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Chat with your Box

A tour of the chat screen at box.local: starting a conversation, the message box and its buttons, your conversation list, the left menu and the Settings menu.

A quick tour of the chat screen you see after signing in at box.local. Not signed in yet? See Sign in and add devices.

The chat screen at box.local, with the conversation list on the left and the message box at the bottom

Start a conversation

  1. Click + (New conversation) next to CHAT. Shortcut: Ctrl+K (Mac: Cmd+K).
The top of the conversation list, with the + New conversation button circled
  1. Click in Message Hermes… and type.
  2. Press Enter to send (Shift+Enter for a new line). On a phone, tap the round arrow.
The message box at the bottom of the chat screen, circled

Or tap an example question on the welcome screen.

Attach files

  1. Click the paper clip (Attach), or drag files onto the chat window.
  2. Type your message and send.

Pictures, PDFs, text, Word, Excel, CSV and zip files work. For pictures, first turn on Understand images in Settings ▾ → Settings → Model (off by default; see Choose and download models).

The message box with the paper clip Attach button circled

Dictate

Click the microphone to speak instead of type.

The message box with the microphone Dictate button circled

Other message box buttons

  • Bookmark: saved prompts. Save current input as prompt keeps a message to reuse.
  • default and Home: this chat's profile and workspace (folder on your Box).
  • Model name: the AI answering. See Choose and download models.
  • None: reasoning effort. Click to change.

Find an old conversation

Click it under CHAT, or type a word in Filter conversations.... On a phone, tap Menu (three lines) first.

The CHAT list beside the left menu, with the Filter conversations... box circled

The left menu

Hover an icon to see its name.

The chat screen's left menu, a column of icons from Chat at the top to the Settings gear at the bottom, circled
  • Chat: your conversations.
  • Tasks: jobs your Box runs on a schedule.
  • Kanban: a task board.
  • Skills: instructions your Box can follow for particular jobs.
  • Memory: what your Box remembers about you between conversations.
  • Spaces: your workspaces (folders).
  • Profiles: chat profiles. Yours starts with default.
  • Todos: the step list your Box keeps while working.
  • Insights: your sessions, messages and tokens over time.
  • Logs: only needed if support asks.
  • Gear (bottom): chat appearance and preferences.

The Settings menu

Your Box's settings (Wi-Fi, backups, remote access) are under Settings ▾ at the top right.

The Settings button at the top right circled, with its menu open: Settings, Remote access, Restart Hermes, Factory reset
  • Settings: Wi-Fi, Signal, Model, People, Backups, Software and more.
  • Remote access: see Reach your Box from anywhere.
  • Restart Hermes: restarts the chat (back in about 30 seconds).
  • Factory reset…: erases your Box. Read Factory reset first.

If something goes wrong

Verified on Box software 0.2.8 · 2026-10-05