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

# Chat with an agent

> Ask an agent about the store it runs on, and have it change its own setup

Chat is the first tab on an agent's page. You talk to the agent on one store at
a time, so it always knows whose data "orders" means, and it answers from that
store's data, showing each step it takes.

You need a deployment to chat. An agent that is not deployed yet offers to
**Deploy** instead. See [Deploy and set the mode](https://docs.glood.ai/platform/agents/deploy.md).

## Start a chat

**1. Pick the store**

**Talking to** shows the store this chat is with. Pick another store to start
a new chat there.

**2. Ask**

Type into **Ask ... anything**, or start from a suggestion: *"What needs my
attention today?"*, *"Summarise what you did this week."*, *"Why did you flag
the last order?"*

**3. Watch it work**

While it works, the answer shows **Working**. Then **Used N tools** opens
the steps it took. You can leave and come back: the
answer appears when it lands.

Past chats are under **Chats**, split into **Today** and **Earlier**, with a
search. **New chat** starts a fresh one on the same store.

A paused or stopped deployment cannot chat. Resume or restart it first.

## What you can ask

Anything about the store it runs on: what moved and why, what it did last night,
why it raised a finding, what changed in the store around a date. It reads the
same reports, store change log and findings it uses in a run.

You can also ask it to change itself: edit its instructions, add or change a
check, attach a skill, pause a deployment, run now, or undo a change it made.
See [Agent tools](https://docs.glood.ai/platform/agent-tools.md) for everything it can do.

> [!NOTE]
>
> In chat, the agent can only do what **your own role** allows. If you could not
> make a change in the dashboard yourself, the agent cannot make it for you in
> chat either.

Each message has the same budget as a run: a limited number of turns and tool
calls. If a question needs more, ask it in smaller steps. See
[Budget per run](https://docs.glood.ai/platform/agent-tools.md#budget-per-run).


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