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# Use ZeroTwo
## Go from idea to useful result
ZeroTwo is an AI agent that you communicate with in natural language:
complete.
topic, analyze materials, or create something new.
plugins.
a perfect first prompt or special commands.
## Choose how you want to work
Use Chat for a question or back-and-forth. Turn on Work in the switcher when you
want ZeroTwo to carry a larger task through to a reviewable result. Select ZeroCode
when you want developer views or more technical detail, especially for software
development.
| Choose | When you want to | Examples |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Chat | Work through something with ZeroTwo | Ask a question, search the web, brainstorm, draft a message, compare options |
| Work / Cowork | Define an outcome and get a reviewable result | Create a deck, analyze files, draft a report, build a project plan |
| ZeroCode | Use developer tools and see technical details | Debug code, run tests, review a PR, implement a feature |
Use Chat to ask questions, brainstorm, draft or revise text, summarize files,
compare options, or clarify a larger task. In ZeroCode, point to **New chat**, then
select **Quick chat** when that option is available.
When you need a finished, reviewable result, switch to **Work** and describe
what it should include. See [Get started with ZeroTwo
Work](/get-started-with-cowork) for example tasks, prompts, and best
practices.
### What Work / Cowork can do
Work / Cowork can plan a task, gather context, use tools, and carry the work
through to a result you can review.
Ask it to:
* **Research and analyze information.** Search the web, browse websites,
compare sources, read files, analyze data, and summarize findings.
* **Use your files and tools.** Bring in uploaded files,
[projects](/projects), memories, ZeroTwo Library, and installed
[plugins](/plugins). Plugins can provide connected information, reusable
workflows, and supported actions.
* **Create finished files.** Draft and refine [documents, presentations,
spreadsheets, and PDF files](/artifacts-viewer). Review the result, ask
for specific changes, and download the completed file.
* **Create visual and interactive work.** Generate or edit
[images](/image-generation), make interactive
[visualizations](/visualizations), and build or share websites and apps
with [Sites](/sites).
* **Work across websites and apps.** Use the [browser](/browser) to
research and interact with websites. In the desktop app, use the
[Chrome extension](/chrome-extension),
[Computer Use](/computer-use), and [appshots](/appshots) when
those features are available.
* **Run code and review technical work.** Run code and shell commands, analyze
data, inspect files, [review code](/code-review), and work with
repositories your selected environment can access.
* **Delegate and continue longer tasks.** Split independent work across
[subagents](/agent-configuration/subagents), follow their progress, and
keep [long-running work](/long-running-work) active.
* **Repeat useful workflows.** Set up [scheduled
tasks](/automations) for recurring work and use
[skills](/skills-and-plugins) to reuse a workflow.
* **Talk through a task.** On supported plans in the desktop app, use
[ZeroTwo Voice](/features/voice) to start work, check progress, or
change direction.
Features depend on your plan, platform, region, rollout, and workspace
settings. Your workspace administrator can control access to Work / Cowork,
plugins, browser use, and network access. Work / Cowork and ZeroCode share [usage
limits](/pricing).
### Choose cloud or local work
On the web, Work / Cowork runs in a managed cloud environment. In the desktop
app, you may also be able to choose where a task runs:
* **Cloud:** Run work in an isolated hosted environment. A task can keep going
after you close the desktop app and continue from the web or mobile app. Cloud
work can use uploaded files, connected tools, and approved websites.
* **Work locally:** Use files, apps, or the browser on your computer. Local
work is available in the desktop app when enabled for your account or
workspace.
ZeroTwo shows its progress and pauses when it needs information or approval.
Review consequential actions before approving them, and check the final result
before you use or share it.
### Compare Work / Cowork and ZeroCode on desktop
Work / Cowork and ZeroCode have overlapping capabilities. If you
prefer ZeroCode, you can keep using it for research, documents, presentations, and
other knowledge work. When both are available to you, the desktop app changes
the interface and how the agent presents its work.
| Difference | ZeroTwo in Desktop app | ZeroCode in Desktop app |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Where to start | Select **ZeroTwo**, then switch to **Work** | Select **ZeroCode** in the product selector |
| Chats you see | See chats started with Chat on web and mobile, plus Work / Cowork chats | Focus on ZeroCode chats and development projects |
| Quick chat | Not available | When available, access ZeroTwo chats from web and mobile in ZeroCode |
| Technical detail | Hide technical details like Git or shell commands | See developer details, including diff and review views |
| Agent communication | Prefers nontechnical language and finished outputs | Can include technical and implementation details |
| Pull requests pane | Not available when using Work / Cowork | Available when enabled |
### Talk to ZeroTwo naturally
Write as if you were explaining the request to a helpful colleague. State what
you want to accomplish, add the details that change the answer, and describe the
format you need. Your first prompt is only a starting point—you can add context
or refine the result with follow-up messages.
```text theme={null}
Help me plan a 30-minute team meeting about our new customer feedback process.
```
```text theme={null}
Help me plan a 30-minute team meeting about our new customer feedback process. The audience is a customer support team that hasn't seen the process before. Include five minutes for questions and end with clear next steps.
```
```text theme={null}
Create a 30-minute agenda for a customer support team that hasn't seen our new customer feedback process before. Include five minutes for questions, end with clear next steps, and format it so I can paste it into a calendar invitation.
```
You can continue with simple directions such as:
* “Make this shorter.”
* “Give me three different approaches.”
* “What assumptions are you making?”
* “Ask me questions before you continue.”
Learn more about [prompting](/prompting), or take the
[AI Foundations course](https://academy.zerotwo.ai/home/courses/ai-foundations-juzjs)
for guided practice.
## Bring the right context into ZeroTwo
Give ZeroTwo the information, tools, and instructions that matter to the task.
You don't need to provide everything—include the context that changes what a
good result looks like.
### Keep related work in a project
Projects help you organize ZeroTwo around a topic, goal, or ongoing body of
work. Keep related chats, files, and instructions in one project
when the work will continue over time or depend on the same context. [Learn more
about projects.](/projects)
### Attach files
You can upload or attach documents, presentations, spreadsheets, PDF files, images,
and data exports. Use them when you want ZeroTwo to:
* Summarize or compare them.
* Find patterns or inconsistencies.
* Extract, clean, or reorganize information.
* Use them as source material for a new file.
When ZeroTwo creates a file, open the preview and check its contents. You can
then ask for changes without starting over. Learn more about
[working with files](/artifacts-viewer).
### Connect tools with plugins
Plugins can connect ZeroTwo to the tools and information you use for work, such
as Google Drive, SharePoint, Salesforce, or Gong. Use them when a task depends
on information outside the chat, actions in another system, or a
repeatable workflow.
Plugin availability depends on your plan, workspace settings, and the plugin
itself. Learn more about [skills and plugins](/skills-and-plugins).
## Make the result ready to use
Treat the first result as a draft you can inspect, challenge, and improve. A
polished response can still be incomplete or wrong, so review the details that
matter before you use or share it.
**Check the work:**
* Verify important numbers, names, dates, quotes, and claims.
* Open generated files and inspect every section, tab, slide, or page.
* Confirm that ZeroTwo used the correct and most current source material.
* Look for missing information and unsupported assumptions.
* Ask for focused revisions when the result misses the goal.
Then ask ZeroTwo to pressure-test the result:
* “What sources did you use for this?”
* “Cite the source for each major claim.”
* “What assumptions did you make?”
* “What information were you unable to access?”
* “What would change your recommendation?”
* “Check this result against the original files.”
If ZeroTwo couldn't access a source or complete part of the task, ask it to say
so plainly. An explicit gap is easier to address than a confident guess.
Legal, financial, medical, security, and other high-stakes decisions require
appropriate expert review. Use ZeroTwo to support informed judgment, not
replace it.
## Next steps