# `smallforce chat`

Talk to AI employees in chats

This page is generated from the same Commander definition shipped in SmallForce CLI 0.1.13. Run `smallforce chat --help` locally to view the same reference for your installed version.

## Subcommands

- [`smallforce chat send`](/docs/cli/commands/chat/send): Start or continue a chat with an AI employee
- [`smallforce chat list`](/docs/cli/commands/chat/list): List chats
- [`smallforce chat get`](/docs/cli/commands/chat/get): Inspect one chat
- [`smallforce chat messages`](/docs/cli/commands/chat/messages): Read a chat's messages
- [`smallforce chat watch`](/docs/cli/commands/chat/watch): Follow the work running in a chat until it finishes
- [`smallforce chat abort`](/docs/cli/commands/chat/abort): Explicitly stop an employee's current work in a chat

## Complete command help

```text
Usage: smallforce chat [options] [command]

Talk to AI employees in chats

Options:
  -h, --help                   display help for command

Commands:
  send [options] <message>     Start or continue a chat with an AI employee
  list [options]               List chats
  get [options] <chatId>       Inspect one chat
  messages [options] <chatId>  Read a chat's messages
  watch [options] <chatId>     Follow the work running in a chat until it finishes
  abort [options] <chatId>     Explicitly stop an employee's current work in a chat
  help [command]               display help for command
```

## Related reference

- [`smallforce`](/docs/cli/commands): Parent command and related operations.
- [CLI installation and authentication](/docs/cli/getting-started): Install the CLI and configure an API key.
- [CLI JSON output](/docs/cli/json-output): Use stable machine-readable output in scripts and agents.