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# Oye Basanti — the assistant

> Ask plain-language questions and get answers straight from your live numbers.

**Oye Basanti** is a built-in assistant that answers questions about your business
from its **live data** — stock, requests, orders, variances, vendors, and recipe
costs. Tap the gold Basanti mark and ask in plain language; she reads the numbers
and replies.

<Note>
  Find her on the **gold Basanti button** in the top bar on desktop, and as a
  **floating button** on the mobile (outlet) app.
</Note>

## What you can ask

* "What's low on stock?"
* "Which purchase requests are pending?"
* "Any open variances this week?"
* "What does this recipe cost to make?"
* "Which vendors supply tomatoes?"

She answers from what's true right now — never invented figures — and cites the
actual items and numbers behind the answer.

## What she can't do

<Warning>
  Basanti is **read-only**. She can look things up and explain them, but she can't
  change anything — no creating, editing, approving, or deleting. Those stay in your
  hands on the normal screens.
</Warning>

## Good to know

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="She respects your access">
    You only get answers about what your role is allowed to see. If you can't view
    a report on the normal screens, Basanti won't surface it either.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Monthly allowance">
    Each answer draws on your workspace's monthly AI allowance. The panel shows how
    much of this month's allowance you've used. When it's reached, Basanti pauses
    until it resets on the 1st.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  The assistant needs to be enabled for your workspace. If it isn't configured, the
  button explains that it's unavailable — the rest of the app is unaffected.
</Note>