# Ask Roboty Ask about a goal, understand a result and choose what to try next. Canonical: https://roboty.dev/guide/use/ask-roboty Content revision: 2 Platforms: iphone, mac, browser ## When to use it Ask Roboty to explain a result, explore a goal or help you decide what to try next. Check the named work before sending your question. Changing screens does not change the discussion’s context. ## Assistant on Mac 1. Open **Settings → AI**. Choose **Continue with ChatGPT** and finish sign-in in this Mac’s browser. Choose **Check ChatGPT models**, select a model, then **Use ChatGPT connection**. API keys are not required for this route. 2. Under **Replies**, choose the connection to use. Return to your work and choose **Ask about this goal**, **Explain this result** or **Ask about compatibility** for a saved setup. 3. When the connection is ready, open **Review reply access**. Review the selected work and **Reply limits**, then choose **Allow replies**. 4. Type your question and choose **Ask**. **Open discussed result** returns to that attempt with assistance still open. Elsewhere, **Ask Roboty** or **Shift-Command-A** opens the panel. Closing it keeps your question. For an unsaved goal, the discussion uses a snapshot; later edits do not change it. Choose **Update to current goal** in Conversation options when needed, after finishing or stopping a pending answer. If you opened AI settings from assistance, **Back to your experiment** restores the panel and question. Voice input and spoken replies are not available on Mac. ## Assistant connection and usage On iPhone, open **Discussion** from the workspace. The selected Mac manages the connection. Choose **Check ChatGPT connection**, select a model, then **Use ChatGPT connection**. Finish sign-in on that Mac; the phone cannot complete its browser callback. Review reply access before asking. ChatGPT sign-in eligibility is unconfirmed. Follow the connection’s readiness message; signing in alone does not make replies available. Questions and local work remain saved when replies are unavailable. For connection and sleep problems, read [Keep your Mac available](/guide/troubleshooting/mac-availability). ## ChatGPT account on Mac If Roboty cannot read the saved connection, choose **Allow Roboty companion access** on the Mac and confirm Keychain access if prompted. This gives Roboty’s signed companion access to Roboty’s connection for Mac and paired-iPhone replies. Credentials stay on the Mac. Choose **Reconnect** for an expired or revoked connection, or **Reconnect saved account** after sign-out. Review connection and reply access again after reconnecting or changing accounts. Sign-out keeps discussions and experiments. If remote revocation could not be confirmed, disconnect Roboty in ChatGPT Settings. **Settings → AI → Developer API access** is a separate connection option. Saving a key does not permit requests. ## Reply access and usage Before **Allow replies**, review what will be shared and the usage limits. Follow-ups and ordinary explanations use the same allowance. Usage may be unknown while an answer is pending. **Manage ChatGPT usage and access** opens your account’s controls. If access expires or runs out, open **Review reply access** again. Your draft stays available. Allowing replies does not permit edits, simulations or robot movement. ## Keep the whole question Questions support 8,000 characters. A longer paste stays in your draft; shorten it before **Ask** or saving a browser question. Roboty does not silently cut off the ending. ## Questions in the Workbench browser In the Mac’s Workbench browser, **Save question locally** saves without asking an AI provider. For an answer, choose **Prepare an explanation**, review the recipient, selected work and usage limits, then approve the proposal. **Execute exact approved proposal** sends that request. **Attach image** and **Voice** are optional. Image review separates saving locally from sharing with a provider. If a response is lost, choose **Check original image operation**; do not upload it again while the outcome is unknown. Missing local files may need to be selected again for a later step. Voice shows its route before preparing the microphone. **Mute microphone** stops outgoing audio, **Mute speech** silences playback, and **End voice** closes the connection. These controls do not stop a simulation. ## Find context and review an answer Find saved discussions by their first question and recent preview. In the Workbench browser, use **Show earlier messages** for older turns and **Use current work** to change context. A pending answer keeps its original target. Evidence links open the supporting records. An explanation interprets results; it is not a new measurement. Review proposed changes before **Apply to draft**, **Save** or **Start**, which remain separate actions. In the Workbench browser, **This answered my question**, **Wrong context** and **Incorrect explanation** save local feedback. **Draft a correction** adds editable text without sending it. **Save answer as a local note** keeps a copy in that browser. These notes and reviews stay until you clear the site’s local data; they do not upload feedback or request replies. Native notes use your library settings. ## Recover the original answer Return to **Ask Roboty** to recover an answer if you left the discussion. **Stop answer** requests cancellation; check for the Mac’s confirmation. It is separate from simulation and hardware Stop. An uncertain answer stays available and is not requested again automatically. ## An uncertain answer If the Mac confirms an unknown outcome, choose **Keep unresolved** to stop checking. The original request and unknown usage stay saved. This does not retry the request or confirm cancellation. To ask again, start a **New discussion**, choose the connection and review reply access. The previous discussion remains available. Content ID: assistant Compiled digest: 7dc97846b4c75d41f7ef6e7c07fc9e70963692cebf8a03c64954e46f3ede5d20 Language: en