Donna, the Unobits assistant
What Donna can do: her five modes
Assistance, Tool, Research, Planning and Code — what each is for, what you get back, and how far Donna may go in each without asking.
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Donna’s modes are not personalities. Each is an agreement about how far she may go without asking and what you get back. Assistance is always on; the other four are switched on one at a time, and Donna asks before she switches.
| Mode | Use it when | You get | Changes things? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistance | Everyday questions and drafts | An answer, a summary or a draft | No — reading is free |
| Tool | The decision is made and the work is mechanical | Changed records, sent messages | Yes, after you approve |
| Research | The answer is outside your business | A finding from the web, compared with your own numbers | Saves findings |
| Planning | The work is a project, not a task | A sequenced plan you can turn into tasks | When you accept the plan |
| Code | You need a webhook, a data transform or other glue | Working code | Yes, after you approve |
Assistance reads, it does not write#
In Assistance Donna can read anything you can open — deals, invoices, tasks, files, email, calendar, website health — and answer with the records she used. When a request needs another mode, she shows a Yes / No card asking to switch, and waits. She never switches on her own.
Since an itemised approval card is more specific than a mode switch, Donna can also propose a list of changes straight from Assistance; nothing runs until you approve it. See Actions and approvals.
Only one specialised mode at a time#
Tool, Research, Planning and Code are mutually exclusive. Turning one on turns the others off.