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title: Work with Runner
description: Learn the everyday loop for asking Runner to work, following progress, and reviewing results.
---

**What this covers:** You will know where to start a request, how to guide the work, and where to review the result.

![Runner composer Add menu with Upload image and Take screenshot](https://ixft9x6szo.ufs.sh/f/Cc8uxBgAYTzgp8ibn6ICxDSIARi49OmM2pVWo5j6KyPnuhlZ)

Use this section after you have opened a store project. Runner keeps the request, progress,
preview, and related project tools together so you can move from an idea to a reviewable result.

**Entry path:** Workspace **Home** → select a store → open its current conversation or choose
**New Chat**.

## The everyday loop

1. Open the store you want to change.
2. Start a **New Chat** when the work needs a separate conversation.
3. Describe one clear outcome in the message box.
4. Add a reference image, choose a profile, or add a skill when it will help.
5. Select **Send** and follow the task state.
6. Answer any question Runner asks so it can continue with the right choice.
7. Open **Details**, the preview, or another work-canvas tab to review the result.
8. Send a focused follow-up if anything needs adjustment.

## Choose a guide

| What you want to do | Guide |
| --- | --- |
| Start a request and understand the composer | [Chat with Runner](./chat-with-runner.mdx) |
| Reopen, rename, or remove a conversation | [Chats and history](./chats-and-history.mdx) |
| Find a project tool or recent chat | [Project navigation and search](./project-navigation-and-search.mdx) |
| Give Runner clearer direction | [Write effective requests](./write-effective-requests.mdx) |
| Add context or change how Runner approaches a task | [Images, models, and skills](./attachments-profiles-and-skills.mdx) |
| Respond when Runner needs a decision | [When Runner asks a question](./answer-runner-questions.mdx) |
| Understand progress and inspect completed work | [Task states and details](./task-states-and-details.mdx) |
| Quickly add a skill or memory | [Agent command palette](../agent/command-palette.mdx) |

## Before you start

- You must be signed in and have access to a store project.
- A newly created chat is blank until you send a message.
- Some tools, profiles, skills, and navigation destinations are conditional. Runner shows only
  what is available for the current account and project.
- Publishing, billing, and destructive actions require their own confirmation paths. A completed
  chat task does not by itself mean a store was published or an external action occurred.

## Related guides

- [Build your first store](../start-here/first-store-quickstart.mdx)
- [Manage stores](../workspace/manage-stores.mdx)
- [Understand store statuses](../workspace/store-statuses.mdx)