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Usable Chat: Models, Context, and Best Practices

title: “Usable Chat: Models, Context, and Best Practices” category: guides subcategory: chat tags: [chat, models, context, retrieval, best-practices, usable-101] difficulty: beginner version: 1.0.0 last_updated: 2025-10-21 author: Ólavur Ellefsen

Usable Chat: Models, Context, and Best Practices

Category: Guides | Difficulty: Beginner | Last Updated: 2025-10-21

Overview

Use Usable Chat to query your workspaces with multiple AI models and get high‑quality answers.

What You’ll Learn

  • Choose and switch models when needed
  • Improve retrieval with good summaries and tags
  • Troubleshoot delays and timeouts

Prerequisites

  • Usable account with at least one workspace

Estimated Time

⏱️ 5 minutes

Concepts

  • Retrieval depends on fragment titles, summaries, and tags
  • Switching models can resolve transient issues

Tutorial / How-To

Step 1: Pick a Model

Select a model from the dropdown (e.g., Claude 4.5, GPT‑4).

Step 2: Ask Targeted Questions

Reference fragment types or tags to narrow search.

Step 3: Troubleshoot

If a model is unresponsive, switch models and retry.

Best Practices

  • Keep fragments concise and scoped
  • Use descriptive tags
  • Memory Fragments
  • API Tokens
  • Webhooks

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