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Sandbox Basics

Core terminology, interface layout, and navigation.

Key Concepts

Base model: The underlying AI (e.g., DeepSeek V3.2, Kimi K2.5). You pick one when creating a custom model.

Custom model: A configuration you build: base model + system prompt + knowledge bases + tools.

System prompt: Instructions that define how a model behaves: its role, tone, boundaries, and response style.

Knowledge base: A collection of uploaded documents (PDFs, Markdown, plain text) the model searches before responding. This is called RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation): responses grounded in your materials instead of general training data.

Tools: Capabilities beyond text generation: Web Search, Code Interpreter, arXiv Search. Enable per-chat or per-model.

Skills: Specialized knowledge domains (e.g., Quantitative Methods, Research Ethics) you bind to models for procedural expertise.

Roles:

  • Administrators — full platform access, configure providers, install tools
  • Faculty/Staff — create and share models, knowledge bases, manage groups
  • Students — use shared resources, create private configurations

Visibility levels: Private (only you), Limited (specific users/groups), Public (all Sandbox users).

Interface Layout

Three areas on screen:

  1. Sidebar (left) — conversation history, Workspace access, settings
  2. Chat area (center) — conversation thread and input box
  3. Top bar — model selector, profile, settings

Sidebar

  • Chats — conversation history. Click to reopen. Hover for rename/archive/delete.
  • Workspace — Models, Knowledge, Tools (requires Workspace access)
  • Settings — preferences, defaults, profile

Chat Controls

  • Model selector (top of chat) — click to switch models mid-conversation
  • ➕ (input box) — add tools to the current chat
  • 📎 (input box) — attach files (images, PDFs, documents)
  • Message actions (three dots on any message) — edit, copy, delete, regenerate

Workspace

Where you build custom configurations (requires Workspace access):

  • Workspace > Models — create, edit, share custom AI models
  • Workspace > Knowledge — upload documents, build knowledge bases
  • Workspace > Prompts — save and share reusable system prompts
  • Workspace > Tools — browse and manage available tools
  • Workspace > Skills — add specialized knowledge domains to models

Next Steps

← Return to Getting Started | Continue to Custom Models →