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MESO Assist is the chat. It is where you ask rather than configure: a question about a specification, a second opinion on a sequence, a quick draft of something you have not planned formally.
Assist is the chat. MESO Canvas is the editor. They are different products and are easily confused. If you are typing a question, that is Assist.

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Conversations

Each conversation is kept, so you can come back to a line of thinking rather than starting over. Start a new one when you change subject — a conversation that has wandered gives worse answers than a fresh one. Replies stream as they are generated, so you can start reading before the answer is finished.

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What it is good for

  • Asking what a specification outcome actually requires
  • Sanity-checking a sequence before you commit to it
  • Drafting something small — a starter, a set of questions, an explanation
  • Rephrasing something for a different ability level

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What to use instead

Assist is for thinking. The planning surfaces are for producing things that persist and stay tied to your curriculum.

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What it can see

Assist works from what you tell it in the conversation. It is not a search over everything you have ever planned, so give it the context it needs rather than assuming it already knows the unit you are thinking about.

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The rules still apply

Never type a student’s name, results or personal circumstances into Assist. Describe the situation instead — “a mixed-ability 2nd Year group”.Everything you type is sent to a generation service in the United States. It is not used to train third-party models, and you can delete your conversations, but it does leave the EU.
And as everywhere else: it can be confidently wrong. Check anything factual before you rely on it.