# App Assistant

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URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/apps/assistant
Last updated: 2026-10-05

Add an AI assistant to a deployed NocoDB app, so the people who use the app can ask questions and get work done in chat.

The **app assistant** is an AI chat inside a deployed NocoDB app, for the people who use the app. They ask a question or describe a task, and the assistant answers or runs the app actions for them. The assistant can only do what the person in the chat can already do. You set it up in **App Settings** → **Assistant**.

<img alt="The assistant in a deployed app" src={__img0} placeholder="blur" />

## Turn on the assistant

1. Open **App Settings** → **Assistant**.
2. Turn on **Enable the assistant**.
3. Set the options below.
4. Click **Save**. "Saved changes reach your published app on the next page load. No publish needed."

<img alt="Assistant settings" src={__img1} placeholder="blur" />

## Assistant settings

| Setting               | What it sets                                                                                                   |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name**              | The name of the assistant that people see in the app.                                                          |
| **How it opens**      | **Floating button**: opens a small panel in the corner. **Docked panel**: opens on the right, next to the app. |
| **Greeting**          | The first message that people see when they open the chat.                                                     |
| **Instructions**      | "Tell the assistant about your app, its tone, and anything it should always or never do."                      |
| **Suggested prompts** | Buttons that show before anyone types. Up to four. Click **Add prompt** to add one.                            |

## Good to know

* The assistant uses the access of the person in the chat. It runs only the actions that their team can run. See [Members and teams](/docs/apps/members-and-teams).
* The assistant uses the [credits](/docs/product/workspaces/credits) of the workspace.
* The assistant is for the people who use the app. To build or change the app, use NocoAI in the [AI app builder](/docs/apps/app-builder).

## Related

* [App settings](/docs/apps/app-settings)
* [Credits](/docs/product/workspaces/credits)

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## Related pages

- [Apps](https://nocodb.com/docs/apps.md): NocoDB Apps is an AI app builder for creating enterprise-grade work apps: describe the app, and NocoAI builds it on the data you already have, with teams, permissions, an API and an MCP server.
- [Vibe Coding with NocoDB Apps](https://nocodb.com/docs/apps/vibe-coding.md): Vibe coding is making software by describing it to AI. NocoDB Apps bring vibe coding to enterprise-grade work apps, on your own data, with teams, permissions and safe deploys.
- [Create an App](https://nocodb.com/docs/apps/create-app.md): Create a NocoDB app with AI: describe the app, and NocoAI builds it on your data. Start from the App tile in a base, with Build with AI, or in the NocoAI chat.
- [AI App Builder](https://nocodb.com/docs/apps/app-builder.md): Build and change enterprise-grade work apps in NocoDB's AI app builder: describe a change to NocoAI in the chat, and test it in the live preview.
- [Data for Apps](https://nocodb.com/docs/apps/data.md): Build NocoDB apps on the data you already have: NocoDB tables, your own PostgreSQL or MySQL database, and data that syncs from tools such as GitHub and HubSpot, with no record limit.
- [Secure Vibe Coding](https://nocodb.com/docs/apps/security.md): How NocoDB Apps keep AI-built work apps safe: teams and action grants, record rules, reviewed public pages, secrets in connections, scoped API tokens, environments and version restore.
- [Members and Teams](https://nocodb.com/docs/apps/members-and-teams.md): Control who can use a NocoDB app and what they can do in it with app teams, members and action grants.
- [Public Access](https://nocodb.com/docs/apps/public-access.md): Make pages of a NocoDB app public, and choose which actions visitors can run without signing in.