Interact with Assistant

This document explains the features and functionalities of the assistant chat interface within the Prompt Engineers platform.

Key Features and Operations

Features

Chat Settings

Retrieval Settings

1. Interface Layout

• Left Side Panel: Contains two main tabs - 'History' and 'Settings'.

• History Tab: Shows past queries and assistant interactions.

• Settings Tab: Allows configuration of the assistant settings such as index selection, model, and temperature.

2. Session Management

• New Session: To start a new chat session, click on the '+' (plus) icon or use the hotkey Alt + N.

• Delete Chat: To remove a current chat, select the appropriate chat from the history and use the delete option.

• Share Chat: This option allows for sharing the content of a chat with others.

3. Assistant Interaction

• Input Field: Type your queries here.

• Sanitize Input: Click the purple button above the input field to remove personally identifiable information (PII) from the chat input for privacy protection.

• Speech-to-Text: Click the microphone icon to input queries via speech instead of typing.

4. Assistant Tools

• Tools Button: Configures tools for the current assistant. This can include data fetching, processing functions, or other integrations.

• Bots Button: Directs to the functionality for managing "public" assistants (documented separately).

5. Navigation and Assistance

• Quick Assistant Search: Use the search button in the top right corner to quickly navigate to other assistants.

• Assistant Responses: Displays supporting documents, links to source data, and allows to copy code blocks from the response area.

6. Additional Functionalities

• Assistant Settings: Modify the assistant's parameters, such as search type, relevance threshold, model selection, and temperature, to influence the assistant's response behavior.

• Vector Search Type: Choose the type of vector search like MMR or similarity to fetch the most relevant documents.

• Relevance Threshold and Fetch Nearest Docs: Set the relevance threshold for document retrieval and configure how many documents to fetch.

Tips for Users

• Understanding Search Type: Be familiar with vector search types to choose the one that aligns with your query needs.

• Privacy Caution: Always use the sanitize input feature when dealing with sensitive information to maintain user privacy.

Conclusion

The assistant chat interface on the Prompt Engineers platform provides a powerful and versatile tool for interacting with AI agents, managing sessions, and integrating various functionalities to enhance the user experience.