> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.unify.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Console chat

> Message your assistant right in the Console

The **Chat** tab is the first thing you see on your assistant's page in the
[Console](https://console.unify.ai), and the fastest way to talk to it — no
setup, no phone numbers, no connected accounts. As the tab itself puts it:
*"messages, voice notes, files, and screen share in one thread."*

## Composing

* **Type and send** — Enter sends, Shift+Enter adds a line break.
* **Speak instead of type** — hold the mic to record a voice note. Your
  speech is **transcribed into the composer**, so you review the text
  before sending rather than firing off raw audio.
* **Start a call** — click your assistant's avatar to ring it on
  [Unify Meet](/communication/unify-meet); screen sharing lives in the
  call, one click away from chat.

## Attachments

Drop files straight onto the composer, pick them from the paperclip menu,
or use **Take a Photo** to capture a document with your camera. Your
assistant reads what you send and works with it directly.

* Most everyday formats are accepted — documents, spreadsheets, images,
  audio, video, archives, data files — up to **32 MB** each. (Executable
  files are blocked for safety.)
* Each attachment shows its upload progress and can be cancelled before
  sending.

## Living in the thread

* **Reactions** — react to your assistant's messages with emoji; it
  notices.
* **Hear replies aloud** — if your assistant has a
  [voice](/communication/voice), each of its messages has a play button.
* **Copy** any assistant message with one click.
* **Call records inline** — voice calls appear in the thread as pills
  showing their duration; click one to read the **call transcript** without
  leaving chat.
* **Interactive embeds** — links to [tiles, charts, tables, and
  dashboards](/canvas/dashboards) render as inline previews you can expand
  in place or pop into a new tab.

## Finding things

The **Search conversation** control opens a full search over your history
with this assistant — chat messages and calls together. Filter by source
(**Chat** or **Call**), by attachment type (PDF, image, spreadsheet, code…),
by sender (**Me** or the assistant), and by date range. **Go To Message**
jumps you to the match in its original context, and **Jump to Present**
brings you back to now.

For history *beyond* this one thread — email, SMS, WhatsApp, and every
other channel — see [Transcripts](/communication/recordings-and-transcripts).

## Always on, and honest when it isn't

Chat is your assistant's home channel: updates, links, and deliverables
land here even when the work started somewhere else, and unread messages
show as badges on the assistant list and your browser tab.

When something blocks the conversation, the composer says so plainly
rather than failing silently — *"Chat unavailable, retrying connection…"*
during a network hiccup, or *"Spending limit reached"* when a monthly cap
has been hit (adjustable from the assistant's profile or the Usage page).

<Tip>
  Chat is the best place to ask your assistant *about* the platform itself.
  Questions like "how do I set up your email?" get an answer plus an offer
  to walk you through it on a screen-share call.
</Tip>