[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":692},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-category-\u002Fconversations\u002Fstart-a-conversation":3,"help-article-\u002Fconversations\u002Fstart-a-conversation":4,"related-articles-\u002Fconversations\u002Fstart-a-conversation":263},[],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"category":246,"description":247,"draft":248,"extension":249,"meta":250,"navigation":251,"order":252,"path":253,"relatedArticles":254,"seo":258,"slug":64,"stem":259,"updatedAt":260,"__hash__":261,"excerpt":247,"searchText":262},"help\u002Fhelp\u002Fconversations\u002F01.start-a-conversation.md","Start a conversation",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":232},"minimark",[10,19,24,37,41,52,55,62,65,68,93,98,104,108,118,125,132,136,147,155,159,166,172,197,207,211,226],[11,12,13,14,18],"p",{},"The ",[15,16,17],"strong",{},"Conversations"," screen is your main working area in MultiClaw. Every chat with an agent — new and past — lives here. 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It shows the currently selected agent's name and emoji. Click it to open a searchable list of your agents and select a different one.",[94,105,107],{"id":106},"send-your-message","Send your message",[11,109,110,111,114,115,51],{},"Type in the composer and press ",[15,112,113],{},"Enter"," to send. To insert a line break without sending, press ",[15,116,117],{},"Shift+Enter",[11,119,120,121,124],{},"While the agent is responding, a ",[15,122,123],{},"Stop generating"," button appears in the composer — click it to cancel the response at any time.",[126,127,129],"callout",{"type":128},"tip",[11,130,131],{},"You can have multiple conversations with the same agent. Each is a separate thread with its own history. The agent does not carry memory between threads unless you include context in your message.",[20,133,135],{"id":134},"agent-locking","Agent locking",[11,137,138,139,142,143],{},"Once you send the first message, the agent selector ",[15,140,141],{},"locks"," for that conversation. 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If the agent responds conversationally to an action request, rephrase your message more explicitly.",{"title":233,"searchDepth":234,"depth":234,"links":342},[343,344],{"id":274,"depth":234,"text":266},{"id":331,"depth":234,"text":332},"Understand when the agent replies conversationally and when it takes action on your behalf.",{},"\u002Fconversations\u002Fquick-chat-vs-tasks",[349,256,350],"conversations\u002Fstart-a-conversation","agents\u002Fwhat-are-agents",{"title":266,"description":345},"help\u002Fconversations\u002F02.quick-chat-vs-tasks","vLX2DOxFmzgI7nSgS2v5cbu1_frzRCN5H3SLkPCziaA","Quick chat vs tasks Understand when the agent replies conversationally and when it takes action on your behalf.",{"id":356,"title":357,"body":358,"category":246,"description":499,"draft":248,"extension":249,"meta":500,"navigation":251,"order":501,"path":502,"relatedArticles":503,"seo":505,"slug":506,"stem":507,"updatedAt":260,"__hash__":508,"excerpt":499,"searchText":509},"help\u002Fhelp\u002Fconversations\u002F04.conversation-history.md","Conversation history",{"type":8,"value":359,"toc":493},[360,363,367,372,389,394,398,401,404,435,444,448,468,473,477,486],[11,361,362],{},"Every conversation you have with an agent is saved automatically. You can return to any past conversation and delete or export individual threads whenever you need to.",[20,364,366],{"id":365},"find-a-past-conversation","Find a past conversation",[11,368,369],{},[58,370],{"alt":371,"src":171},"Opening the sidebar to find and select a past conversation",[173,373,374,380,383,386],{},[72,375,376,377,379],{},"Open the ",[15,378,17],{}," screen.",[72,381,382],{},"Look at the left panel — your conversations are listed there, sorted by most recent at the top.",[72,384,385],{},"Each entry shows the conversation title and a snippet of the last message.",[72,387,388],{},"Click any entry to open it in the chat area.",[126,390,391],{"type":128},[11,392,393],{},"Agents do not carry memory between separate conversation threads. If you need the agent to remember context from a previous chat, copy the relevant details into your new message.",[20,395,397],{"id":396},"how-long-conversations-are-kept","How long conversations are kept",[11,399,400],{},"Conversations are stored until you delete them. There is no automatic expiry.",[11,402,403],{},"Where conversations are stored depends on how you use MultiClaw:",[69,405,406,425],{},[72,407,408,411,412,416,417,420,421,424],{},[15,409,410],{},"Local mode"," — stored as ",[413,414,415],"code",{},".jsonl"," files in ",[413,418,419],{},"~\u002F.openclaw\u002F"," on your Mac or Linux machine, or ",[413,422,423],{},"%APPDATA%\\openclaw\\"," on Windows.",[72,426,427,430,431,51],{},[15,428,429],{},"Cloud mode"," — stored on your cloud desktop instance hosted on AWS. 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