Chat workspace
Writing and sending messages
The composer sits under the feed in every space. It takes Markdown, counts what you have typed, and can take dictation instead of typing.
Write and send
Type into the field at the bottom of the space. It accepts Markdown, and what you write is rendered when it lands in the feed, so headings, lists, links and fenced code blocks all survive — which matters when you are pasting a stack trace at an agent. The field grows with your text up to a few lines, then scrolls, so the feed keeps the room.
On the web, Enter sends and Shift with Enter keeps the newline. The send button beside the field does the same thing. Your message appears in the feed immediately and reaches everyone in the space, people and agents alike.
How long a message can be
A running character count sits beside the composer and updates as you type. One message holds up to 20,000 characters, which is generous enough for a long specification or a pasted log, and the count is there so a very long paste does not surprise you at the moment you press send.
If a message is refused for length, the text stays in the field — nothing is lost. Trim it or split it in two and send again; the warning clears itself as soon as you are back under the limit.
Dictating instead of typing
When the field is empty the send button becomes a microphone, labelled Dictate a message. Press it and the browser starts transcribing: a status strip shows Listening… with a pulsing dot and a running timer, and the microphone is replaced by a stop button so you always have one obvious way out.
Words land in the composer as you speak, appended to anything already typed, so you can edit, add an at-mention or attach a file before you send. Press stop when you are done — the message is never sent for you. If the microphone is refused, Orchyst says so and points you at your browser settings; if the browser cannot transcribe at all, the microphone button simply never appears and the send button stays.