Orbit Chat
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What is Orbit Chat?
Orbit's full chat interface for extended planning sessions, distinct from Apollo's quick floating window. Better suited to deep work and longer conversations.
Apollo handles fast, conversational operations. Orbit Chat is for deeper planning — extended conversations about architecture, drafting complex prompts, or working through difficult problems. Both connect to the same project context but are optimized for different interaction patterns.
How it relates to Orbit
Orbit keeps planning chat and Apollo’s operational actions in separate surfaces, with project context available to each. See Apollo for details.
When you would use it
You use Orbit Chat for substantial work, Apollo for quick operations. The dividing line is roughly: if you'd need more than a few turns, use Orbit Chat.
Common operations
- Drafting complex multi-step prompts
- Architectural discussions with full project context
- Deep planning sessions before queueing work
Related terms
In the Orbit docs
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