AI Assistant
The Assistant is a text chat interface in Aida Platform for portfolio questions, comfort / energy / maintenance insight, and guided controller configuration — using the same intelligence domains as AI Agents.
What you can do
- Ask about energy usage, maintenance, alerts, devices, and playbooks in natural language
- Scope the conversation to a site, optional building, and optional controller (for configure-style operations)
- After a controller is selected, optionally narrow to floor, zone, or device group (Control Agent / operate context)
- Issue punctual building control via the Control Agent when your role allows (lights, shades, setpoints, and similar)
- Review proposals in chat and approve or reject them when your role allows applying changes to a controller
The Assistant is chat-based. There is no voice or microphone control in the platform Assistant.
For the same assistant over Webex Messaging spaces — including controller facility room binds and temporary guest control grants — see Webex Messaging Integration.
Open the Assistant
- Go to Assistant in the sidebar (or open it from a site with the site already selected).
- Confirm site (and building / controller scope if needed) in the header.
- Type a question or use a suggestion chip to start.
Example prompts:
- “What is my energy usage?”
- “Any maintenance alerts?”
- “Summarize comfort for this building.”
How it relates to Agents
| Assistant | Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Interaction | Conversational chat | Gauges, evals, interventions, settings |
| Best for | Ad-hoc questions and guided ops | Ongoing monitoring and mode policy |
| Domains | Portfolio, comfort, energy, maintenance, controller configure | Energy, comfort, maintenance monitors |
API access (optional)
Integrators can call assistant capabilities with Platform API keys and the Platform MCP interface. Create keys under Settings → API Keys. See API Keys — Platform and MCP Server — Platform.
Licensing
Assistant and agent intelligence that orchestrates or mutates building state typically require Pro (or an active Trial). See Licensing.