Unlike a blank AI chat interface, Home chat already knows about you, your company, and your connected tools. It's designed to be your go-to place for exploratory conversations, quick tasks, and discovering what elvex can do for you.
You might use Home chat when:
You're new to elvex and want to explore what's possible without setting up specialized agents first
You have a one-off question or task that doesn't require a dedicated agent
You want to experiment with an idea before deciding whether to create a specialized agent for it
You need to quickly reference information from multiple datasources, projects, or agents in a single conversation
How to access Home chat
To access Home chat, click Home in the left sidebar. This takes you to the main chat interface where you can start a conversation immediately.
AI provider and model configuration
The AI provider and model used in Home chat are set by your company's Admin users — individual users cannot change the Home chat model themselves.
If you're an Admin: go to Settings → Agents → Default Provider to change the provider and model for all users in your organisation.
If you're not an Admin and want to use a different model: contact your elvex Admin, or create your own custom agent (which you can configure with any available model).
Note: The model used in Home chat may differ from the model used in custom agents. Custom agents can each be configured with their own model by the agent owner or an Editor.
What makes Home chat context-aware
Personal and company context
Home chat automatically has access to your personal and company context, which means it understands information about your role, your organization, and relevant background that helps it provide more relevant responses. You don't need to re-explain who you are or what your company does in every conversation.
Integration access
After you've connected integrations (like Google Sheets, Slack, or your CRM), Home chat can reference and interact with these systems during your conversations. This allows you to ask questions about data in connected systems or perform actions without leaving the chat.
Flexible referencing during conversations
One of Home chat's most powerful features is the ability to dynamically reference different resources as your conversation evolves:
Calling out datasources
At any point during a conversation, you can call out specific datasources you want elvex to reference. This is useful when you realize mid-conversation that you need information from a particular document, spreadsheet, or database.
Calling out agents
You can reference other agents you've created during your Home chat conversation. This allows you to leverage specialized agent capabilities without switching contexts.
Calling out projects
Similarly, you can call out specific projects to give Home chat context about ongoing work, decisions, or project-specific information that's relevant to your current conversation.
Creating agents from Home chat conversations
When you discover that a conversation in Home chat is something you'll want to repeat or refine, you can convert it into a specialized agent. This allows you to take an exploratory conversation and turn it into a reusable tool with its own configuration, datasources, and rules.
Sharing conversations
Home chat conversations can be shared with others in your organization, making it easy to collaborate or show colleagues how you approached a particular task or question.
Agent recommendations
Based on the names and descriptions of agents within your company's elvex account, Home chat intelligently suggests relevant agents that might help with your current task. These suggestions help you discover specialized agents you might not have known existed, making it easier to find the right tool for your needs.
When to use Home chat vs. specialized agents
Use Home chat when:
You're exploring ideas or have one-off questions
You need flexibility to reference multiple datasources, projects, or agents in a single conversation
You're not sure which specialized agent (if any) fits your needs
You want to prototype something before creating a dedicated agent
Create a specialized agent when:
You have a recurring task or workflow that would benefit from dedicated configuration
You need specific datasources, tools, or context that should always be available
You want to share a specific capability with your team
You need more advanced customization than Home chat rules provide