AI Assistant
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.
- 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. (Separate from Slack Deep Search, which indexes Slack history for AI answers.)
- Post to X — Post tweets, threads (up to 25 tweets), replies, quote-tweets, and media. The agent can also delete tweets, unlike and unretweet posts, follow and unfollow users, manage bookmarks, and browse your home timeline. 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
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.