# AI Chat Shell

Internal operations copilot with conversation history, a streaming thread and a per-conversation model picker.

- id: `ai-chat-shell`
- Page: https://agentic-ui-kit.com/components/ai-chat-shell
- Live preview: https://agentic-ui-kit.com/live/component/ai-chat-shell

## Install

```bash
agentic-ui add ai-chat-shell
npx shadcn@4.17.0 add @agentic-ui/ai-chat-shell
```

## Metadata

- **Level:** feature
- **Category:** feature
- **Installable in:** Radix UI (registry variant new-york)
- **Capabilities:** conversation-sidebar, collapsible-sidebar, mobile-drawer-navigation, message-thread, new-chat-empty-state, prompt-composer-dock, per-conversation-drafts, streaming-status, stop-generation, settings-panel, model-sync, responsive-panels, keyboard-shortcuts, region-cycling, skip-link, live-announcements, loading-state, error-recovery
- **Intents:** converse, communicate, navigate, configure
- **Suits domains:** ai-workspace, ai-agents, support, devtools, saas
- **Interaction:** select-conversation, send-message, stop-generation, toggle-panels, keyboard-shortcuts
- **Screen role:** communication
- **Density:** medium
- **Dark mode:** yes
- **Use it for:** internal operations copilot with conversation history, a streaming thread and a per-conversation model picker, support assistant embedded in a SaaS where the agent switches tickets without losing each conversation's draft, developer agent console with temperature and system prompt settings in a side panel, mobile knowledge base chat with history in a drawer and prompt suggestions in a new conversation
- **Avoid when:** a single embedded thread with no history or settings: ai-message-list and ai-prompt-composer are enough, agent flows with several participants in parallel, where ai-multi-agent-view fits
- **Preserve when adapting:** three-region-layout, per-conversation-drafts, focus-handoff-to-composer, responsive-panel-placement
- **Replace when adapting:** assistant-name-and-copy, conversation-and-message-data, model-catalog, send-and-stream-transport
- **Adaptation effort:** medium
- **Coupling:** low
- **Quality score:** 8.75/10
- **Quality breakdown:** visual 8/10, responsive 9/10, accessibility 9/10, code 8/10
- **Uses primitives:** button, badge, sheet
- **npm dependencies:** ai-conversation-history, ai-message-list, ai-chat-empty-state, ai-prompt-composer, ai-chat-settings-panel
- **Motion:** profile subtle, library css, reduced-motion fallback yes
- **npm dependencies (registry):** lucide-react@0.577.0
- **Registry dependencies:** ai-chat-empty-state, ai-chat-settings-panel, ai-conversation-history, ai-message-list, ai-prompt-composer, lib-primitives