# Messages

Messages are the building blocks of a chat-based app. AgentLabs allows you to handle and send messages in many different ways.

{% content-ref url="messages/messages-format" %}
[messages-format](https://docs.agentlabs.dev/core-concepts/messages/messages-format)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="messages/one-off-vs-stream" %}
[one-off-vs-stream](https://docs.agentlabs.dev/core-concepts/messages/one-off-vs-stream)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="broken-reference" %}
[Broken link](https://docs.agentlabs.dev/core-concepts/broken-reference)
{% endcontent-ref %}