Using Experts
Experts allow you to use custom AI agents tailored for specific applications within Alan. This article guides you through the process of selecting and using an expert for your requirements:
Select an Expert from the Sidebar: In the sidebar on the left edge of the screen, you find your pinned experts under "New chat with expert". Click one of these experts to start a new chat with it directly.
Open "All experts": If the expert you are looking for is not pinned (yet), click "All experts" below your pinned experts to open the full overview.
Find an Expert in "All experts":
- The "All experts" view opens as a dialog in which you can explore and search all available experts.
- Use the tabs All, Own and Shared to narrow the list down to experts you created yourself or that have been shared with you. Use the search field to find a specific expert by name, and change the order with the sort control (for example "Most used" or A-Z).
- Select an expert to open the detail panel on the right. There you see its Description, its protection status, how often it has been used ("N times used"), any Unavailable resources, and its Configuration. To inspect every setting, click "Open entire expert configuration".
- Both in the list view and in the detail panel, you can pin experts you use frequently so that they appear directly in the sidebar (see Pinning Experts).
- Use the "Manage pins" toggle to adjust the order of your pins.
- Once you have found the right expert, click "Start new chat with expert".
Chat: The chosen expert will remain active for the duration of the chat. While the pre-selected knowledge databases, abilities and the model can still be adjusted during the chat, all other parameters of the expert are fixed and cannot be changed mid-conversation.
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You can also select an expert from within a new chat: before writing your first message, click the "Choose expert" button next to the chat title to open the same "All experts" overview.