Studio Chat
AI chat interface in the Studio web UI
The Studio chat is the web-based equivalent of astonish chat — a full conversational AI interface with streaming, tool use, and session management.
Features
Section titled “Features”- SSE streaming — Responses stream in real-time as the agent generates them.
- Thinking indicators — See when the agent is reasoning versus executing tools.
- Tool call display — Expandable blocks showing what the agent did and the results.
- Model selector — Switch AI providers and models on the fly.
- Session management — Start new sessions, browse history, and resume past conversations.
- Image support — Paste or upload images for the agent to analyze.
- Markdown rendering — Agent responses render with full GitHub-flavored markdown.
- Approval workflows — When the agent wants to execute a tool, you can approve or reject the action.
Slash commands
Section titled “Slash commands”Type / in the chat input to see available commands:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/help | Show available commands |
/status | Current session info |
/new | Start a fresh session |
/compact | Compress conversation history to free context window space |
/distill | Convert the current session into a reusable flow |
/fleet | Launch a fleet session |
/fleet-plan | Start the fleet plan creation wizard |
Session sidebar
Section titled “Session sidebar”The sidebar lists recent sessions with previews. Click any session to resume it.
Sessions are shared between CLI and Studio. A session started with astonish chat on the command line appears in Studio, and vice versa.