Overview

A Dev Conversation is not a separate runtime mode.

It is a normal AfferLab conversation that is opened with a development strategy attached.

In addition to the standard chat interface, AfferLab also opens a development inspector panel that exposes runtime information about the conversation.

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What Happens When You Open One

When a Dev Conversation is opened, AfferLab:

1. creates or opens a conversation
2. assigns the conversation to the dev strategy
3. opens the development inspector panel

After that, the conversation runs through the same message pipeline as any other AfferLab conversation.

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Development Inspector

The Dev Conversation includes a runtime inspector that shows internal information for each turn.

This includes:

• turn state and worker status
• runtime logs for the current turn
• prompt construction stages
• model call timing
• conversation configuration and strategy settings

The inspector helps developers understand how their strategy interacts with the model and the AfferLab runtime.