1
Add a project
In the left sidebar, add a project. In the Add a project dialog, select Browse folder and choose the folder that holds your data.
2
Open it as a folder
If the folder isn’t a Git repository, BioBase asks you to confirm. Select Open as Folder. The project opens with the Data Agent in its first tab. To open a Data Agent tab yourself, select New Data Agent from the new-tab menu.
3
Sign in if asked
See Sign in. If the workspace doesn’t open, select Try again.File contents a request needs are sent to the model, and code executes in the cloud. Read more about where your data lives.
4
Ask a question
Type a request in the composer and press Enter. Shift+Enter adds a line. To refer to a file in your request, drag it from the file explorer into the composer.
5
Follow a long analysis
While the Data Agent works, the reply shows Working with the number of steps so far and the time elapsed. A dot marks the workspace in the sidebar and its tab until the analysis finishes. Expand Agent activity under a reply to see what it did, and select Stop to end the response.A message you send while the Data Agent is working waits and starts automatically when the response finishes. BioBase holds up to 10 waiting messages.
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Open the result
The Data Agent writes its outputs into the project folder. Select one in the file explorer to open it in a viewer pane.

