> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.relayhub.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bots > AI bots that do recurring and long tasks for you, on their own computer A **bot** is an AI coworker that does a job for you. You describe the job in plain words. The bot is active as soon as you create it: it starts on the job, or asks you a few questions first when the job is general, and then it works on its own: it reads files, uses websites and desktop apps on its own computer, runs routines on a schedule, and tells you when it is done. It asks you first before it does something risky, for example a payment or an email to another person. Each bot has its own chat, its own tasks, its own memory and its own monthly spend limit. A bot stays the same between tasks, so it learns how you like the work done. Open **Bots** in the sidebar. It is the second item, directly under **Dashboard**. You need the Agents permission to see it. ## The Bots screen The Bots screen has three parts: * The bots list on the left. It shows **New bot**, **All bots**, each of your bots with its status, and your groups. * The bot page in the middle. It shows the chat with the selected bot. * The **Details** panel on the right. It shows the current task, the routines and the spend of the bot. The first time you open a Bots page in a browser session, the main app sidebar collapses to give the bot more room. Use the sidebar button to expand it again. ## Collapse or expand the bots list (the sidebar) The bots list on the left is a sidebar that you can collapse to avatars only. **1. Find the arrow button** At the top of the bots list, next to **New bot**, there is a small arrow button. Its name is **Collapse bots list**. **2. Click it to collapse the list** The list shrinks to the avatars of your bots. Point to an avatar to see the name and the status of the bot. **3. Click it again to expand the list** When the list is collapsed, the same button is under the plus icon, with the name **Expand bots list**. RelayHub remembers your choice in this browser. There is no keyboard shortcut for the bots list. On a phone or a narrow window there is no bots list: use **All bots** or the search to change bot. To collapse or expand the main app sidebar, use its own button, **Collapse sidebar** or **Expand sidebar**. ## All bots and Needs you **All bots** (`/bots`) shows every bot you own. **New bot** is the first button of the page header. A company admin also sees **More**, which holds the controls of the bot demo. * **Needs you** lists every item that waits for you, from all bots: approvals, questions, steps to check, proposed settings, emails that are ready to send, passwords and spend limits. Each item names its kind, for example "Approval", "Question" or "Password". You can answer most of them there with the same buttons as in the chat, or click **Open chat**. A proposed setting shows the value that **Accept** applies. * **Bots** shows each bot as a card. Use the filters **All**, **Needs you**, **Working** and **Paused**, and sort by **Status**, **Name** or **Recent activity**. * **Activity** shows what your bots did recently. The page also shows what your bots spent today. When something needs you, the list item reads "All bots, N need you", and the browser tab shows the number. ## Status of a bot | Status | Meaning | | - | - | | **Ready** | The bot is active and has no task now. | | **Working** | The bot does a task now. | | **Waiting to start** | The bot has a task in the queue. The task starts soon. | | **Waiting** | The task of the bot waits on its own: for a free computer, for its helpers or for a set time. It continues without you. | | **Needs you** | A question, an approval or a check waits for you. | | **Could not finish** | The last task stopped before it was done. Open the bot to see why. | | **Cannot run** | The bot cannot start a task because of its owner, its company, its workspace or its agent access. Open the bot to see why. | | **Paused** | The bot does nothing until you resume it. | Under the name of each bot, the bots list shows one line about its last task, for example "Working: (task title)", "Finished: (task title)" or "Stopped: (task title)" when you stopped it. ## Bots on a phone On a phone, the Bots pages show one screen at a time. * **All bots** is the first screen. Its three tabs are **Needs you**, **Bots** and **Activity**. * A bot page and the **New bot** page have a back arrow at the top left. It goes back to **All bots**. * The actions of a bot message, **Reply** and **More** (with **Copy**), are in a row under the message. * When new messages arrive while you read older ones, a **Jump to latest** row shows under the chat with the number of new items. Tap it to go to the newest message. * When you open a link to a card that is gone, a line says "This request is no longer here. It was answered or removed." Tap **Close**. On a phone you can install Bots as an app and get notifications. See [Bot settings](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/settings.md). ## Find a bot * Press **Cmd+K** (Mac) or **Ctrl+K** (Windows) on any Bots page to open **Find a bot or group**. Type a part of the name or the description. The last row, **Search all of the product**, opens the RelayHub search. * When you have more than eight bots, the bots list also shows a **Find a bot** field. Press **Esc** to clear it. ## Keyboard shortcuts | Keys | Where | What it does | | - | - | - | | Cmd+K or Ctrl+K | any Bots page | Opens **Find a bot or group** | | Cmd+\ or Ctrl+\\ | a bot page | Shows or hides the **Details** panel | | Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter | **New bot** | Creates the bot | | Enter, Shift+Enter | the box under the chat | Sends the message, adds a new line | | Up and Down arrows | the bots list | Moves between bots; Enter opens one | | Esc | settings, live view, the status control | Closes it | | Ctrl+Alt+Shift | the desktop, while you have control | Leaves the desktop so that you can give back control | ## Related pages * [Make a bot](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/create.md) * [Work with a bot](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/working-with-bots.md) * [Permissions and approvals](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/permissions.md) * [The bot's computer](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/computer.md) * [Connections and saved logins](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/connections.md) * [Bot settings](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/settings.md) * [Routines, groups and helpers](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/routines-groups-helpers.md) * [Company bots and limits for admins](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/admin-limits.md) * [Words used for bots](https://docs.relayhub.ai/bots/glossary.md) This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.