Threads

A thread is a single chat conversation. Threads keep your questions and answers together so follow-ups have context.

Threads are private by default. Only the person who created a thread can access it, until they choose to share it with specific workspace members.

Private by default

When you create a thread, it is yours. Other workspace members cannot see it in their list, open it, or read its messages. Being a member of the workspace does not, on its own, grant access to every thread.

Creator
Full access, and can manage who else is invited.
Invited members
Can open and continue a shared thread.
Everyone else
Cannot see or access the thread.

Sharing a thread

Open a thread and use Share to invite specific workspace members. Invited members can view and continue it; only the creator can add or remove access. If someone is removed from the workspace, they lose access to any thread shared with them.

Thread privacy is enforced on the server, not only hidden in the interface. Owners and admins manage workspace settings, but they do not automatically get access to a private thread unless they created it or were invited.

How threads help

Within a thread, STYD keeps the recent conversation in context, so you can refine an answer with follow-up questions instead of repeating yourself. Each thread is attached to one connection; the workspace's uploaded documents can be joined into an answer.

When to start a new thread

You want to ask about a different connection or data source.
You are switching to an unrelated topic.
The current thread has drifted and you want a clean context.

What thread history does and does not do

A thread keeps a record of its own conversation and the answers it produced. It does not give STYD long-term memory of your business definitions across threads.

To make a definition stick across conversations, use Brief your assistant rather than relying on a single thread to remember it.