Chat

Chat is where you talk to Haruno. Open Chat in the navigation pane (Ctrl+1 by default). Every chat belongs to the project that is open, and you can find it again later in History.

Writing a message

• Type in the box and press Enter to send. Shift+Enter starts a new line.
• The box grows as you type. Drag its top edge to make it taller.
• Press Up on the first line to bring back a message you sent earlier in this project. Down moves forward again.
• Type @ and the start of a file name to mention a file from your project. Pick it with Enter or Tab. Esc closes the list. A mention is just text in your message. It is not an attachment.
• Type / at the start of a message to pick a Playbook. See Slash commands. When a Playbook ran successfully, a line above the answer reads Used Playbook · title. Click it to open that Playbook.
• Use the paperclip to attach files and folders. See Attachments.
• The microphone button (Voice input) records you. Press it again to stop. Haruno turns the recording into text and puts it in the message box. It does not send it. Recording stops by itself after a minute.

Describe the result you want, not only the steps. "Summarize the meeting notes in this folder as a table" works better than "open the files".

Sending and stopping

The arrow sends your message. While Haruno works, it turns into Stop. Ctrl+. does the same by default. A line above the box says what Haruno is doing, for example "Thinking". If nothing has arrived for a while, the line tells you that too.

The bar at the bottom of the window is the status line. It shows Ready with a coloured dot, and short notices such as "Chat copied to clipboard". If you are on another page while a chat is working, it shows a spinner there too.

What Haruno shows you

• Replies appear in the conversation. A Thinking row can be opened to read how Haruno reasoned.
• Files Haruno writes appear as a card with Preview, Open, Reveal in Explorer and Copy path.
• The steps behind an answer go to the side panel. Open it from the View menu or with Ctrl+Alt+0. Activities lists every step, the Playbooks the session used, the helpers Haruno started and the sources it used. Preview shows documents as they are written.
• Questions appear as cards you answer with a click. See When Haruno asks you something.
• Approval cards appear before Haruno does something that needs your OK, such as running a command. They offer Allow once, Allow for this session and Deny. See Approvals and permission modes.

To work with what you have already said, see Working with messages.

When Haruno cannot answer

What you see	What it means
"Sign in to start chatting." with Open Settings	You are not signed in.
"Usage limit reached. To continue now, add credit or change your plan in the Haruno dashboard." with Open dashboard	The plan's allowance is used up. A version of this message says when it resets, in minutes or hours.
"Payment required. Update your billing in the Haruno dashboard."	The plan needs attention in the dashboard.
"Couldn't reach Haruno. Check your connection and try again."	The connection failed.
"This chat can't reach …"	Haruno asked for a folder outside the ones it was given. Inside a project, a Share this folder… button asks you to confirm before anything is shared. See Which files Haruno can reach.

Text size and new chats

Make chat text larger or smaller in Settings ▸ General ▸ Chat zoom, or hold Ctrl and scroll in the chat. Ctrl+0 resets it. File ▸ New Chat (Ctrl+Shift+N by default) starts a fresh conversation.