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Autopilot

Autopilot is Ema's in-app AI assistant. Instead of building an AI Employee (AIE) by hand, you describe what you want in plain language and Autopilot does the work for you — creating and editing workflows, configuring agents, setting up knowledge bases, connecting tools, and answering questions about the platform. It runs alongside whatever you are working on, so you can ask for help without leaving the page.

Availability. Autopilot is rolling out gradually and is enabled per tenant. If you don't see the Autopilot button or it doesn't open with the keyboard shortcut, it isn't turned on for your tenant yet — contact your administrator.

What Autopilot does

You drive Autopilot with a conversation. It can take real actions on your behalf — building and editing workflows, creating and updating AI Employees, managing knowledge bases, connecting Tools, and generating documents — and it can answer questions about how the platform works. For the full list, see Core actions. Autopilot asks for your approval before it does anything destructive or hard to reverse; see Permissions and scoping.

Opening Autopilot

There are two ways to open Autopilot from anywhere in the AI Employee builder:

  • Select the Autopilot button in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  • Press ⌘E (macOS) or Ctrl+E (Windows and Linux).

Autopilot opens as a panel on the right side of the screen. You can keep working in the builder while it is open.

The Autopilot interface

Autopilot has two layouts and two views.

Layouts

  • Side panel — the default. Autopilot docks to the right while the builder stays visible beside it.
  • Expanded — a full-width view for longer conversations. Use the toggle in the panel header to switch layouts.

Views

  • Recent conversations — a list of your past Autopilot sessions. Select one to resume it, or start a new conversation.
  • Conversation — the active chat. Type a message in the composer at the bottom, optionally attach a file, and send it. Autopilot streams its response back in real time.

While Autopilot works, you may see two kinds of detail in the conversation:

  • Reasoning — Autopilot's step-by-step thinking, shown when you use Thorough mode.
  • Tool steps — the individual actions Autopilot takes, such as reading a workflow or adding a node, shown inline as it works.

You can give feedback on any response with the thumbs-up / thumbs-down controls, and use the panel's actions menu to export a conversation (as HTML or JSONL) or delete it.

Modes

Autopilot offers two reasoning modes you choose per conversation:

  • Fast — quicker responses for simpler requests.
  • Thorough — deeper reasoning for complex, multi-step changes; surfaces Autopilot's reasoning and tool steps.

See Modes, feedback, and tips for guidance on when to use each.

What's next

Last updated: Jul 3, 2026