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Chat

A Chat is a direct conversation with any supported coding agent, without workflow steps or approvals. Move it into the workflow when it grows.

Chat with its conversation, task controls and composerChat with its conversation, task controls and composer
An example task in a fictional project.

Start a Chat​

Choose + › Chat, pick your project and describe what you need. Conversation and Terminal show the same session. Return to the task to keep its history. The agent's menu in the header has Interrupt, Stop session and Resume session.

Tip
To continue a session you started outside QualityLayer, choose it under Or resume a session in Claude Code (or Codex) below the card. It opens as a Chat.

Questions and tasks​

Your agent's questions appear above the composer: pick a numbered choice or type your answer. When the agent reports a task list, Tasks shows its progress. A Codex session started outside QualityLayer is read-only here; answer it in Codex.

Add what you need​

Ask your agent to save a plan, make artifacts, build in slices, run checks or ask for an independent review. Saved plans open in the Reader, artifacts in their viewer, check results in the conversation.

Convert to task​

  1. Convert

    Choose Convert to task in the header, then Feature or Bugfix.

  2. Pick the start

    Plan with QualityLayer continues in Plan with the conversation and saved work as context. Saved plan, then Start at the Plan, maps a plan this Chat saved into the Plan; the original stays unchanged.

  3. Approve the Plan

    As for any task, before the build. Let any running helpers finish, or stop them, first.

Both choices keep the same task and agent conversation.

Note
A Chat stays on your computer. Reach it from elsewhere through a machine you added, or a browser paired with qualitylayer app pair.