Your first chat

Send a request, read the answer, and ask for a change in the same chat.

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Have your first conversation

These instructions cover Bearly on the web and desktop, including the web app in a phone browser.

A Bearly chat is a continuing workspace: begin with a concrete request, inspect the answer, and refine it with follow-up messages.

Send a request

Select New chat in the sidebar.
If the work belongs to a project, select the project name in the context strip before sending the first message. A chat cannot be reassigned from this control after it begins, but you can move it later.
Write your request in the composer. Include the result you want, the relevant context, and any constraints that would change the answer.

For example: Compare these two proposals in a table, then recommend one. Favor lower operational risk over short-term savings.
Select Send, or press Enter on a computer.

Bearly shows your request followed by its answer. Continue in the same composer to ask for a revision, challenge an assumption, or add information.

Stop or redirect an answer

While Bearly is working, select Stop to end the current answer. Anything already shown remains in the conversation.

To add a direction while the answer runs, type it and select Send. Bearly can incorporate it without starting over. Queue saves it for after the current answer. If the answer cannot accept a new direction, Send waits for it to finish and its tooltip reads Send after this reply.

To stop and start over, select Stop, then send the new request.

To stop one slow step and let the rest of the answer continue, select the line under the answer that names what Bearly is doing, then select the square Stop on that step in the Steps tab.

Stopping does not undo actions that already finished. If a tool asks for approval, read the request before deciding whether to allow it.

Revise an earlier request

On a computer, hover over your message to reveal its controls. On a phone or tablet, the controls remain visible beneath it.

Select Edit Query under the request you want to change.
Edit the text or attachments in the composer. The context strip reads Editing message.
Select Send to run the revised request, or select Cancel to leave the original unchanged.

The revision becomes another version of that point in the conversation. Use Previous version of query and Next version of query to move between versions.

Rerun a request

When model controls are available, use Rerun with same model beneath a request when you want a fresh answer without changing the wording. To try another available model, open the model name beside Rerun and choose one from the menu.

Available models can depend on your plan and, for managed accounts, your team’s policy. A model that is unavailable may prompt you to change plans or choose another option.

Copy or remove a message

Select Copy beneath either side of an exchange to copy that request or answer with its formatting.
Select Query info to see when the exchange started and completed, along with its duration.
Select Delete Query, then confirm Delete Message, to remove the request and its answer from the chat.

If an answer fails

If a message says Unable to load message, select Get help to report the rendering problem.
If Bearly stops because of a temporary connection or service problem, rerun the request after the connection recovers.
If a new chat cannot be prepared, keep the page open. Bearly preserves the draft, retries temporary failures, and shows Try again when a manual retry is useful.

To add material to the conversation, see Work with files in a chat. To find or tidy earlier work, see Organize your chats.