Chat

The chat panel is how you work with agents in Start. Each chat session is an independent conversation with its own Claude instance — you can run multiple sessions in parallel, each working on different parts of your project.

What the agent can do from chat

Every conversation gives the agent full access to your project:

• Read and edit files — Targeted edits, not full rewrites, so changes are precise and easy to review
• Run terminal commands — Output streams back into the chat
• Create and manage tasks — Populate the Kanban board directly from conversation
• Save to memory — Persist decisions and context for future sessions
• Delegate to sub-agents — Spin up child agents for specialized work

How a conversation flows

Type in the prompt input at the bottom and press Cmd+Enter to send. Responses stream in real time. You can stop generation at any point.

When the agent performs actions — reading files, running commands, editing code — they appear as inline tool-use blocks in the conversation, so you always see what's happening.