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ModuleX has two AI helpers, and they do different jobs. The AI Composer turns a plain-English description into an editable workflow. The Assistant is a chat that uses your connected tools step by step to get something done, without building a workflow. This page answers the questions people ask most about both. Each answer links to a fuller guide.

AI Composer

The text-to-workflow agent that drafts an editable workflow from a prompt.

Assistant

The agentic chat that uses your tools to finish a task — no workflow needed.

Common questions

The AI Composer turns a plain-English description into a complete, editable workflow that you save and run later. The Assistant is a chat that uses your connected tools step by step to finish a task right now, and it does not build or change any workflow. In short: use the Composer to build something reusable; use the Assistant to get something done in the moment. See AI Composer and the Assistant overview.
Open the Composer in the workflow builder and describe what you want — for example, “Search GitHub and summarize the top result.” It builds the workflow on the canvas for you, then you review the changes and save them (or revert to undo). You can keep chatting to refine it. See AI Composer in the builder and the build with Composer guide.
Both the Composer and the Assistant require an owner or admin role in the organization. There is no longer a read-only member role, so anyone without owner or admin access cannot run them. Ask an owner or admin to change the teammate’s role, or to run the task for them. See roles & permissions.
A tool it wants to use needs a credential for that service, so it pauses and asks you to connect the account. Connect it when prompted — for an OAuth service this sends you to the provider to approve access — and the Assistant continues on its own from where it stopped. See credentials & integrations help.
It is almost always paused waiting for your input, not failed. The Composer and the Assistant pause to ask a question — a choice, a yes/no, some text, or a request to connect a service. Answer the prompt and the run picks up where it left off. See the Assistant overview.
The Composer and the Assistant each charge one run credit per turn (one message you send), plus the cost of any AI model and tool usage. Bringing your own model key (BYOK) is not charged in credits. See credits & metering.

Keep reading

Build a workflow with Composer

A full walkthrough from a prompt to a running workflow.

Roles & permissions

Who can use the Composer, the Assistant, and schedules.