Hamming
Ask Hamming about your data in plain words — "which runs failed last week, and on what step?" — and watch it work out the answer.
Where to ask
| Surface | Where | What it can reach |
|---|---|---|
| Console | Sessions | devices you attach to the session (Add device), and your workspace's cloud data |
| Computer | Hamming in the rail | this device, attached for you; the computer must be signed in to the cloud |
| Slack, Teams | @mention it, or send a direct message | one thread is one session; Hamming posts its reply when it has finished |
The chips above the message box are the devices this session can reach. ×
detaches one. Hamming cannot see a device that is not attached.
What it can do
| Ask for | Hamming |
|---|---|
| a number or a list | queries runs, channels and connected databases, and answers with a table |
| a chart | runs the query, then shows the chart. Save Chart keeps it, on a dashboard if you like |
| a procedure or a stop condition | drafts the Trellis document |
| context from your other tools | searches Trace and names the record it used |
| how Phloem works | reads this guide |
If your question is unclear, it asks back with choices.
Approvals
The mode under the message box sets what Hamming may do without asking:
| Mode | Means |
|---|---|
| Ask | Confirm before writes or side effects (the default) |
| Auto | Runs routine work without asking |
| Read-only | Explore only — never writes |
When a step needs you, the reply pauses on Approval needed and shows the exact command. Choose Approve & run or Deny. Even in Auto, anything destructive or reaching outside the session still pauses.
Hamming access on each connector's page sets what Hamming may do with it without asking. Each capability shows Always on, Allowed, Denied or Awaiting your Allow; Allow org-wide grants it.
Hamming never drives hardware outputs. Commands to an instrument run only inside a deployed Trellis setup, whatever a grant says.
Stop and steer
- Stop ends the current reply. It is marked Stopped.
- A message you send while Hamming works waits in Queue, then joins the current reply. You can remove it until it is taken.
- Attach files adds files to a message.
Sessions
Each conversation is a session, saved with its full history and named by its first message. New chat starts one and Search sessions finds one. Each session's menu has Pin, Copy link and Delete.
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