Assistants

How AI assistants work for end users.

What Users See

When users log in to Ajutant, they see a dashboard of available assistants — not a list of AI models. Each assistant has a name, a description, and a clear purpose. Users pick the assistant that matches their task and start a conversation.

This design is deliberate. Research and real-world deployments consistently show that giving non-technical users a choice of AI models leads to confusion, misuse, and low adoption. Assistants remove that friction entirely.

Starting a Conversation

  1. Click on an assistant from the dashboard
  2. Type your message in the chat interface
  3. The assistant responds using its pre-configured model and behaviour

Conversations are persistent. You can close the browser and return later to continue where you left off. All conversations are stored in your tenant’s PostgreSQL database.

How Assistants Work Behind the Scenes

Each assistant is a configuration layer on top of a model:

ComponentWhat It Controls
System promptThe assistant’s personality, expertise, and behavioural constraints
ModelWhich AI model powers the assistant (e.g., GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini)
TemperatureHow creative or deterministic the responses are (0.0–1.0)
Knowledge baseWhich documents the assistant can reference (if any)
Team accessWhich Azure AD groups can see and use this assistant

Users don’t see or control any of these settings. That’s the admin’s job.

Conversation History

All conversations are automatically saved and searchable. Users can:

  • View past conversations in the sidebar
  • Continue any previous conversation
  • Start new conversations at any time

Conversations belong to the user who created them. Team separation ensures that users in one group cannot see conversations from another group.

Data retention
Conversation history is retained according to your organisation’s data retention policy, configurable by your admin team. By default, conversations are retained indefinitely within your tenant.