# The Assistant

> Run your workspace through chat, with live account information and approval before changes.

The dashboard Assistant helps you configure and run your business workspace. Open **Chat** or the dashboard side chat and describe your goal.

It reads your account and current page, answering in your language. Conversations are private to each member and workspace.

## What you can ask

| Goal | Examples |
| --- | --- |
| Understand the workspace | Explain permissions, inspect agents and tools, review usage or run audits. |
| Configure resources | Create or update agents, workflows, Workspace files, roles, presets, panels and tools. |
| Start work | Launch agents, workflows or eval suites and follow their results. |
| Use integrations | Work with account connections and credentials available to this conversation. |
| Research | Delegate research to one to three temporary read-only subagents. |

Ask “Help me create a support agent” for guided setup. Creation menus offer **Ask the assistant** and starting ideas.

Choose between compatible connections when asked. A single connection is automatic; neither choice becomes a global setting.

## Your access determines its tools

Viewers can inspect and ask questions. Owners and dashboard editors can also request changes, subject to their permissions. The Assistant cannot give an editor owner-only powers.

Reads run automatically. Dashboard changes become proposals for you to approve; research subagents cannot perform writes.

Follow the [review process](/en/docs/assistant/review-changes) before applying proposals. Connected-tool approval options depend on the tool and conversation.

## Longer requests

A **Work plan** tracks outcome phases; run cards track launched work. The final answer reports what completed and what remains.

The dashboard Assistant can use up to 120 AI steps per turn. A step is one AI response and can request several tools. The last step is reserved for a reply. Work can finish earlier or reach a time limit; Sparks reflect actual usage.

## Related

- [Review and approve changes](/en/docs/assistant/review-changes)
- [Conversations, files and voice](/en/docs/assistant/conversations)
- [Roles and permissions](/en/docs/team/roles)