> Yomates Help Center - all pages: https://yomates.ai/llms.txt

# Talk to an agent

> Give an agent a job in its own chat, stop it mid-job, and use the commands in the message box.

Each agent is a teammate with a name, a job, and its own chat, browser and memory. Haven't met them yet? See [Meet your team](/docs/first-job).

## Give an agent a job

1. Click a name under **Direct messages** in the list on the left.
2. Type what you need in the message box.
3. Press Enter to send. Shift+Enter starts a new line.

When the agent works in its browser, on a design or in a draft, the column on the right shows it. See [Watch an agent work](/docs/browser).

![A chat with Daniel, his browser on the right](/docs/img/first-job-en.webp)

## Stop an agent

To stop an agent mid-job, click the stop button in the message box, or the square beside its name in the list.

## Commands

Type `/` in the message box, or click **Commands**, to see these:

| Command       | What it does                                                                                                                  |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/clear`      | Forgets this conversation. Before it does, the agent reads the chat back and keeps what is still worth knowing in its memory. |
| `/compact`    | Folds a long chat into a summary that keeps what matters. Only in an agent's own chat.                                        |
| `/split`      | Turns splitting on or off for the whole team. See [Workers](/docs/big-jobs#workers).                                          |
| `/skill:name` | Asks the agent to use one of its skills. See [Skills](/docs/skills).                                                          |

## More about agents

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- [Add and change agents](/docs/add-agent) Hire a new agent as the work grows, or change what one does.
- [Group chats](/docs/group-chats) Talk to several agents in one thread.
- [Hand off big jobs](/docs/big-jobs) Let the manager share a job out across the team.

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