Using PelQi
Every part of PelQi, from the message box to agents, explained step by step.
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Chat and voice
Talking and typing to PelQi, the message box, commands, reply modes, Research and the phone line.
- Talk or type: dictation, live voice and Read aloudType, dictate a message, or have a hands-free voice conversation with PelQi, and have any reply read aloud in your PelQi voice.
- The message box: Stop, Continue, Edit, Retry and the queueStop a reply mid-sentence and continue it, edit what you sent, retry a reply, switch between versions, and queue your next message.
- "/" commands and "@" mentionsType / for shortcuts like /remind, /list and /recipe, and @ to bring a family member, a list or the calendar into your message.
- Reply modes: Quick, Thorough and ResearchChoose how hard PelQi thinks: Quick for everyday answers, Thorough for more care, and Research for a cited web report you can steer.
- Chats, folders, search and exporting a chatKeep separate chats, pin and file them in folders, find anything with Search (Ctrl or Cmd K), and export a chat as Word or PDF.
- Max chat controls: models, effort, permission modes, Plan first and Ask three waysOn PelQi Max, choose the model and effort, see PelQi's thinking, cap a message's cost, set when PelQi asks you, plan first, or get three answers.
- Call PelQi on its phone numberCall PelQi on (910) 348-7364 and talk to your own PelQi after your phone PIN. PelQi can also phone a business for you, after your tap.
Your household
Today, lists, the family calendar, timers, announcements, routines, meal plans and chores.
- The Today board and Brief meToday puts your whole day on one board: weather, calendar, what needs you, timers, meals, chores and lists. Brief me reads it aloud.
- Shared listsShopping, packing, chores: lists everyone at home can see and add to, by tapping or just by telling PelQi.
- The family calendarOne calendar for everyone at home: add events by telling PelQi or by hand, get a heads-up an hour before, and see them on Today.
- Timers and alarmsSet several named timers and alarms by voice or tap. They ring on every screen and phone, and Stop or Snooze works from any of them.
- Announcements to everyone at home"Tell everyone dinner is ready": PelQi says it out loud on everyone's screens and the kitchen screen, and they can reply in one tap.
- RoutinesOne phrase, a time or a tap runs several steps: "good morning" reads the weather and your day, "bedtime" sets an alarm and quiet hours.
- Meal plans and the shopping listAsk for the week's dinners. PelQi plans around what everyone likes and keeps out allergies, then adds ingredients to the list by aisle.
- Chores and rewards for childrenGive children chores, let them tick them off, confirm what is done, and let their points go towards rewards you set at home.
Tasks, approvals and agents
Work PelQi does for you in the background, and how it always asks before anything leaves.
- Background tasksHand PelQi a job that takes research, comparing or watching over days. It works on it in its own chat and tells you when it is done or needs you.
- Scheduled tasks and remindersAsk PelQi to do something at a set time or on a repeat and report back, or just remind you. Nothing runs until you confirm the schedule.
- Try it now: a dry run before you rely on itA dry run does the whole job for real but holds every action that would change something or reach anyone, and shows you exactly what it would have done.
- The Approvals inboxOne place for everything PelQi needs you to allow, decline or answer: calls, texts, browser steps, schedules, task questions, agent requests and PelQi Work requests.
- PelQi's browser, Take over and approvalsPelQi uses a real web browser for you while you watch it live. Stop it or take over at any moment; it asks before anything that would send, book or buy.
- Agents (PelQi Max)An agent keeps watching something for you, a page, a price, the family calendar or your inbox, and acts within the rules you write. Part of PelQi Max.
- The agent dashboard and stopping agentsOn Max, the Agents page shows everything working for you live: agents, scheduled and background tasks, research, what needs you, and Stop all agents.
Files and documents
Your files, files in chat, real documents, charts and the side canvas.
- Files: your space and the household'sKeep letters, manuals, statements and homework in PelQi. Search inside them, open them beside the chat, and ask PelQi about any of them.
- Send files in chatAttach a PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text file or picture to a message and ask PelQi about it. Answers from a PDF give the page.
- Word, Excel, PDF and PowerPoint documentsAsk PelQi for a letter, a budget or a short deck and it makes a real file you can download, change one part at a time, and keep every version of.
- Charts and analysisAttach a spreadsheet or CSV and ask for a chart or a total. PelQi runs the numbers and shows the chart and a table in the chat.
- The side canvasA panel beside the chat that shows what PelQi made or did in that chat, larger: documents, charts, PelQi's browser, research and dry runs.
Still stuck?
Email info@fortisdatagroup.com with what happened, what you expected and the device you use (for example, iPhone app, or Chrome on Windows). A person reads every message and answers within two working days. Never send a password or a code.
Common questions are also on the support page.