# Using the AI agent
> Start a chat with the agent on a working copy of your resume, review the changes it makes, and pick up earlier chats.
**Agent** is a full-page chat where the agent works on a resume with you. It can draft a resume from a few lines about you, rework your summary, rewrite weak bullets or tailor a resume to a job. Every chat works on its own copy of the resume, so your original stays as it was.
Open it from **Agent** in the dashboard sidebar.
The agent runs on Hiresweep AI, with nothing to set up. Starting a chat is free. Each message you send uses one AI
action. See [Plans and usage](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/plans-and-usage).
To work on the resume open in the builder instead, without a copy, use the [Agent card in the builder](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/using-ai-in-the-builder).
## Other ways to start a chat
- **Draft with the agent** on the Overview, on **Resumes** and in the command palette opens a new chat ready to draft a resume.
- **Plan with the agent** and **Ask the agent** on the Overview open a new chat about a resume or a job.
- **Open in Agent** in the builder's **Agent options** menu opens that resume's builder chat here.
- Press ⇧ ⌘ O on a Mac or Ctrl Shift O on Windows and Linux on any Agent page to start a new chat.
Opening a chat this way only fills in the start screen. Nothing is sent until you start the chat.
## Start a chat
In **Resume**, pick the resume to work on, or **Create from scratch** for a blank one. The most recent resume you
edited is picked for you.
- From a resume, the chat works on a copy with " - AI Draft" added to its name, for example "Product Designer - AI Draft", and the same tags. Your original stays untouched.
- From scratch, the chat starts a new blank resume named "AI Draft".
Type a request in **What should the agent do? (optional)**, or pick one of the suggestions under **Or start from**,
such as "Find weak bullets and rewrite them with outcomes, numbers and sharper verbs." The suggestions change with
the resume and job you picked.
If you opened the page from a job, a **Job** chip shows which one. Remove the chip to leave the job out.
Hiresweep creates the working copy and opens the chat.
## The chat
On a wide screen the chat page has three columns:
- **Chats** on the left: **New** and your **Recents**. Select **Hide chats** to fold the list away and **Show chats** to bring it back.
- The conversation in the middle.
- The working resume on the right, updated as the agent changes it.
On a phone, select **Resume** in the header to see the working resume.
### Ask for changes
Type in **Ask anything about this resume** and press Enter. Concrete requests work best:
- "Tailor this resume to the job description below, keeping the voice concise."
- "Find weak bullets and rewrite them with stronger outcomes."
- "Ask me before changing anything that looks uncertain."
Select **Stop generation** to stop a reply part-way.
### Attach files
Select **Attach files** to add a job description, notes or a screenshot. You can attach PDFs, text files, images and JSON files, up to 10 MB each and up to 10 files per message. A chat holds up to 100 MB of attachments.
### Answer the agent's questions
When the agent needs a decision, such as which role to aim for or whether to keep a section, it shows a question card with suggested answers. Select one to send it.
### Ask for options on one bullet
With a mouse, hover over a bullet in the working resume and select **Propose options**. The agent suggests other ways to write that bullet.
## Review the agent's changes
In the full-page Agent, the agent applies its changes to the working copy straight away. Each change shows in the chat as a card:
| Label | What it means |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Applying changes…** | The change is being written. |
| **Applied changes** | The change is on the working copy, with how many edits it made. |
| **Patch failed** | The change couldn't be applied. Nothing changed. |
| **Change conflicted** | The resume changed in the meantime, so the change wasn't applied. |
| **Change rolled back** | You restored the resume to before this change. |
On a change card:
- **Details** shows the exact edits the agent made.
- **Open in builder** opens the working copy in the builder.
- **Restore** puts the resume back to how it was before this change. Restoring also rolls back every change the agent made after it. This can't be undone.
AI-written changes can be inaccurate. Read the working copy before you export it, share it or send it to an employer.
## The working resume
The resume column is read-only. Its toolbar has:
- **Decrease zoom**, **Increase zoom** and **Fit to width**;
- **Download PDF** to download the working copy;
- **Open in builder** to edit the working copy yourself.
The working copy is an ordinary resume. You find it in **Resumes**, with the rest of your resumes.
## Manage chats
The chat list shows your most recent chats first. Open a chat's **Chat actions** menu, in the list or in the chat's header:
- **Copy** copies the conversation as text.
- **Archive** keeps the chat but stops new messages. An archived chat shows **Archived** in the list. Select **New chat** to keep going in a new one.
- **Delete** removes the chat's messages and the files you attached. The working resume stays in **Resumes** unless you also tick **Also delete that resume**. This can't be undone.
A chat also becomes read-only if its working resume is deleted.
## Troubleshooting
Your plan has no AI actions left. A warning under the message box links to **See plans**. See
[Plans and usage](https://docs.hiresweep.com/guides/plans-and-usage).
Hiresweep AI isn't available at the moment. Try again later.
The resume this chat worked on was deleted, so the chat is read-only. Start a new chat from another resume.
The chat was deleted, or the link belongs to a different account. Select **Back to chats** to see yours.