Ask Assistant

Workflow that sends a message to an AI assistant and returns its response

manual assistant ai message tool-call

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What's Included

Field	Value
Name	Ask Assistant
Type	Workflow
Trigger	manual
Steps	1
Inputs	1

Full JSON

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{
  "description": "Workflow that sends a message to an AI assistant and returns its response",
  "tags": [
    "manual",
    "assistant",
    "ai",
    "message",
    "tool-call"
  ],
  "document": {
    "name": "Ask Assistant",
    "enabled": true,
    "log_level": "debug",
    "trigger": {
      "type": "manual"
    },
    "workflowInput": [
      {
        "name": "message",
        "description": "Message to send to the assistant",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string",
          "required": true
        }
      }
    ],
    "steps": [
      {
        "condition": {
          "expr": "true",
          "onFailure": "throw",
          "resultType": "any"
        },
        "action": {
          "actionType": "actions/ai/assistant/send",
          "actions/ai/assistant/send": {
            "assistant_id": "<your-assistant-id>",
            "text": {
              "expr": "message",
              "onFailure": "throw",
              "resultType": "any"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "returnExpression": {
      "expr": "step(0).response"
    }
  }
}

How to Import

1. Download the ZIP file using the button above
2. Navigate to Company Settings → Data Transfer in your AutoTalk dashboard
3. Click Import and select the downloaded ZIP file
4. Review the import summary and confirm
5. All document IDs are automatically remapped — no manual ID editing needed