Get started with Chat

Chat is the AI assistant in the Chat section. It's fine-tuned for education
and can use agent tools — web search, image generation, file reading, YouTube
summaries, flashcards, slides, podcasts, and more. Chat automatically chooses
the best AI model for whatever you're doing.

You can open Chat from the sidebar, from Home → Quick ask, or from a new-chat
button in the conversation history.

Start a conversation

1. Click Chat in the sidebar (or use Quick ask from Home).
2. You'll see a time-based greeting — "Ready to study?" for students or
   "Ready to teach?" for teachers.
3. Type your question and press Enter, or try a demo pill to pre-fill an
   example:
   • Generate image
   • YouTube video summary
   • Web search
   • Crawl a website
   • Create app (turns on APP mode)
4. Chat replies in the conversation. Your chat history is saved automatically.

Models

Pick a model from the model selector near the composer:

• Zack (default) — auto-routes to the best model for your question; tuned
  for learning and agent tools.
• Other Models — pick a named model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and
  more.

Some models also show a Reasoning level (None → Max). Higher reasoning can
help on hard problems but does not change the flat per-message credit.

See Choosing an AI model.

The model you pick applies to the next messages you send in that conversation.

Edit a question

Sent the wrong wording? Hover your question bubble and click Edit to
change the text inline. You can also change attachments and the model
before resubmitting — Chat regenerates the answer from your edited question.

Editing is available on normal chat messages (not on structured flows like some
assignment starts).

Use Copy on an assistant reply to copy the visible answer (including
math formatted for Word). The latest copy wins if you click more than once.

From the same message more menu, Download as Word or Download as PDF
exports the answer with diagrams included as images.

Workspace panel

While chatting, open the side workspace for:

• App — preview, edit, deploy, and share an interactive app (when APP mode is
  on or a chat has a linked app). Direct Chat only — not available in Tutor or
  assignment chats.
• Whiteboard — draw and attach snapshots to your messages.
• Source — web references from searches and crawls.

Studio outputs (flashcards, notes, slides, etc.) are saved to your Library —
see Agent tools and Save & organize with the Library.

On mobile, switch between Chat and Workspace tabs at the top of the screen.

Resumable streams

If you refresh the page or lose connection while Chat, Image Generate Studio,
or Video Generate Studio is still generating, Zense AI resumes the live
stream when you return — you pick up where the output left off instead of
starting over.

• Chat — an in-progress assistant reply continues streaming after refresh.
• Image / Video Studio — queued or processing generations reconnect to the same
  session.

Finished messages and completed studio outputs are always saved to history.

Conversation history

Open the history icon to browse past chats, search by title, and continue any
thread. Conversations are grouped by date (Today, Yesterday, etc.).

You can also search from the sidebar (⌘K / Ctrl+K) — results include
conversation titles and message content, not just names.

Tip: Give Chat clear context — subject, grade level, and desired output format
— for the best results.