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Short, practical guides for delegating work, sharing context, reviewing outputs, and collaborating with Edvin like a teammate.
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The working loop
One task, one continuous thread.
Edvin can work in the background, ask when blocked, and continue from the same state.
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Delegate an outcome
Tell Edvin what finished looks like, who is involved, and when it matters.
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Stay in one conversation
Add context, answer questions, and review the work without restarting the task.
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Review the evidence
Open the deliverable, inspect its sources, and request changes before approval.
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Get started
Set Edvin up, delegate real work, and choose the right boundaries.
Activate your AI Operations AssistantComplete the focused setup, connect Gmail when needed, and activate one useful area of ongoing work in under five minutes.5 min readStart your first real taskGive Edvin a messy goal and turn it into a useful first response, plan, or artifact without overthinking the prompt.4 min readDelegate work that continues in the backgroundGive Edvin a bounded outcome, deadline, and definition of done so the assignment can continue after you leave Chat.6 min readSet autonomy and approval boundariesChoose whether Edvin should recommend, work internally, or operate, while keeping sensitive and external actions under explicit control.5 min readLet Edvin adapt to the workEdvin automatically adjusts how it works to the task, the evidence, and the quality the deliverable needs.4 min readCustomize how Edvin respondsTune response style, tone, creativity, proactivity, artifact behavior, language, search behavior, and memory.5 min read
Work with the team
Unblock, collaborate, review, and finish work together.
Answer questions and approvals in chatWhen Edvin is blocked, respond to the question or approval in the same continuous chat and let the existing work resume automatically.5 min readCollaborate with Edvin and your teamAssign accountable owners, collaborators, reviewers, and watchers so people and Edvin can share one work history without creating another team chat.6 min readReview deliverables and request changesInspect evidence and versions, approve the result, or return specific change requests to the same active work.6 min read
Ongoing work
Give Edvin durable context and ownership areas over time.
Give Edvin an ongoing area to ownAsk Edvin to own a recurring business area, watch a useful schedule or signal, and create bounded assignments only when action is warranted.6 min readConnect company tools safelyConnect Gmail and supported cloud storage so Edvin can work from real company context while workspace policies continue to control actions.6 min read
Create and research
Turn goals, sources, and files into useful outputs.
Create a document with EdvinUse document artifacts for reports, essays, plans, memos, investor updates, and drafts that need to be edited over time.5 min readCreate a spreadsheet or comparison tableAsk Edvin to build spreadsheets for pricing, planning, competitor comparisons, budgets, content calendars, and simple calculations.5 min readUse web search when freshness mattersUse Edvin's web search for current information, changing facts, competitor research, API docs, laws, prices, and news.5 min readUpload files for reviewUse files when Edvin needs exact context from documents, PDFs, images, notes, screenshots, CSVs, or project material.4 min readDebug code with EdvinGet focused coding help by sharing symptoms, error messages, relevant files, and the exact behavior you expected.6 min read
Control and reuse
Manage durable context, files, handoffs, and recovery.
Find, upload, and reuse workspace filesUse Files as the shared library for team uploads, connected cloud references, and deliverables Edvin creates during assigned work.5 min readUse memory without losing controlLet Edvin remember useful preferences and project context, then review or clear memories whenever needed.5 min readExport and share work from EdvinMove documents, spreadsheets, research, and code out of Edvin when you need to share, edit, or keep the result elsewhere.4 min readTroubleshoot work that stalled or failedDistinguish work that is waiting for you from work that is retrying or failed, then take the smallest recovery action without losing partial work.6 min readReview completed workUnderstand completed work, costs, feedback, and blockers from the Work timeline and Files.4 min read
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