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Know what the Assistant will and won't do

After this lesson you can sort any request into what the Assistant does right away, what waits for your Run, and what it never does, so you can hand it to a teammate safely.

1:56 video with captions, written steps and transcript. Checked against Duckrow on October 7, 2026.

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Narration: preview voiceAn agency lead hands the Assistant to a new hire. The clinics are example data.

The short answer

Duckrow's Assistant reads and answers, imports CSVs, adds plain columns and rows, and starts free runs on its own. Anything that costs credits shows a cost card and waits for someone to click Run. It never launches a campaign or sends a message, it can't create Jev, find or AI columns, and Viewers can only read.

Step by step

  1. 1Runs right awayReading rows and answering, importing a CSV, creating tables, adding plain text columns and rows, updating cells, and free runs such as Email provider and Push to campaign.
  2. 2Waits for your RunJev checks, Use AI, Find work email and Find mobile, Phone type, Find customers, the HTTP API column, and adding rows to a table whose paid columns run on new rows. A cost card shows the most it could cost; only your click starts it.
  3. 3NeverLaunching a campaign, sending a message or a reply, creating Jev, find, Phone type, Push or Use AI columns, and running Persona fit columns.
  4. 4ViewersThey can open the Assistant, read and ask. Any change is refused with: Viewers can only read. Ask an owner to change your role.
  5. 5Send new leads automaticallyPushed leads wait for Launch, except in an active campaign with Send new leads automatically on, where they start sending straight away.
  6. 6Privacy and limitsEach person has their own chat per table, deleted 30 days after the last message. Up to 20 messages a minute per person.

Try it in Duckrow

About five minutes, in your own workspace.

  1. Open the Assistant on a table and ask it to launch one of your campaigns. Read how it answers.
  2. Ask it to add a Jev column. Then set one up by hand from Add column.
  3. Ask it to run that Jev column on 3 rows and read the cost card. Click Cancel.
  4. If you manage a team, check each person's role on the Members tab before handing over.

You're done when you can say which lane any request falls in before you ask.

Check what stuck

Three quick questions. Nothing is saved.

  1. 1. A teammate asks the Assistant to find work emails for 200 rows. What happens?

  2. 2. Which of these can the Assistant never do?

  3. 3. You ask the Assistant to push rows into a campaign that is active with Send new leads automatically on. What happens to the pushed leads?

Transcript

0:00Handing it to a teammate

A new teammate starts today, and you want them to use the Assistant without surprises. Here is what it does on its own, what waits for an OK, and what it never does.

0:13Three kinds of request

Every request lands in one of three lanes. Free work runs right away: reading rows, answering, importing a file, adding plain columns, and free runs like email provider tags. Anything that costs credits waits for a click. And some things it never does.

0:33Paid runs wait for Run

Ask for a phone type check, and a cost card appears with the most it could cost. The Assistant cannot start a paid run by itself. Only a person clicking Run starts it, and Cancel spends nothing.

0:47It never launches or sends

Ask it to launch a campaign, and it points you to the Launch tab. It has no way to send a message or a reply. Ask for a Jev column, and it explains that smart columns are set up by hand. Once they exist, it can run them.

1:05Viewers only read

Viewers can open the Assistant, read and ask questions. Anything that would change the table is refused, with a note to ask an owner for a different role.

1:16One thing to watch

One thing to watch. The Assistant can run your push to campaign column. Pushed leads wait for launch, unless the campaign is already active with send new leads automatically turned on. Then they start sending, so check the campaign before you ask.

1:33Recap

To recap. Free work runs right away, and paid runs wait for your click. It never launches a campaign or sends a message. Smart columns are set up by hand, and Viewers only read. Next, connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini to your workspace.