Moby is designed to offer flexibility when working with data, providing three main modes to enhance your experience: Analyze Mode, Build Mode and Deep Dive Mode. These modes are accessible through the chat input box at the top of the Moby interface, allowing you to easily access the best Moby mode depending on your needs.

At a Glance

Mode	Best For	Interface
Analyze	Quick Q&A, conversational insights	Single-thread chat with inline widgets
Build	Real-time dashboard creation	Split-screen: chat left, live widgets right
Deep Dive	Comprehensive, repeatable investigations	Plan editor left, multi-tab report right

Pick the style that suits your task—conversational, visual, or autonomous—and Moby will handle the heavy lifting while you focus on decisions.

Analyze Mode: A Conversational Interface

This is Moby's default mode. Access Analyze Mode by typing your natural language prompt directly into the "Chat with Moby" input box. Analyze Mode displays Moby in a single-thread chat format, similar to popular chatbots like ChatGPT. This mode is focused on interaction, with text responses generated as you ask questions or give commands. Throughout the conversation, Moby embeds widgets directly in the chat, providing quick visual insights alongside the text-based responses.

User Experience: Single-thread chat conversation.
Widgets in Context: As you ask questions, Moby embeds widgets such as charts or tables into the chat for a visual representation of the data.
Ideal For: Users who prefer an uninterrupted conversational flow, with data visuals appearing organically during the interaction.

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Build Mode: Split-Screen for Visual Construction

Build Mode transforms the interface into a split-screen view. While text responses continue on the left side of the screen, the right side exclusively shows the widgets and visualizations that are being built or updated. This mode allows you to actively engage in a conversation with Moby while always having a live view of your widgets.

User Experience: Split-screen with text on the left and widgets on the right.
Live Widget Updates: As you interact with Moby, the right side of the screen continually updates to reflect new widgets being built, giving you a clearer view of your data.
Ideal For: Users who want to build or view dashboards in real time without interrupting the chat flow. You can interact with your widgets while still holding a conversation with Moby.

Ready to get started with Build Mode? Read the full step-by-step guide → Moby Build Mode

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Deep Dive Mode: Plan-Driven, Autonomous Analysis

Deep Dive is Moby’s “hands-off” analytics mode. Rather than going back and forth one line at a time, Moby first drafts a full step-by-step playbook for the question you ask, lets you review or edit it, then executes everything—from data pulls through visuals—on its own. Independent steps run in parallel, errors are fixed automatically, and any surprising patterns trigger extra analyses before the final report is assembled.

User Experience: Two panes. On the left, your prompt and an editable numbered plan; on the right, four synchronized tabs appear as results arrive—Gen Text, Gen UI, Reasoning, and Code.
Plan-First Workflow: Preview the full list of steps Moby will run, then add, remove, or reorder tasks before hitting Run.
Ideal For: Root-cause deep dives (“Why did net profit fall in March?”), quarterly business reviews, strategy decks, and any situation where you need a full narrative—numbers, visuals, code, and reasoning—in one place.