Ask the AI Agent about a dataset or an automation
Enterprise plans · Updated 8 Nov 2026
A dataset's page and the Automations tab have their own agent chat, docked beside the page and about that one thing. Click Ask at the right of the page's top bar, or press ⌘J (Ctrl+J on Windows).
Open the docked chat and pick a question
| Where | Ask opens | Suggestions |
|---|---|---|
| A dataset's page | "Ask about this dataset": its source and refresh, its columns, or what a column means | "Where does this data come from?", "When was it last refreshed?", "What does each column mean?" |
| Data Library > Automations tab | "Ask about these automations": every automation in the project | "Which automations failed this week?", "What runs every morning?", "Which ones are paused?" |
| The same tab, with one automation selected | "Ask about this automation": when it runs, who gets it, or why it didn't fire. A change you ask for waits for your OK. | "When does this run next?", "Why didn't it fire last time?", "Who gets it?" |
Click a suggestion to send it, or type your own question in the box ("Ask about this dataset…").
- Each dataset or automation has one chat per person. Your earlier messages are still there when you come back.
- The chat is 360 pixels wide and sits beside the page. In a window narrower than 1,100 pixels it lies over the page instead.
- Close it with the ✕ in its header, Esc, or ⌘J again. Mammoth remembers whether you left it open, and opens it the same way on the next dataset.
- A dot on Ask means news: blue for a new result, amber when it waits on you.
See a main chat's messages in the docked chat
Open a dataset from a chat on the Agent page and the docked chat shows that chat's messages about the dataset at the top ("from Carrier mix review"), read-only. Click Open in the chat to go back to them.
Move a request to a better place
When the agent decides a request is better done somewhere else, it shows a card that says "Your request goes with you" (or "Your request and what I found go with you").
- Continue in Automations or Continue in the agent takes the request there, where it runs at once. The receiving chat says where it came from, for example "Handed over from Orders".
- Add it here keeps working in the chat you're in.
Related
- Chat with the agent: the full Agent page.
- Results, charts and canvases: the handoff cards the agent shows.
- Notifications: agent news in the bell.
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