> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lena.africa/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Lena Agent
> What Lena Agent is, where to find it in Lena for Teachers, who can use it, and what a chat with it looks like.
Lena Agent does the routine work in your courses, and you check it. Ask in plain
words, such as "Make a 10-question quiz from my Week 3 notes" or "Who hasn't
submitted Essay 1?", and it looks things up, drafts the work and links you to
what it made. By default, anything that can't be taken back, or that reaches
students, waits for your approval. Marks and released grades always do.
It lives in Lena for Teachers and works as you: it can do what you could do in
the app, in the school you have open, and nothing more.
## Where to find it
* **In the sidebar.** Choose **AI Agent** at the top of the menu. Or flip the
sidebar switch from **Home** to **Agent**: you then see **New chat**, your
**Daily brief** and your past chats.
* **Beside any page.** Choose **Ask Lena** in the top bar, or press ⌘ J (Ctrl J
on Windows). The agent opens in a panel next to the page and already knows what you're looking at. See
[Ask Lena from any page](https://support.lena.africa/agent/ask-lena.md).
* **Each morning.** The [daily brief](https://support.lena.africa/agent/daily-brief.md) lists work it could
take off your plate.
## Who can use it
* **Your school must have it switched on.** Lena's team turns Lena Agent on for
a school. Until then you see "Lena Agent isn't on for your school" and can
choose **Request access**. See
[limits and access](https://support.lena.africa/agent/limits-and-privacy.md#if-your-school-doesnt-have-it-yet).
* **Your role must include it.** A course's **Owner**, **Teacher** and
**Assistant** can use it. Other roles see "The AI agent isn't available. Your
role on your courses doesn't include it."
## A quick tour
**1. Ask**
**AI Agent** opens on "What can I help you with?". Type your request in the message box and press Enter
(Shift Enter starts a new line). Below the box you can attach files (**+**), choose how the
agent asks for approval (the shield), narrow the chat to one course (**All courses**), dictate, and see how much of
today's allowance you've used (the ring).
The compose screen, with the controls under the message box.
**2. Watch it work**
While it works you see "Working" and each step as it ticks off, such as "Loaded courses", "Creating quiz" and
"Publishing quiz". When the answer starts, the steps fold into a line like "Worked for 16s · 3 steps", which you can
open again. Choose **Show canvas** to follow the steps and links in a side panel.
**3. Answer its questions**
If it needs something from you, such as whether a quiz is graded or practice, it shows a short form. Choose an answer
and **Continue**, then **Submit**. You can also answer in the message box.
**4. Approve what matters**
Before anything one-way, like publishing a quiz, it shows a card such as "Publish a quiz" with every detail. Choose
**Approve** or **Decline**. See [approvals and safety](https://support.lena.africa/agent/approvals-and-safety.md).
**5. Open what it made**
New courses, quizzes, assignments, exams, discussions and announcements appear as cards with an **Open** link. Names
in its replies link to the record in the app.
A quiz the agent made from a teacher’s notes, ready to open.
## Good to know
* **It works in the school you have open.** To use it for another school, switch
school in the top bar first.
* **Your chats follow you.** They're kept for each school you belong to and
appear on your other devices.
* **It keeps going if you leave.** Reloading the page or closing the tab doesn't
stop a request. Open the chat again to see the reply.
* **Rate its replies.** Under each reply, **Good response** and **Bad response**
tell Lena's team how it did.
## Next
> [card] [What it can do](https://support.lena.africa/agent/what-it-can-do.md)
>
> Tasks it handles, prompts to try, and what's out of reach.
> [card] [Approvals and safety](https://support.lena.africa/agent/approvals-and-safety.md)
>
> What it does on its own, what it asks first, and what it never does.
> [card] [Attach files](https://support.lena.africa/agent/files.md)
>
> Give it your notes, outlines and study materials to work from.
> [card] [Daily brief](https://support.lena.africa/agent/daily-brief.md)
>
> A short list each morning of what needs you.
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