> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docket.hypertext.studio/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# What Athena is

> Use Docket's built-in agent to answer questions, plan work, and carry out reviewed changes.

Athena is Docket's built-in agent. Open Athena for a conversation, ask from Today, or assign a Task
when Athena should own a bounded result.

## Athena uses your access

Athena belongs to your account. Focus a conversation on a workspace to set the context. That focus
does not grant access.

Athena checks your identity and permissions when it reads or changes work. If you cannot change a
Project, approving Athena's proposal does not give Athena a way around that rule.

## Ask from any page

Press `Cmd+J` on macOS or `Ctrl+J` on Windows and Linux to open Athena in the utility rail. The
current page stays visible while you talk. Today can open the same rail with the current workspace
and a draft question already set.

The Athena page opens the same conversation as a full-page surface. Moving between the page and
the rail does not start a second thread.

## Assign or delegate a Task

Assign a Task to Athena when Athena owns the result. Keep yourself as the assignee and set Athena
as the delegate when Athena works on your behalf.

The Task opens an agent session. The session shows the conversation, tool calls, questions, and
proposed changes for that run.

## Choose how Athena acts

Set your account default under **Settings → Athena**:

| Setting               | What Athena does                                                                 |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Ask before acting** | Athena pauses before actions that require approval.                              |
| **Routine autonomy**  | Athena can apply routine, reversible work and still asks on higher-risk actions. |
| **Suggest only**      | Athena proposes changes and does not apply them directly.                        |

A registered agent can also have its own trust setting. Workspace and Team rules can narrow how
agent work is approved.

## Review proposed changes

A proposal shows what Athena intends to change. You can approve it, edit supported fields before
approval, or reject it. Docket records the decision and the person who made it.

See [Proposals and approvals](/docs/guides/athena/proposals-and-approvals).

## Add standing instructions

Use **Settings → Athena** for instructions that should follow you across workspaces. Workspace and
Team guidance can add rules for a specific context.

Write instructions as operating rules. For example, write “Draft replies, but do not send them” or
“Ask before assigning work to volunteers.”

## Choose where Athena runs

Docket can use its standard model service. Supported deployments can also run Athena's model work
on a computer connected through Lovelace. See
[Bring your own model](/docs/guides/athena/bring-your-own-model).

## Continue learning Athena

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  <Card title="Talking to Athena" icon="message" href="/docs/guides/athena/talking-to-athena">
    Ask clear questions and give useful instructions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Proposals and approvals" icon="circle-check" href="/docs/guides/athena/proposals-and-approvals">
    Review changes before Docket applies them.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Athena and your mail" icon="envelope" href="/docs/guides/athena/athena-and-your-mail">
    Forward messages and review email task suggestions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bring your own model" icon="server" href="/docs/guides/athena/bring-your-own-model">
    Run model work on a computer you own.
  </Card>
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