> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.btsscorp.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The agent & chat

> The autonomous conversion agent and ask-anything chat

ORCA gives you two ways to work, and you'll use both.

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  <Card title="The autonomous agent" icon="robot">
    Runs an entity through validate → transform → preview → load → error loop, and consolidates the result into one review per entity instead of field-by-field prompts. It classifies Oracle load errors, applies what it has learned, and re-runs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="ORCA chat" icon="comments">
    Ask anything against the connected pod, inside the app — "does this user exist", "what shift are they on", "what's our headcount" — or drive the conversion conversationally.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Start a chat

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open a chat">
    On the **Chat** page, click **New Chat** (or just start typing).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm the connection">
    Your default connection attaches automatically.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Scope it (optional)">
    Use the **Set context** bar to pin an **entity / project / cycle / connection** when you want the answer scoped.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Info>
  The chat is **built from the session's connection**, and that binding decides which tools exist. Answers come back as formatted Markdown with a running cost/usage bar beneath them.
</Info>

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Skills" icon="book-sparkles" href="/orca/agent/skills">
    Pre-built expert playbooks the chat applies automatically.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Governance & autonomy" icon="shield-halved" href="/orca/agent/governance-and-autonomy">
    The SQL consent moment and how tasks earn autonomy.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>