Ask @Brain a question, or provide instructions, just like another team member! Simply type @brain in task comments or Chat, just like you would mention another person.
Brain will reply right away, using knowledge and context from your Workspace and any private items you share with it.
You can also mention @My Brain to privately summarize the context, take action, or to craft the perfect reply. @My Brain's replies are private to you until you insert the response.
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@mention Brain
You can @mention Brain in a task comment or a Chat message.
@Brain only has access to public data in your Workspace by default.
It will prioritize the thread, task, or channel where it's @mentioned.
Access to private items
While responding to you, @Brain will temporarily have access to private tasks or channels if:
- You @mention Brain in a private task or channel.
- In your @Brain prompt, you include a link to a private item or location.
- You ask @Brain to create a private item or location, and you @mention Brain again in the same thread.
- If someone who doesn't have access to the private item or location mentions @Brain in the same thread, Brain won't have access to the private item or location.
@Brain's responses are visible to anyone with access to the location where it was posted, whether they have access to the private data used by Brain or not.
You must explicitly mention the private item or location for Brain to use it to respond.
The following table includes examples of sharing private items with Brain:
| Use Case | Brain's response | Visibility of Brain's response |
| You @mention Brain in a public Channel, asking for info about your org's pay periods. There's a private payroll task that you have access to. |
You didn't explicitly tell Brain to search the private payroll task. It's response contains only public info about pay periods. |
Anyone who has read permissions or higher to Brain's response thread can see it. |
| You @mention Brain in a public Channel, asking for info about your org's pay periods. You @@mention a private payroll task that you have access to. | You explicitly told Brain to search the private payroll task. It's response may contain private info about pay periods. |
Anyone who has read permissions or higher can see Brain's response thread even if they do not have access to the private task. |
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You @@mention a private payroll task that you have access to. In the same thread, another team member who doesn't have access to the private payroll task @mentions Brain, asking about info that is included in the private task. |
The team member doesn't have access to the private payroll task. Brain doesn't have access to the private task, even though it had temporary access before. Brain's response only contains public information. |
Anyone who has read permissions or higher to Brain's response thread can see it. |
Before you mention Brain, or if you mention a private item in your prompt, you'll see a warning about sharing private information. Click Got it! to dismiss the message.
In the following example, the Campaign Budget task is private. Brain's response may include information from that private task.
To mention @Brain
To mention @Brain from a Chat message or task comment:
- Click into the comment or message field.
- Type
@brainand your prompt, just like you would write to another person. - Press Enter or Return.
@Brain reacts
@Brain will react with an emoji to let you know it's seen your message and is working on a reply.
Once the reply is posted, Brain will remove the emoji reaction.
Brain replies
@Brain will post a threaded reply to your comment or message.
If you mention @Brain in a comment thread, it will reply in the same thread.
You can instruct @Brain to reply in other locations.
Here is an example reply where Brain @mentioned the accounting team to prioritize an outstanding invoice: