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Assistant guides
Task-by-task walkthroughs for getting real work done with your AI assistant — from your first message to multi-step automations.
These guides show you how to do things with your assistant. New here? Follow a learning path below. Looking for one specific how-to? Jump to Browse by topic.
For how each feature works under the hood, see the Assistant reference.
Learning paths
Beginner — get effective in a day
- Your first 10 minutes with the assistant
- Ask for what you want
- Slash commands & the capability picker
- Find anything in your workspace
- Edit a document with "Ask assistant"
- Draft something from scratch
- Draft an email for review
- Find and use a skill
- Have your first voice conversation
- Make the assistant remember your preferences
Intermediate — work faster & automate
- Set up a recurring summary
- Keep an eye on things with Heartbeat
- Co-write a long document
- Research a topic and turn it into a doc
- Connect your first app
- Plan before you act
Keep going: Triage your inbox · Act across your apps · Work in a Space
Advanced — compose & scale
- Build a multi-step automation that reports back
- React to events with triggers
- Work with files & produce outputs
- When to graduate to a custom agent
Browse by topic
Get effective fast
Your first 10 minutes
Orient yourself and send your first useful requests.
Ask for what you want
Write prompts that get good results the first time.
Slash commands & capabilities
Invoke any capability fast from the composer.
Get things done by chatting
Create a task, event, or note just by asking.
Reference your stuff with @-mentions
Point the assistant at a specific document.
Writing & documents
Edit a document with Ask assistant
Edit a page side-by-side with the assistant.
Draft something from scratch
Go from a prompt to a finished draft.
Undo what the assistant changed
Roll back any assistant edit.
Co-write a long document
Build out a long doc section by section.
Finding & researching
Find anything in your workspace
Search docs, events, tasks, and more at once.
Answers from your knowledge base
Get grounded answers from your team's content.
Research a topic into a doc
Search the web and capture findings.
Scheduling & automation
Add events & reminders by chatting
Put things on your calendar by asking.
Set up a recurring summary
Schedule a digest that runs on its own.
Keep an eye on things with Heartbeat
Get pinged only when something matters.
Multi-step automation that reports back
Chain steps and notify yourself with results.
Email & communication
Draft an email for review
Compose an email you approve before sending.
Triage and reply to your inbox
Work through your inbox with the assistant.
Working with connectors
Connect your first app
Link Gmail, Slack, or GitHub.
Act across your apps from chat
Have the assistant use a connected app.
React to events with triggers
Run work automatically when something happens.
Use stored credentials
Let actions use saved API keys securely.
Collaboration & Spaces
Work with the assistant in a Space
Scope the assistant to a shared Space.
Co-edit shared docs
Edit alongside teammates and the assistant.
Using skills
Find and use a skill
Add a capability and put it to work.
Build a workflow around skills
Combine skills into a repeatable flow.
Create a custom skill
Package a capability for your team.
Voice & speech-to-speech
Your first voice conversation
Talk to your assistant out loud.
Dictate instead of type
Speak a message without full voice mode.
Choose your voice & speech settings
Pick a voice and tune recognition.
Go hands-free
Run your day by voice.