The AI Assistant answers how-to questions about DevStride while you work. Ask it something like How do I create a sprint cycle for my team? and it searches this documentation site, writes a short answer, and lists the pages it used so you can read further.
Click the round assistant button in the lower-right corner of any page. The assistant opens docked along the bottom of the window. Use the buttons in its title bar to:
DevStride remembers the layout you chose and reopens the assistant the same way next time.
If you don't see the button, your organization has switched the assistant off, or your role doesn't include Use Ai Assistant. Ask an organization admin.
Ask a follow-up in the same conversation and the assistant keeps the earlier questions in mind. To stop an answer part-way, click Stop. If an answer fails, you can retry it.
The assistant answers from docs.devstride.com. When the documentation doesn't cover something, it says so rather than guessing.
The Conversations list on the left of the assistant keeps your earlier chats. Each is named after its first question.
Your conversations are private to you.
The assistant is on for every organization by default. An admin manages it from Settings → AI Assistants:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Enable the AI Assistant for this organization | Off hides the assistant button for everyone in the organization, and nothing is sent to any model provider. |
| What the assistant may use | Choose the sources the assistant may draw on: Documentation (docs.devstride.com), DevStride data (your items, boards and people) and GitHub (linked repositories). GitHub support arrives in a later release; the choice applies from then. |
| Models members may choose | Limit which AI models members can pick. Leave it empty to allow every free model. |
Changes apply as soon as you switch them.
Three permissions in the AI Assistant group of Roles & Permissions govern the assistant:
| Permission | What it grants | Member | Admin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use Ai Assistant | Open the AI Assistant and chat with it. | yes | yes |
| Manage Ai Assistant | Switch the assistant on or off and choose which sources and models it may use. Requires the Settings module. | no | yes |
| View Ai Usage | See AI Assistant usage and cost for the organization. Requires the Settings module. | no | yes |
Every role that existed when the assistant launched received Use Ai Assistant. Remove it from a role to hide the assistant from that role's members while leaving it on for everyone else.
Conversations are processed by OpenAI, L.L.C. and Anthropic, PBC as DevStride sub-processors. The text of a message, and the context your organization allows, go to the chosen model's provider only while a member is chatting. Nothing is sent while the assistant is switched off.