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Getting Started with Strategy Chat

Before you can use Strategy Chat you need to:

  1. Add your Ollama Cloud API key
  2. Select a preferred model
  3. Start your first session

Add Your API Key

Strategy Chat uses Ollama Cloud to run the language model. You need an Ollama Cloud account and a personal API key.

  1. Sign in to ollama.ai and navigate to your account settings.
  2. Create a new API key and copy it.
  3. In the platform, go to Settings and scroll to the Strategy Chat section.
  4. Click Add API Key, paste your key, and click Save.

Your key is encrypted at rest

The platform stores your API key encrypted with AES-256-GCM. It is never exposed after saving — if you need to change it, click Remove and re-add a new key.

Once saved, the section shows a green API key saved indicator.

Select a Model

Your platform administrator controls which Ollama models are available on your plan. After saving your API key:

  1. Go to Settings → Strategy Chat.
  2. Open the Preferred Model dropdown.
  3. Select the model you want to use by default for all new sessions.
  4. Click Save Preference.

The selected model is used automatically when you create a new chat session. If no model is selected, the platform falls back to llama3.2.

No models in the dropdown?

If the dropdown is empty, the platform administrator has not yet configured the list of available models. Contact your administrator.

Start Your First Session

  1. Click Strategy Chat in the left sidebar.
  2. Click New Strategy Session (or the + icon at the top of the session list).
  3. A skill picker appears — choose the specialist context that best matches your target, or click Skip (General) for a broad assessment.

  4. The new session opens. Type your first message to begin, for example:

    "I need to test a SaaS application built with Django and PostgreSQL. It uses JWT authentication and has a Stripe payment flow."

The AI will ask follow-up questions and guide you toward a module recommendation.

Be specific

The more you tell the AI about the target's technology stack, authentication scheme, and business flows, the more precise the module recommendation will be.