, and tune the model per conversation.

- [Starting a chat](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/starting-a-chat): Chat always happens inside a workspace, so the first step is to launch one. Open the workspace selector at the top of the sidebar, pick the workspace you want to work in, and th…
- [Model & session settings](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/model-and-session-settings): The model selector sits inside the composer on desktop and mobile. It shows the current model and opens a panel where you choose the model and tune how it responds. The choice a…
- [Upload Attachments](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/upload-attachments): Drop a file into a conversation when you want the assistant to read it for that turn — a contract, a spreadsheet, a screenshot.
- [Rich answers](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/rich-answers): Assistant answers are more than plain text. SotaAgents renders them with full formatting and can embed generated content right in the reply.
- [Artifacts panel](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/artifacts-panel): When the assistant produces a file — or when you open a citation — it appears in the artifacts panel on the right of the chat.
- [Citations & sources](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/citations-and-sources): When the assistant answers using documents from your workspace or the web, it cites them. Citations appear as small labeled chips inline in the answer, showing the source file n…
- [History](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/history): Ordinary, successfully created chats are saved in workspace history. Incognito chats are not retained in History: Core may persist them temporarily while the session is active,…
- [Projects](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/projects): Projects let you group related conversations under a shared name, with optional instructions and shared context files. Click Projects in the sidebar to open the projects list.
- [Sharing](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/sharing): You can share a conversation snapshot with teammates or the public via a link. A shared link captures the conversation at the moment you create it — new messages aren't included…
- [Integrations](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/integrations): Provider connections for documents live inside the Knowledge Base app, not in a core workspace Integrations route. The app must be installed for the organization and enabled for…
- [MCP servers](https://sotaagents.ai/manual/using-sotaagents/mcp-servers): MCP servers give the assistant tools. Where Integrations let the assistant read your documents, MCP servers let it do things — open a Linear issue, post in Slack, push to a Noti…