> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.foundable.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Chat with Ted > Send Ted messages, photos and files, follow his work as he does it, steer or stop him, and find your past chats. The chat is where you talk to Ted. On a computer, it sits on the left of every page except Run, like [Home](/get-started/home) and [Build](/build/overview). On a phone, it’s the **Chat** tab at the bottom. Tell Ted what you want, and he answers, does the work and shows you each step. You don’t need special words or commands. Write the way you’d talk to a person, and add a photo or a file when it helps. For ideas, see [Tips for asking Ted](/ted/tips). The chat panel: you ask Ted where your website’s opening hours come from, and he answers after working through 10 steps. The message box is at the bottom. On a computer, the chat is the column on the left of every page except Run. If it’s folded away, press **Show chat**. On a phone, tap **Chat** at the bottom. Click the box that says **Message Ted…** and type what you want. Press Enter, or the arrow (**Send message**). On a phone, tap the arrow. “Thinking”, then “Working”, show that Ted is on it. His answer appears under your message. If Ted shows a card with a question or a draft, pick an answer or press its button. You can also answer in your own words, like “yes” or “the second one”. ## The message box | Part | What it does | | - | - | | **Message Ted…** | Where you type. On a computer, Enter sends and Shift+Enter starts a new line. | | **+** (**Add**) | Offers **Add photos & files**, **Connect apps** (“Gmail, Calendar, Slack and more”) and **GitHub** (“Your code in repositories you own”). | | The microphone (**Dictate**) | Lets you speak instead of typing. | | The arrow (**Send message**) | Sends your message. It waits until there’s something to send. | | **Upgrade** | Shows on the Free plan and opens the plans. | Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter sends too. On a touch screen, Return starts a new line, so tap the arrow to send. **Connect apps** opens [your apps in Settings](/account/integrations), and **GitHub** opens your website’s [GitHub](/build/github) tool. ### Add photos and files Press **+**, then **Add photos & files** (“Pictures, PDFs and documents”). Or drag files onto the chat, which says “Drop photos and files to add them”. Each file shows above your message as it uploads, and you can press a picture to see it full size. Ted reads what you add along with your words. Each plan has a largest file size. If a file is too big, Foundable says so and suggests a smaller copy. The person who pays for the plan is also offered an upgrade for bigger files. ### Paste long text A long paste turns into a card, like “Pasted text”, so your message stays easy to read. Ted still gets every word. Press **Show in text field** to put it back in the box. If a paste is “Too long to send”, open it and press **Save as file**. Ted then reads it from the file. ### Talk instead of typing Press the microphone (**Dictate**) and speak. While it listens, you see “Recording”, with **Cancel dictation** and **Finish dictation**. Your words land in the box, ready for you to check and send. ### Suggestions * **Starters.** A new chat asks “What should I work on?” and offers up to three ideas, like “Publish my site” or “Find my first customers”. * **Next steps.** After Ted builds or changes something, he suggests what to do next, as buttons above the box. **Hide suggestions** folds them away. * **Predictions.** In an empty box, a suggested message may show in gray. Press Tab to take it (“Press Tab to accept”), or tap it on a phone (“Tap to accept”). A starter or a suggestion only puts its words in the box. Nothing is sent until you press Send, so you can change the words first. To stop predictions on a device, turn off **Show predictions** in **Settings** › **Account**. ## While Ted works You don’t have to wait for Ted to finish. * **Keep typing.** Messages you send while Ted works wait at the end of the chat. Ted reads them at his next step and keeps the work he’s done. A few requests, like a fix you send from Build, wait their turn instead, marked “Runs after the current task”. * **Change a waiting message.** Press the pencil on it to edit it, or press **Remove**. * **Change course now.** Press **Interrupt and run all pending messages** to have Ted stop his current step and take your waiting messages. * **Stop him.** Press **Stop response**. It also stops a website build this chat started. On a computer, you can press Esc twice: the first press shows “Press Esc again to stop”. After you stop Ted, waiting messages stay put. Send a new message to take them along, or press **Resume sending queued messages**. ## Ted’s replies ### What a reply shows * **His words**, with headings, lists and tables where they help. Code comes in a box with **Copy code**. * **Links.** A link to a place in Foundable opens right there. Other links open in a new tab. * **His steps.** Press “Worked through” and the number of steps to see each one. “Sources” lists the web pages he read. * **Your website.** When Ted changes your website, his reply follows the build. When it’s saved, you see “Build saved” and **Open website**. * **Cards.** Questions, drafts and choices come as cards with their own buttons. See [Approve Ted’s work](/ted/approvals). ### Under each reply | Button | What it does | | - | - | | **Copy response** | Copies the reply’s words. | | **Helpful**, **Not helpful** | Rates the reply. After **Not helpful**, “Help us improve” asks what went wrong. | | **…** (**More actions**) | Shows how long Ted worked (“Worked for”) and the “Credits used”. **Report a problem** opens a bug report about this reply, for the Foundable team. | | The arrow back | Shows on a reply that changed your website. **Undo latest edit** takes the newest change back at once. On an older reply, **Revert to this version** asks first, then takes your website back to that point. | | **Continue** | Shows under a reply that stopped early. Ted picks up where he left off. | Replies whose changes you went back past fold under “Reverted messages”. Press **Show** to see them. For every saved version of your website, see [Version history](/build/version-history). ### Your own messages Hover over a message you sent, or tap it on a phone, for **Copy message** and **Edit message**. Its check marks show “Sent”, then “Read by Ted” once he starts his reply. **Edit message** lets you ask again in other words. It opens “Revert and resend message?”: “Your message will be updated, and the conversation continues from here. Changes after this point stay in the chat and can be reapplied anytime.” Your website goes back to how it was before that message, then Ted answers your new words. It works on messages of words alone, once Ted has finished working. ### When a reply stops early | What you see | What it means | What to do | | - | - | - | | “This response ended early. You can ask Ted to continue.” | Ted stopped before he finished. | Press **Continue**. | | “Ted reached this turn’s step limit. Send a follow-up to continue.” | He took as many steps as one reply allows. | Send a follow-up, like “Keep going.” | | “Ted stopped here: you’re out of credits. See your plan in Settings to keep talking to Ted.” | Your credits ran out partway through. | Get more credits, then press **Continue** once the chat says “You have credits again, so Ted can pick up where he left off.” | | “Ted stopped here: this turn reached its credit limit. Send a follow-up to continue.” | This reply used as many credits as one reply may. | Send a follow-up. | | “Ted could not finish this reply. You can send a follow-up message.” | Something went wrong along the way. | Send a follow-up. | | “This message and its conversation are too large to read together. Send a shorter message or start a new chat.” | The chat has grown too long to read in one go. | Start a **New chat**, or send a shorter message. | ## Files Ted makes When Ted writes something for you, like a business plan, a list or a spreadsheet, it comes as a card in his reply. Open it to read it beside the chat. On a phone, it fills the screen. From there, you can **Download** it, **Copy text**, or press **Talk to Ted** to ask him about it. What Ted makes for you also shows under **From Ted**, on Home and under the bell at the top. The owner can edit Ted’s documents, lists and spreadsheets right there. If Ted changes one while you’re editing it, you choose **Keep my version** or **Use Ted’s version**. ## Your chats Each chat is one conversation with Ted, and you can have as many as you like. * **New chat**, the pencil at the top right of the chat, starts a fresh one. It’s called “New chat” until Ted names it. * **Chat history**, the clock at the top left, lists your chats by day: “Today”, “Yesterday”, “Previous 7 days” and “Older”. A blue dot marks a reply you haven’t read. A “Text” tag marks the chat your [texts to Ted](/ted/text-ted) go to. * **Search chats**, at the top of the list, finds a chat by its title. Once you type, “Search everything for…” also offers to look for your words inside messages, in Search. * **View all history**, at the bottom of the list, opens every saved chat. * **Rename** a chat by clicking its title at the top: Enter saves, Escape cancels. Or use **…** › **Rename** in the list. * **Delete** a chat with **…** › **Delete**. Foundable asks “Delete chat?” first, and reminds you: “Websites and drafts it made stay.” You can’t delete a chat while a build from it is still running, or while Run is using it. **Hide chat**, at the top left, folds the chat into a thin strip, and **Show chat** opens it again. While it’s folded, a dot on **Show chat** says “Ted is working” or “Ted replied”. To make the chat wider or narrower, drag its edge. Run and its Library keep the chat closed, so open another page, like Home, to chat. ## When you run out of credits If your [credits](/help/glossary#credit) run out, your message stays in the box. A card above it says “Keep building with Foundable”, with a button such as **Get more credits** or **Upgrade now**. On the Free plan, the card also says when your free credits come back. See [Plans and credits](/account/plans-and-credits). ## When something goes wrong | What you see | What it means | What to do | | - | - | - | | “Reconnecting…” | Foundable lost its connection for a moment. | Wait a little. If it says “Refresh to reconnect”, press it. | | “This message wasn’t sent.” | Your message didn’t reach Ted. The reason shows with it, like “Please try again in a moment.” | Do what the reason says, then send again. | | “Waiting to send. Ted gets it as soon as you’re back online.” | You’re offline. | Nothing. It goes when you’re back online. | | “Could not send” | Sending failed several times. | Press **Try again**, or **Remove**. | | “Microphone blocked. Allow it in your browser’s site settings.” | Your browser stopped the microphone. | Allow the microphone for Foundable in your browser’s site settings. | For other problems, see [Troubleshooting](/help/troubleshooting). ## FAQ Yes. It waits at the end of the chat, and Ted reads it at his next step, without losing what he’s done. See [While Ted works](#while-ted-works). On a computer, press Shift+Enter. On a touch screen, Return starts a new line, and you tap the arrow to send. No. “Websites and drafts it made stay.” Files from it stay in your foundable too. Only the conversation goes: it leaves your history, and Ted no longer reads it. If your box says “View only: you can read chats with Ted, not send them.”, you have view-only access to this foundable. Ask the owner for a role that can work with Ted. See [Invite your team](/account/team). If your credits ran out, see [When you run out of credits](#when-you-run-out-of-credits). Press **Undo latest edit** under his reply, or **Revert to this version** on an older one. You can also go back to any saved version in [Version history](/build/version-history). ## Related Ways to ask that get you what you want sooner. Drafts and cards that wait for your OK. Message Ted from Messages on your phone. Point at a part of your website and tell Ted what to change. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.