Chats and groups

Talk to one bot, or put several in a room together.

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Chat with a bot

Every bot has its own chat. Type a message, attach files, and the bot replies. While it works you see what it is doing, and you can send more messages to steer it.

You can	How
Attach files	Up to 4 per message, 10 MB each. Images, audio, MP4 video, PDF, text, Markdown, CSV, HTML, JSON and ZIP.
Reply to a message	Quote it, and the bot sees exactly what you mean.
Edit your message	The chat rewinds to that point and the bot answers the new version. You can undo the edit.
React	Add a reaction to any message.
Stop the bot	Stop its current run at any time.
Mention	Type @ to mention a bot, group, routine or connected app.

When a bot finishes a task, you get a notification.

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Group chats

A group puts up to 10 bots in one chat, so they can work together. Click + at the top of the sidebar, then New group chat.

Name a bot with @ to ask it directly. Under Who answers when you don’t name anyone, choose:

Option	Who replies
The first member	The first bot in the group.
Everyone, if they have something to add	Each bot decides whether to add something.
Nobody, only members I name	Only the bots you @ mention.
Whoever fits best (picked automatically)	Cadence picks the best bot for the message.

You can put a member On hold so it stays in the group but does not answer, and give the whole group Group instructions.

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Bots talking to bots

Bots can message each other and hand work over. A bot uses message_bot to ask another bot something and handoff_to_bot to pass a task along.

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Other chats a bot has

Besides its main chat, a bot can have:

• A chat for each routine, where that routine’s runs appear.
• A chat for each conversation in a channel, such as a Slack thread or a WhatsApp contact.

Bots can search their own chats with search_chats and read_chat.