Your First Conversation

Starting a new conversation

Click New chat at the top of the sidebar. A fresh conversation opens in the chat area, ready for your first message.

You can have as many conversations as you like. Each one maintains its own context, settings, and message history independently.

Sending a message

Type your message in the input box at the bottom of the screen. Press Enter to send, or Shift+Enter to add a new line without sending.

The AI will begin responding immediately. You’ll see the text stream in as it’s generated, so you don’t need to wait for the full response before reading.

Reading AI responses

Responses are rendered with full markdown formatting. This means:

• Code appears in highlighted code blocks.
• Lists and tables are formatted for easy reading.
• Bold and italic text render as styled text, not raw asterisks.
• Images generated by the AI appear inline.

If the AI uses tools during a response (like searching the web or running code), you’ll see progress cards appear between messages showing what it’s doing.

Auto-generated titles

Magus automatically generates a title for each conversation based on your first few messages. You’ll see the title appear in the sidebar shortly after you start chatting. This makes it easier to find the conversation later.

Editing the title

If the auto-generated title isn’t quite right, you can change it:

1. Open the conversation.
2. Click the title in the header at the top of the chat area.
3. Type your new title and press Enter to save.

The conversation menu in the header (the three-dot button) also has a Rename option.