Find your way around
The Bots, Routines and Settings tabs, your bots and threads, search, teams, the New menu, and every gesture in Machine Mobile.
The three tabs
At the bottom of the home screen:
| Tab | What's there |
|---|---|
| Bots | All your bots and group chats. Tap one to open it. |
| Routines | Your automations. See Routines. |
| Settings | Your profile, appearance, usage and more. See Settings. |
Bots
Each bot shows:
- Its mascot, with a status dot, the same as in the desktop sidebar: blue while it works, red when its last run failed, and green when it's ready.
- Its name and when you last talked.
- A second line: Working… while it's busy, otherwise its last message.
- A number when threads have something new.
Your bots are grouped: Pinned first, then Group chats, then bots under Today, This week and Earlier.
If you use teams, the list follows them instead: Pinned, then Group chats that aren't in a team, then a heading for each team with its bots and group chats, and last Other bots for bots that aren't in a team. Tap a team's name to fold it.
Search
Type in Search at the top. A couple of letters filters your bots and group chats by name; keep typing to search inside messages too.
Threads
Tap a bot to see its threads.
- Each thread shows its title, when it last changed, and the last thing said.
- A green dot means the thread's computer is awake.
- A PC badge means the thread works on someone's This PC, with online or offline.
- Tap + to start a new thread. Search threads finds one by name.
- Tap the bot's name at the top to open its profile and settings.
Group chats skip this screen and open straight into the chat.
The New menu
Tap + at the top of the Bots tab:
| Choice | Does |
|---|---|
| New Project | Create a new bot. |
| New room | A group chat: "Several bots, one chat." Name it, pick a team, pick its members. |
| New team | A heading to group bots under: "Group bots under a header." |
Gestures
| Gesture | Where | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Tap | Anything | Opens it. |
| Long-press | A bot | The bot's menu (below). |
| Long-press | A thread | Rename thread, Pin to top, Move to folder, Delete thread. |
| Long-press | A message | Message actions. See Chat on your phone. |
| Long-press | A team name | Rename team, Remove team. |
| Swipe left | A thread | Pin to top and Delete. |
| Pull down | Bots or threads list | Refresh. |
| Swipe from the left edge | Any screen | Go back. |
| Drag down | A sheet | Close it. Or tap outside it. |
On Android, the back button goes back one screen, and closes a sheet, a panel or Settings first if one is open.
The bot menu
Long-press a bot:
| Choice | Does |
|---|---|
| New thread | Starts a fresh thread with the bot. |
| Edit Profile | Opens the bot's settings: name, Soul, skills, channels and more. |
| Pin / Unpin | Keeps the bot at the top. |
| Mark as Unread | Brings the bot's badge back. |
| Move to team | Files the bot under a team, or No team, or New team…. |
| Kick | "Stuck? Stop this turn, reconnect to the bot's computer and reload the thread." |
| Duplicate | Copies the bot. |
| Archive | Hides the bot without deleting it. |
| Delete bot | Removes the bot from Machine, on every device. Asks first. |
Deleting can't be undone
Delete bot and Delete thread remove them from Machine for good, including the bot's computer and files. Download anything you need first.
Pins and previews are per phone
Pinned threads and thread previews are kept on each phone. Pinning a thread on your phone doesn't pin it on Machine Desktop.