> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trychannel3.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

The Conversational Agent is a **shopping assistant you can drop right into your app**.

Your user sends a message. The agent responds, asks helpful follow-up questions, recommends products, and compares offers. Everything streams to the front-end, so chatting with the agent feels fast and fluid.

Each message is one **turn**: one user message in, one assistant reply out. Channel3 remembers the conversation so follow-ups like "in brown" or "something cheaper" make sense without repeating the whole request.

Each turn costs **1 credit**. Each catalog search costs **1 credit**. Reading a conversation is free.