Overview

The Chat page is AIDEN’s fullscreen AI chat workspace. It supports multi-pane views — run up to 4 independent chat sessions side by side — and integrates with your projects, stories, and custom agents.

Multi-Pane Layout

Use the View selector in the top toolbar to choose between 1, 2, 3, or 4 simultaneous chat panes. Each pane is a fully independent chat session with its own conversation, agent, and context.

On wide screens (1200px+):

• 2 panes — side by side
• 3 panes — one tall pane on the left, two stacked on the right
• 4 panes — 2x2 grid

On narrower screens, panes stack vertically.

Chat Tabs

Each pane has a tab bar managed by ChatHeader:

• General — Open-ended conversation with AIDEN
• Project — Chat scoped to a specific project’s context
• Story — Chat scoped to a story (planning or agent mode)
• Agent — Chat with a custom agent (@max, @alex, etc.)

Switch between tabs, close them, or open new ones. Conversations persist across sessions.

Spawning Agents

Click the + button to open the Spawn Agent Modal, which lets you:

• Start a general conversation
• Start a project-scoped conversation
• Start a story-scoped conversation
• Chat with any of your custom agents

Model Selection

Each pane includes a ModelSelect dropdown to switch between available AI models (Claude Sonnet 4, Opus 4, GPT-4o, etc.).

File Attachments

Attach files to any message — the chat supports file picking and drag & drop. Attached files are sent as context with your message.

Conversations

Use the conversation history dropdown in the header to:

• Browse past conversations
• Switch to an existing conversation
• Start a new conversation
• Clear the current chat