// Conversational search runtime: send messages, keep sessions consistent, and verify retrieval behavior and responses.
| name | vs-chat |
| description | Conversational search runtime: send messages, keep sessions consistent, and verify retrieval behavior and responses. |
| category | chat |
| applies_to | codex, agents, external-agent |
| requires_cli | >=0.1.0 |
| keywords | chat run, chat search, dialogue search, multi-turn, session id |
| commands | chat run, app status, app diagnose |
Use this skill for conversational search requests, session continuity, multi-turn checks, retrieval verification, and response inspection.
application-id is availablechat run: send a conversational search request with full payload controlapp status / app diagnose: confirm readiness before testing chat behaviorapp status first and confirm the application is readychat run for the first messagesession-id explicitly--format json, parse one JSON document; do not treat the output as NDJSONvs CLI surface (--help, command output, and observed runtime behavior), and explicit user-provided information.vs chat ... is the conversational search runtime surfaceUse when a user asks an agent to evaluate or tune text search similarity for an existing Viking AI Search application and dataset.
Shared SearchCLI setup: install, authenticate, run doctor, and verify the local environment.
Search runtime and scene management: run queries, inspect scenes, debug app readiness, and diagnose recall or config issues.
Provide system alias mapping for Search CLI. Invoke this skill when user mentions "Search CLI", "search_cli", or tries to execute search_cli commands.
Binds a dataset to an application with reviewed field config inference. Invoke when using `vs app dataset bind` and searchable/filter/suggest fields must be inferred and confirmed first.
General item-level onboarding: understand structured item data, generate schema and config plans, create datasets, and create or bind apps only when the user explicitly asks for app-level setup.