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Your first chat

Send your first message to Octo, read the answer, and approve or reject a change.

Open the chat#

Go to OctoPress → Chats. A new chat opens with the heading What can Octo help with? and a few starter cards.

The OctoPress chat workspace with the chat list on the left and the message box at the bottom.

Send a message#

You have two ways to start:

  1. Click a starter card. For example Site overview or Review recent posts. The card fills the message box with a prompt but does not send it. Edit the text if you like, for instance the … in Draft a post.
  2. Type your own. Click the message box (it says Message Octo) and describe what you need.

Press Enter to send, or Shift+Enter for a new line.

Starter cards depend on the tools that are enabled. If you switch tools on or off, the cards change.

Read the answer#

Octo's reply streams in as it is written. While it works you may see a row such as 3 tool calls. Click it to see what Octo looked at. Click the document icon on a row to see the exact request and result.

Approve a change#

Reading your site never needs approval. When Octo wants to change something, for example update a post, the Tool approval required window opens.

  1. Check the Tool, the target and the Changed fields.
  2. Click Approve batch to let Octo continue, or Reject batch to refuse.

You can also let a chat approve certain tools automatically. See Approvals and permissions.

The tool approval window listing the tool and the fields it will change.

Things to try#

  • "Give me an overview of this site."
  • "Look at my five most recent posts and tell me which ones need a refresh, and why."
  • "Draft a post about … and propose an outline first."
  • "Which plugins and theme is this site using?"

Next steps#

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