Noric AI

Chat Assistant

An AI-powered conversational interface embedded in every grid. Talk to your grid in natural language — ask questions, request changes, do research, and run analysis.

Every grid has a built-in Chat Assistant. Open it by clicking the chat icon on the right side of the grid. You can ask it anything about your grid, instruct it to make changes, or use it as an AI research partner that has direct access to your data.

What the Chat Assistant can do

Read your grid

Answer questions about your data — "Which companies have more than 500 employees?" or "What is the average funding amount in column C?"

Modify your grid

Add rows, update cells, reconfigure columns, reorder data, and process cells with AI — all from a single message.

Search the web

Ask it to research a topic and it will search the web, read pages, and report back — citing its sources.

Analyze documents

Attach files to your chat message. The assistant reads them and uses their content when answering or making changes.

Run code

Ask for calculations, data transformations, or analysis. The assistant can write and execute Python code to get the answer.

Manage templates

Save the current column configuration as a column template or save the entire grid layout as a grid template — just by asking.

Opening the chat panel

Click the chat icon in the grid toolbar to open the assistant panel on the right side of the screen. The panel can be resized. Each grid has its own conversation history — conversations are saved and you can scroll back through previous messages.

Sending a message

Type your message in the input field at the bottom and press Enter or click Send. While the assistant is working, you'll see a real-time chain-of-thought view — a list of reasoning steps showing what it is doing: searching the web, reading your grid, updating cells, running code.

Example requests

Add a column called "Qualification Score" that rates each company on a scale of 1–10 for fit as a B2B SaaS customer.

Search the web for the latest funding round for each company in row 1 to 5 and update the Funding column.

Which rows have a confidence score below 60%? List them.

Save the current grid layout as a template called "Lead Enrichment v2".

Delete the rows where the Industry column says "Unknown".

Attaching files

Click the paperclip icon in the chat input to attach a file. Supported types: PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), and images. The assistant reads the file and uses its content in its response — useful for asking questions about a document or having it populate grid rows from a report.

Here is our Q4 investor report [attached]. Extract the revenue figures and add them to the Revenue column for each product line.

Confirming destructive actions

When the assistant is about to do something irreversible — such as deleting rows or removing a column — it pauses and asks for your confirmation before proceeding. A dialog appears with the exact action it wants to take. You can approve or reject it.

  • Approve — the action runs and the assistant continues
  • Reject — the action is cancelled; the assistant acknowledges and stops

This safety step only applies to destructive operations. Non-destructive changes (adding rows, updating cells, adding columns) happen without a confirmation prompt.

Web search and sources

When the assistant searches the web, it includes source citations in its response. Each source shows the URL and a brief summary of what was found there. Click a source to open the original page.

Conversation history

Conversations are saved per grid. Each conversation automatically gets a short descriptive title based on its first message. You can start a new conversation at any time — previous conversations remain accessible in the conversation list at the top of the chat panel.

Tips for using the chat assistant effectively

  • Be specific about the target: "Update the Description column for rows 1–10" is clearer than "update descriptions"
  • Reference columns by name: "Add a column called Priority" works better than "add a new column"
  • Combine research and writing: "Search for @Company Name's latest product launch and write a one-sentence summary" in a single message
  • Ask follow-up questions: The assistant remembers the conversation context, so you can build on previous messages
  • Use it to explore your data: "Summarize the trends you see in the Industry and Funding columns" can surface patterns quickly