Chat interface

Chat with Bravo from the Chrome extension sidebar or the dashboard. Before you send the first message in a new chat, you can choose which AI model handles it from the composer. See Choosing a model.

Sidebar chat is best when the current browser tab matters. Dashboard chat is best for standalone work and chat history, and it works on any device, including your phone, with no extension needed. When the extension is connected, the dashboard can also work with pages you already have open in Chrome. See Chat library for starting, reopening, searching, renaming, deleting, and recovering chats.

From a sidebar conversation, use Open in dashboard from the chat menu to continue in the dashboard.

See the sidebar menu and dashboard.

Page awareness

In the sidebar, Bravo can use the browser tab you are viewing, so you can ask questions about a webpage, email, or document without leaving the page. With the extension installed, dashboard chats can also answer questions about pages you have open in Chrome. See Page and URL access for browser tab details.

See page awareness.

Asking about a selection

Highlighting text on any webpage shows a small Ask button next to the selection. Click it to open the sidebar with that text loaded as a quote above the message box, then type your question and it sends along with the quote attached.

The quote shows the page's favicon and title, and you can remove it with the ×. It lands in that tab's sidebar as a draft — navigating to other pages in the tab, or leaving the tab and coming back, won't disturb it. Switch to a different chat and the quote waits behind in the one it landed in. Come back and it's still there, ready to send.

Turn it off by unchecking “Show an Ask button when you select text on a page” in the extension's options. See the options page in Getting started.

See the Ask button and quote.

Working with files

Attach files with the paperclip icon, drag-and-drop, or paste files and images directly into the message box. Long pasted text is attached as a text file so Bravo can work with it as a document. Folders can be dragged onto the sidebar and are automatically zipped for upload.

See file upload.

Each file can be up to 50 MB, and a conversation can have up to 100 files. Once a file is attached, ask Bravo to summarize it, answer questions, compare it with another file, extract data, or turn it into a new downloadable file.

  • Summarize a PDF, Word document, spreadsheet, CSV, image, or archive.
  • Compare multiple files and pull out differences, action items, dates, or totals.
  • Create a downloadable Word document, CSV, spreadsheet, or ZIP.
  • Convert a document, presentation, or diagram to a downloadable PDF, or an older spreadsheet or Numbers file to Excel.

Bravo works best with PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, presentations, CSVs, text or Markdown files, images, and ZIP/GZ archives. That includes older Office versions, OpenDocument formats, Apple iWork, and Visio diagrams. Folders containing these files can be dragged in too.

Files from connected apps work similarly. If Gmail or Google Drive is connected, Bravo can read attachments and Drive files you have access to. Those integrations are read-only: Bravo can analyze the original, and if you ask for changes it will return a separate downloadable file instead of editing the source.

If you want a file back, name the output format, for example make this a CSV, create a Word doc, make a spreadsheet, or give me a downloadable PDF.

If an upload fails, remove it or retry the upload. Common causes include files over the size limit, invalid filenames, or too many files in the conversation.

Images

Bravo can inspect images and answer questions about what they show. It can also help with image edits. For exact edits, ask for precise transformations such as cropping, resizing, or converting formats. For semantic edits, describe the visual change you want, such as changing an object, background, or style. If you want an edited image back in a specific format, say that in the request.

Sources

When Bravo uses webpages, files, emails, calendar events, Drive files, or past chats to answer, it cites them: small source icons appear next to the claims they support, and a source count appears with the buttons under the reply. Hover a citation to preview the source, or click it to open the original item and check where the answer came from: a past chat opens at the cited message, and a file from another chat opens the conversation where it was attached or created; a file cited in the chat you're viewing downloads directly.

Clicking a source that's a webpage, or any web link in a reply, opens it in its own tab — jumping to that tab if it's already open, or opening a new one — with the sidebar there showing the same chat.

Sources are most useful when Bravo summarizes, compares, or answers from information outside the current chat. For important decisions, open the sources and verify the details yourself.

See sources on a reply.

Quick replies

When Bravo needs you to choose before it can continue, it may show clickable quick replies at the end of a message. Pick one option, choose several when offered, or add your own answer when the choice allows it. Clicking a quick reply sends that choice as your next message, the same as if you had typed it. You can also ignore the buttons and type a reply.

See quick replies.

In some cases, Bravo also includes an Other option. Select it to type a custom answer below the choices, then send that text as your reply.

See the Other option.

Cancelled or errored replies

If a reply is cancelled or errors after partial work, Bravo may preserve the partial text in the chat. If Continue appears, clicking it asks Bravo to keep going from the partial answer. If Retry appears, clicking it asks Bravo to try the response again.

Tip: If you notice Bravo heading in the wrong direction, stop the response and send your correction as the next message. Bravo keeps the stopped turn in context so it can continue from the useful parts instead of starting cold.

Every reply from Bravo has small buttons just below it:

  • Copy: copies the reply (with formatting) to your clipboard so you can paste it into another app.
  • Flag: opens a short “What went wrong?” box so you can tell us a reply was bad. Notes go straight to the team. See Reporting bugs for other ways to reach us.
  • Details (ⓘ): opens a small menu showing when the message was sent, how long Bravo worked on it, credits used, and which AI model answered. See Choosing a model for more. Hold Option on Mac, or Alt on Windows/Linux, while clicking to see technical information about the response.
  • Sources: shows how many sources the reply used, and appears only when it used any. Click it to see the list and open any source. See Sources for more.