Workflow from Scientific Research

Users can initiate a new chat by clicking the plus button ( 1 ). The chat history area ( 2 ) retains previous chat sessions, allowing users to navigate between historical chat sessions or delete unwanted chat sessions if needed. Within each chat session, the guidance section ( 3 ) highlights the unique features and capabilities of ShennongChat. To quickly experience the chatting features, users can select from a set of sample questions in the 4 area. By inputting a question in the chat box ( 5 ) and hitting the send button ( 6 ), the user’s question ( 7 ) is relayed to ShennongChat for a response. In formulating its response, ShennongChat integrates the ShennongAlpha Search Engine to retrieve standardized knowledge about the NMM mentioned in the user’s question from the ShennongAlpha Knowledge Base, providing a retrieval-augmented response ( 8 ). ShennongChat’s responses indicate the relevant NMM IDs of the referenced NMM knowledge ( 9 ). When users hover over the NMM ID, ShennongChat displays a tooltip with a summary of the knowledge about that NMM ( 9 ’). Users can quickly navigate to the knowledge page of the relevant NMM by clicking the title within the tooltip. Users can also expand the search dropdown (10) for details about the search results. The copy button (11) enables users to duplicate the text of ShennongChat’s response. Feedback on the responses (either positive or negative) can be provided by the user (12), which helps in improving the quality of ShennongChat’s responses. Depending on their preference, users can toggle between ShennongChat’s chat modes: accurate or fast (13).

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