Start with the result you want. These chapters explain the interaction; the capability reference lists exact contracts for all 78 registered tools.
| I want to… | Start here |
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Chat, rewrite, or ask through mentions, replies, DMs, or /talk | Your first conversation |
| Keep one identity across enabled locations while respecting private sources | Identity and audiences |
| Redirect work, inspect progress, stop, or resume after a restart | Tasks and steering |
| Share steering, hand off eligible work, or forget a task | Task ownership |
| Understand plans, notes, goals, evidence, files, and receipts | Task lifecycle |
| I want to… | Start here |
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| Find a decision, crawl older messages, read threads, or check missing history | Research |
| Resolve people and channels or inspect members, roles, and server structure | Discovery capabilities |
Retrieve a message by position with /nth, or sample a random message | Commands and random message tool |
| Search the web and read original pages with source links | Research |
| Create, edit, move, or delete channels, categories, threads, roles, and messages | Server actions |
| Grant access by verified identity and choose Ask or Auto-approve | Access policy |
| Send a poll or interactive card and revise it later | Cards and polls |
| I want to… | Start here |
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| Import attachments, run code, analyze data, create files, and export them | Task workspace |
| Inspect images, sample timestamped video frames, or transcribe audio | Media support |
| Calculate exactly or check a character limit | Workspace and small utilities |
| Let Sophia remember useful information, then inspect, correct, or forget it | Memory and dreaming |
| Save a method, assess a skill, or review quarantined imports | Reusable skills |
| Schedule reminders or recurring checks with a timezone | Schedules |
| See estimated cost, tokens, retries, and unknown usage without imposing a budget | Costs |
| I want to… | Start here |
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| Install Sophia, choose models, or move to another PC | Setup, models, migration |
| Change personality, retrieval, models, or background behavior | Configuration |
| Review access, memories, skills, indexing, and diagnostic logs | Administration |
| Back up state, migrate, or remove obsolete data | Cleanup and migration |
| Add a capability or understand prompts, storage, and the model loop | Architecture and agent loop |
| Check test coverage and live validation limits | Testing and acceptance record |
Follow one task from research to publication to see how these features fit together.
