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title: Using the Assistant
description: Ask Midday questions about your business finances.
section: assistant
order: 1
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The Midday assistant lets you ask questions about your finances in plain language and get instant answers.
## Access the assistant
1. Open [Midday](https://app.midday.ai)
2. The assistant is available from the home screen
3. Type your question
4. Get an instant response
## What you can ask
The assistant understands questions about your financial data:
### Revenue and income
- "What was my revenue last month?"
- "Show me revenue by customer this quarter"
- "How does this month compare to last month?"
### Expenses and spending
- "What did I spend on software last quarter?"
- "Show my top expenses this year"
- "How much have I spent with Amazon?"
### Cash and runway
- "What's my current balance?"
- "How long will my cash last?"
- "What's my monthly burn rate?"
### Invoices
- "Do I have any overdue invoices?"
- "Who owes me money?"
- "Show unpaid invoices for Acme Corp"
### Time tracking
- "How many hours did I track this week?"
- "Show time by project this month"
- "What's unbilled for Client X?"
## How it works
The assistant:
1. Understands your question using AI
2. Queries your actual Midday data
3. Returns accurate, real-time answers
It's not making up numbers—it's reading from your transactions, invoices, and tracked time.
## Tips
- Be specific: "Revenue last month" is better than "How am I doing?"
- Include time periods: "this month," "last quarter," "in 2024"
- Ask follow-ups: The assistant remembers context in a conversation
## Limitations
The assistant can answer questions about data in Midday. It cannot:
- Make predictions or forecasts
- Access external data
- Make changes to your account (it's read-only)
- Answer questions about features not yet available
## Privacy
Your conversations with the assistant are private. We don't use your financial data to train AI models.
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