How to Use BUDDY AI as an Intelligent AI Assistant
BUDDY AI is a personal AI assistant you can talk to in plain language to get everyday work done. This guide walks through how to actually use it — not in theory, but in the moments where it helps.
Start with an intent, not a model
Instead of picking a model, you pick an intent — a mode like FAST, THINK, CODE, RESEARCH or CREATIVE — or leave it on AUTO. BUDDY routes your request to an appropriate model behind the scenes, so you can focus on the task:
- FAST for quick answers and short drafts.
- THINK for careful reasoning and step-by-step problems.
- RESEARCH for cited, source-grounded answers.
- CODE for writing, explaining and debugging software.
- CREATIVE for ideation and longer-form writing.
If you're unsure, AUTO is a safe default.
Bring your own context
The assistant is far more useful when it can see what you're working with. Upload PDFs, documents, spreadsheets or images and ask questions grounded in them through document analysis. Organize related work into projects so the context carries across conversations.
Let it remember — on your terms
BUDDY has an optional, user-controlled memory. Turn it on to have it remember preferences you choose to share, and review or clear what it keeps at any time. You get personalization without losing control.
Go from answering to acting
For multi-step goals, hand the work to the Super Agent: describe an outcome, and it plans the steps, runs them, pauses at approval gates for anything sensitive, and returns real results.
A simple first session
- Open a new chat and leave it on AUTO.
- Ask a real question you have right now.
- Upload a document and ask something specific about it.
- Switch to RESEARCH and ask for a cited overview of a topic.
- Try a small goal with the Super Agent and watch the plan unfold.
BUDDY AI is free to start. The fastest way to learn it is to use it on something real — a message to draft, a file to understand, a question to research — and build from there.