History and new chats

Managing your conversations with Computer allows you to maintain a clean workspace while retaining access to critical past insights. Use the history and chat management tools to organize your AI interactions effectively.

Start a new chat

There are multiple ways to initiate a fresh session with Computer to ensure a clean context for new tasks.

• Start a new chat: Click the + icon in the top right header to clear the current conversation and start fresh.

• Computer icon shortcut: Click the yellow Computer icon in the interface to quickly initiate a new chat session.

• Keyboard shortcut: Press ⌘ + ⇧ + O to open a new chat session.

View and search history

Computer stores your previous interactions, making it easy to retrieve information from past deep-dives or research sessions.

• Accessing history: Click the clock icon (History) in the top right header to view a chronological list of your past conversations.

• History shortcut: You can toggle the history panel quickly using the keyboard shortcut ⌘ + ⇧ + Y.

• Searching history: Use the search bar within the history panel to find specific conversations by keyword. This is particularly useful for locating specific document summaries or data queries from previous weeks.

Manage chat data

To keep your history relevant, you can manage or remove older sessions.

• Deleting chats: To delete a chat, hover over any entry in the history list and select the delete option. Deleted chats are removed permanently and cannot be recovered.

• Contextual persistence: As long as a chat remains active, Computer retains the context of that specific thread. Once you start a New Chat, Computer begins with a clean slate, unaffected by the specific details of previous threads unless you refer to them by searching your knowledge base.

How computer uses history

Computer is designed to be a contextual partner.

• Threaded context: Within a single conversation, Computer remembers previous questions and answers, allowing for follow-up questions such as can you elaborate on that last point?.

• Cross-chat knowledge: While individual chat threads are isolated, the underlying data Computer accesses such as your synced connections and DevRev objects remains consistent across all chats.

Master Computer History

Maximize your efficiency by organizing your interactions with Computer. Use the following best practices to ensure your past research and data queries are always easy to find.

Strategic Chat Naming

While Computer often auto-titles chats, you can optimize your history by being intentional with how you start a conversation.

• Keywords first: Start your first prompt with a clear subject, such as PRD Analysis for Q1or Account Audit: Acme Corp to make the chat easily identifiable in the History list.

• Avoid generic starts: Try to avoid starting every chat with just hey or hello, as this may result in multiple entries named New chat, making them harder to distinguish later.

Leverage shortcuts

Speed up your workflow using dedicated keyboard shortcuts for history and navigation.

• Quick history toggle: Use ⌘ + ⇧ + Y to quickly open and close your past conversations without leaving the keyboard.

• Instant reset: Use ⌘ + ⇧ + O to start a clean session immediately when switching to a new, unrelated task.

Keep a clean workspace

A cluttered history can slow you down. Regularly curate your past chats to keep your workspace focused.

• Delete irrelevant chats: Regularly hover over and delete one-off queries such as simple calculations or quick definitions so that only high-value research remains in your History.

• Context reset: Start a new chat using the + button or the yellow Computer icon whenever you change topics. This ensures Computer doesn’t mix context from previous, unrelated discussions.

Multi-surface continuity

Your chat history is synced across all DevRev surfaces. You can start a deep-dive analysis on the Desktop App and later pull up that same conversation in History on your Mobile App for a quick reference during a meeting.