Home: Your Starting Point
What is the Home chat?
The Home chat is the primary entry point for users to engage with elvex. Treat a conversation there like you would other AI chatbots. The underlying model you are interacting with is controlled by your administrator and is visible at the bottom of your chat box.
When to Use the Home chat
You need a quick, general-purpose AI interaction
You have a one-time question or task
You want to experiment
Completing the task requires uploading only a single document or file
You want to explore if another user has created an assistant you can use
Assistants: Specialized AI Applications
What are Assistants?
Assistants are customized AI applications, designed by you for specific tasks.
When to Use Assistants
You have a repeatable task with a repeatable outcome you want to automate away
You want to unify an experience for a team or a department
Completing the task requires more customized datasources
Completing the task requires providing the AI with specialized knowledge or context
When you want to integrate with other platforms or workflows (via API)
Choosing Between Home and Assistants
For General Queries: Start with the Home App
For Specialized Tasks: Use a relevant Assistant
For Exploration: Use the Home App to discover available Assistants
For Integration: Use Assistants with API capabilities