Ask Roboty

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.

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.