> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.plane.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Ask Plane Agent right from your Dashboard: follow onboarding, understand payroll, and more

> Admins and managers can now start a conversation with the Agent from the Dashboard, or with a single click from a team member, payroll, tax form, or project. Plane Agent can answer more of your questions about onboarding and payroll, and it has a new icon.

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The Dashboard now has a *What's next?* box, marked with Plane Agent's new icon. Type a request and the conversation opens in full.

Not using Plane Agent yet? Enable it from the *Features* catalog, and your request will be waiting in the composer.

### One click from your records

Team members, payrolls, tax forms, and projects now offer ready-made prompts. Look for the Plane Agent icon to explain late or short payments, compare a payroll item to the last pay period, or summarize a contract. You can edit the prompt before you send it.

### Get more detailed answers

* **Follow onboarding:** ask where a new hire's onboarding stands, which tasks are open or overdue, and who needs to act.
* **Ask what's in a document:** Plane Agent now reads a team member's documents, so you can ask about what they say, not just whether they exist.
* **Check contract terms:** ask about a team member's contracts, their terms, status, and who has signed.

### Other improvements

* **See its reasoning:** follow what the Agent is doing as it works. It folds away beside the answer when it's done.
* **Stop a reply:** press *Stop* while the Agent is working.
* **Manage its settings:** Plane Agent has its own settings page, under *Workspace > Agent* in settings.

## For builders and developers

The AI apps you connect to Plane through MCP can now follow onboarding and read contracts, too.

* **Onboarding progress:** list a team member's projects, and get each project's tasks with their status, due date, and who needs to act.
* **Contracts:** list a team member's contracts with their terms, status, and signatures.


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