AIDA Documentation
These pages are the same documentation AIDA shows inside the app, published here so you can read them before you install or share a link with a colleague. The installer itself is covered in the install guide.
Getting Started
AIDA (Autafy Intelligence Driven Agent) is your personal AI agent. It connects to your email, calendar, files, and tools — letting you manage your day…
Try on Your Computer
You can run AIDA on your own Windows or Mac computer before setting up a server. It takes about 5 minutes and doesn't cost anything. This is a great way to…
OpenRouter Setup
OpenRouter is a service that gives you access to hundreds of AI models from providers like Google, Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI, and more — all through a single…
Google Workspace Setup
Connecting Google Workspace gives AIDA access to: Gmail — read, search, send, and manage emails; Google Calendar — view and create events; Google Drive…
Web Search Setup
Web Search gives AIDA the ability to look things up on the internet — news, prices, sports scores, weather, research, and anything else that changes over time.
Microsoft 365 Setup
Connecting Microsoft 365 gives AIDA access to: Outlook — read, search, send, and manage emails; Calendar — view and create calendar events; Tasks — manage…
Telegram Bot Setup
Connecting Telegram gives you a mobile interface to AIDA. You can chat with your AI agent from your phone, receive morning briefings, and get notified about…
WhatsApp Bot Setup
Connecting WhatsApp gives you a mobile interface to AIDA. You can chat with your AI agent, receive morning briefings, and interact with all your tools…
Discord Bot Setup
Connecting Discord gives you another way to chat with AIDA — directly from your Discord server. You can interact with all your tools, ask questions, and…
Available Tools
AIDA has a comprehensive set of built-in tools, integrations, and plugins. All tools are available through natural conversation — just ask AIDA to do…
Adding Custom Tools
AIDA can connect to virtually any external tool using MCP (Model Context Protocol) — an open standard for connecting AI agents to services. Once connected…
Memory System
AIDA's memory system lets the agent remember important information about you across all conversations. Unlike a regular chat where context is lost when you…
Inbox Triage
Inbox Triage keeps AIDA watching your inbox throughout the day, not just at your morning briefing. When an email that matters to you lands, AIDA pings you…
Notes
Keep track of notes, tasks, and lists — either by telling AIDA in Chat or by adding them yourself from the Notes tab (in the More menu). Everything you save…
Knowledge Base
The Knowledge Base lets you upload your own documents — PDFs, Word files, spreadsheets, text files — so AIDA can answer questions using your content. When…
Skills
Skills give AIDA specialized behaviors that switch on automatically when they're relevant. Each skill has a set of trigger words — when your message matches…
Cron Jobs
Cron jobs are scheduled tasks that AIDA runs automatically at a set time — daily, weekly, monthly, or on a custom schedule. You define what you want AIDA to…
Local AI — Ollama
Run AI models completely free on your own computer — no API keys, no usage costs, full privacy. Ollama is a free, open-source tool that lets you run…
Local AI — LM Studio
Run AI models locally using LM Studio — a user-friendly desktop app with a graphical interface. LM Studio is a free desktop application for running AI…
Move to a New Server
Moving takes about ten minutes. If your AIDA has its own domain (HTTPS), allow about fifteen minutes more for Step 6. Your current AIDA keeps working the…
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting — AIDA documentation. Covers Chat Issues, Google Workspace Issues, Microsoft 365 Issues, Web Search Issues, Telegram Issues, Local AI…
FAQ
What is AIDA? AIDA (Autafy Intelligence Driven Agent) is a personal AI agent that connects to your email, calendar, files, and tools. It runs on your own…