# Using AI

Once you've [connected an AI provider](https://missiveapp.com/docs/ai/setup), you can start using AI features across Missive.

## Features

<table><thead><tr><th width="168.01043701171875">Feature</th><th>What it does</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="using-ai/assistant"><strong>Assistant</strong></a></td><td>A conversational AI sidebar that reads your conversations, searches your emails and calendar, looks up contacts, and drafts replies.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="using-ai/prompts"><strong>Prompts</strong></a></td><td>Reusable one-click AI actions you can run on messages or drafts: summarize, translate, generate a reply from a template.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="using-ai/instructions"><strong>Instructions</strong></a></td><td>Persistent guidelines that shape how AI behaves across your organization: tone, boundaries, domain context.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Next steps

* [Use assistant](https://missiveapp.com/docs/ai/using-ai/assistant)
* [Create prompts](https://missiveapp.com/docs/ai/using-ai/prompts)
* [Define instructions](https://missiveapp.com/docs/ai/using-ai/instructions)
* [AI FAQ](https://missiveapp.com/docs/ai/using-ai/faq)


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