Your first task with CORA

This walkthrough follows one real request from question to finished result. The example company is Northwind Oy, a Finnish wholesaler.

1. Ask for an outcome

Open New chat and describe what you want, who it is for and the format. For example:

"Research our three main competitors in Finland and write a one-page comparison for the Northwind Oy sales team."

A quick question gets a direct answer in the chat. A multi-step deliverable like this one becomes a task, and CORA shows it as a card in the conversation.

2. Review the plan

When the task is waiting for you, the card says Approval needed and asks Approve this plan? with the planned steps listed. You have three choices:

• Approve & run starts the work.
• Revise lets you write what should change, for example "Only include competitors with a webshop". You can also reply in the chat.
• Decline stops the request. Nothing is run.

A plan that is left waiting expires after 24 hours, so an old request never starts unexpectedly. If a task would change a setting or a record in a connected system, the card instead asks Approve this exact change?, shows the values, and the button reads Approve change.

Depending on your workspace's trust settings, some work may start without asking.

3. Follow the work

Each step on the card shows where it is, such as Under way, Done or Needs your approval. Use Stop on the card to cancel the task.

You do not have to wait in the chat. While the task runs, the chat's row in the sidebar shows CORA is working. A chat whose task waits for your approval or has failed moves to Needs attention at the top of your chats.

4. Find the result

When the work is finished, the card shows Delivered: with a link to the full document. By default CORA then writes her answer as the next message in the same chat: the main findings, what is still open and a suggested next step. Ask follow-up questions right there; the document stays available to her.

If you were somewhere else, the chat is marked unread and you get a notification. Every task is also listed under More apps -> Inbox, where finished work sits on the Done tab.

Next steps

Ask CORA to change something in the result, or start the next request in a new chat. To learn the basics of the workspace itself, read Getting started with CORA.