Ask Des a questionIn Des, your assistant

In Des, your assistant

Ask in plain words

Ask Des is in the sidebar, or on the bottom bar on a phone. Type at the bottom like a text message; the question can be as plain as you like.

DeskOps — Ask Des, a fresh chatExample screen

Where it is · On a computer

Ask Des in the sidebar (the URL is /assistant). The message box is at the bottom.

On your phone: Ask Des on the bottom rail, same page.

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In Ask Des

Check where Des got the number

Des works money answers out from your own records and shows a chip naming the window, the rows and the sources it read, with a link to go and look.

DeskOps — Ask Des › a money answer and the chip that says where it came fromExample screen

Start here · On a computer

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any money answer carries a chip naming the window, the count of rows and the sources it was read from, with a link to go and look at them.

On your phone: the same chip under the answer.

Worth knowingCheck the dates and the sources before acting on an answer, especially when something looks off.

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In Des, your assistant

What Des can do beyond answering

Des can log an expense, send an invoice, book a job, draft an email or make a document. Small changes carry an undo; anything outward-facing asks first.

DeskOps — Ask Des, a fresh chatExample screen

Where it is · On a computer

Ask Des in the sidebar — ask in plain English and it does the work.

On your phone: Ask Des on the bottom rail, same abilities.

The full answer in the docs

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Ask what you would ask a bookkeeper: “who owes me the most right now?”