Chat conversations in Electron Desktop

Find, resume, search, create, and delete saved Matrix chats from Electron Desktop.

Open Chat in Electron Desktop to find conversations on your selected Matrix computer. Chat uses the available agent harness and model selected in the composer. Saved conversations belong to the computer, so reopening the app does not start a separate history.

Find and resume a chat

Select a chat title to load its saved messages and continue the conversation. The chat list shows recent activity so you can find your latest work.

Open Search chats, enter words from a message, and press Enter. Search runs on your Matrix computer against committed message text and returns matching conversations. It is not a complete list of every conversation or an exact phrase search. Close the search field to clear the query and return to the recent chat list.

Select New chat to open a draft. Choose an available harness and model, optionally add a project, then send your first message to create the saved conversation. Starting another draft does not delete an existing chat.

Your selected computer owns the history

Switching Matrix computers loads that computer's conversations. If a chat is missing, check that you are connected to the computer where you created it. If loading fails, reconnect and reopen Chat before assuming the conversation was deleted.

Delete a chat

Reveal Delete

Point to a row in the chat list, or move keyboard focus to its Delete action.

Review the confirmation

Select Delete, then review the conversation title and permanent-deletion warning. Select Cancel to leave the chat unchanged.

Confirm the deletion

Select Delete chat to permanently remove that conversation and its messages from the selected Matrix computer. The row disappears only after the computer confirms the deletion.

A chat cannot be deleted while it has an active run. Stop the run or wait for it to finish before trying again. If deletion fails, the dialog shows an error; reconnect or refresh the conversation and retry. Closing a chat tab is separate from deleting its saved conversation.

Deletion cannot be undone

Delete permanently removes the selected chat and its messages. Keep any information you need before confirming.