Chat with AI

The AI in ScaiWave isn't a button to press; it's a member of your room. You message it the way you'd message a person.

1. Pick an AI#

Sidebar → AI Assistants section. Each entry is a model that an admin has configured for your tenant: it has a name (scailar-pro, code-helper, customer-support, etc.), an avatar, and a current mode badge.

Click one. A DM opens with that AI as the other member.

2. Say something#

Type into the composer and press Enter. The AI's typing indicator appears immediately; tokens start streaming into a reply bubble within a second or two.

Try things like:

"Explain what a Yjs CRDT is in two paragraphs."
"Summarise the discussion in [[meeting notes 2026-05-12]]." (Wiki-links resolve and the AI fetches the note.)
"Search the web for the current Eiffel Tower height." (The AI calls the web_search plugin and synthesises.)

For longer responses, a peek popup appears above the composer showing the AI's reply as it streams. The full reply lands in the timeline once done. The peek lets you keep typing your next message without waiting.

To dismiss the peek manually: click the × on it. To re-open the last one: click the timeline message.

4. Stop the AI mid-response#

Stop button in the chat header (shown while generating).
Or send a new message — that interrupts the current generation.

5. Change response mode#

The chat header has a mode toggle: streaming or conversational.

Streaming: the AI's reply lives as one growing message. Good for short answers and code.
Conversational: the AI breaks its reply into multiple messages on paragraph boundaries. Feels like a person typing follow-ups; good for long-form.

For 1-AI rooms, the toggle is one click. For multi-AI rooms, you get a per-AI dropdown.

6. Try a slash command#

/title — let the AI auto-title the conversation.
/compact — start fresh; the AI summarises everything so far and the next turn starts from the summary (frees context budget).
/mode chat or /mode continuous — same as the header toggle but via text.
/help — show every available command.

7. Bring the AI into a group room#

In any group room, type /engage <ai-name>. The AI joins as a member for that turn (or permanently, depending on the room's engagement mode). See AI engagement.

What the AI can do#

Talk to you in markdown (with code fences, tables, math, …).
Call tools: web_search, find_note, drive_search, todo_list, calculator, and more. See Plugins and tools.
Save notes, set todos, and update the calendar (with your approval in shared rooms).
Make plans and execute them step by step. See Use the planner.
Delegate long tasks to background sidekicks. See Spawn and monitor sidekicks.

What the AI can't do#

See incognito rooms it isn't currently in (and even then, never in retrieval — see Incognito).
Edit your other rooms or notes without you being there.
Remember conversations across rooms by default. The memory plugin, when enabled, lets it store long-term memories — but they're under your control.