--- title: AI Assistant | micro description: Chat with an AI that knows your entire workspace - emails, contacts, calendar, and more. --- Micro’s AI assistant has access to your entire workspace. Ask questions, give commands, draft messages, and take actions — all in natural language. ### Opening AI Chat - Press **⌘J** (Cmd+J) to open the AI assistant as a floating popup - Visit the dedicated **Chat** page from the sidebar for a full-screen experience - On iOS, tap and hold the **+** button for voice input ### What You Can Do Ask Questions “What emails need a response today?” “When did I last meet with Sarah?” “What is the status of my Acme deal?” Research People “Research John Smith before my 3pm meeting” “What do I know about everyone at Sequoia?” “Who should I follow up with this week?” Draft & Send Messages “Draft a follow-up email to the investor I met yesterday” “Write an introduction email for a cold outreach” “Send a thank you email to Sarah” Take Action “Mark all emails from newsletters as done” “Add this person to my fundraising pipeline” “Create a task to follow up next week” ### AI Capabilities The AI assistant can also: - **Deep Search** — Semantically search your full email history to find relevant context, even when the exact words don’t match. Learn more about [Deep Search](/using-micro/search#deep-search/index.md). - **Search the web** — Find up-to-date information from the internet - **Generate images** — Create images with style presets for mockups, social media, or brainstorming - **Create diagrams** — Generate flowcharts, org charts, and diagrams using Mermaid syntax - **Create and edit documents** — Draft meeting recaps, project briefs, or notes. Document cards appear in chat as the agent works — no waiting for the tool call to finish. - **Navigate relationships** — Traverse contacts, companies, and calendar events to answer complex questions - **Remember things** — The agent saves important preferences and context to memory. When it learns key info about a person or company, it writes it to their Summary property automatically. - **Slack messaging** — Read messages and send to channels directly from chat. Connect Slack in Settings → Integrations. - **Post to X** — Post tweets, threads (up to 25 tweets), replies, quote-tweets, and media. Connect your X account in Settings → Connected Accounts. ### Auto Model Selection The AI automatically picks the best model tier based on your query: | Tier | Used for | Speed | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------- | -------- | | **Fast** | Simple questions, quick lookups | Instant | | **Standard** | Most conversations — research, drafting, analysis | Fast | | **Pro** | Complex multi-step reasoning, deep research | Thorough | You can override the automatic selection by clicking the model picker in the chat input. ### Suggested Follow-Ups After each AI response, you’ll see clickable follow-up suggestions below the message. Click any suggestion to continue the conversation without typing. ### Background Streaming You can switch between chat threads while the AI is still generating a response. The response continues in the background — switch back anytime to see the result. ### Sub-Agent Activity For complex tasks, the AI delegates work to specialized sub-agents. When this happens, a collapsible panel appears in chat showing which sub-agent is running, its live tool calls as they stream, and a summary when it finishes. You have full visibility into what’s happening — no black box. ### Status Indicator A live indicator in the chat input shows what the agent is doing in real-time — “preparing context”, “thinking”, and so on. The messages vary by agent personality. ### Email Send Confirmation Before the agent sends any email, it shows you a formatted preview and asks you to confirm. Nothing goes out until you approve. --- ## Skills Type **/** in the AI chat to see available skills — reusable instructions for common tasks. Learn more about skills and context docs [here](/using-micro/skills-context-docs/index.md) --- ## Personalization Customize your AI assistant in **Settings → Personalization**: - **Personality** — Choose from Balanced, Fun, Professional, or Robot - **Personal context** — Add documents that give the AI context about you, your role, and your preferences Your workspace can also add shared **Knowledge** docs in **Settings → Knowledge** that the AI references for all team members.