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title: "Use Grafana Assistant and Assistant Investigations | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Learn how to use Grafana Assistant to onboard, use Learn mode, navigate, query, dashboard, investigate, and manage knowledge graph configurations."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Use Grafana Assistant and Assistant Investigations

These guides explain how to use Grafana Assistant to perform common tasks in Grafana Cloud and in self-managed Grafana connected to a Grafana Cloud Assistant backend. Learn how to query your data, build dashboards, and investigate incidents using natural language.

Some guides describe features that are not available in self-managed deployments, especially investigations, infrastructure memory, Grafana Cloud MCP connections, and other Grafana Cloud-only workflows.

## Before you begin

- Review [Pricing and limits](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/pricing).
- Review [Privacy and security](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/privacy-and-security).
- Set up and [Get started with Grafana Assistant](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/get-started).

## Topics in this hub

- [Get onboarding support](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/onboarding/)  
  Use Grafana Assistant to learn Grafana features, observability concepts, and build monitoring strategies.
- [Query data](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/querying/)  
  Use Grafana Assistant to write, explain, and optimize queries for Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, SQL databases, CloudWatch, Elasticsearch, Zabbix, and other supported data sources.
- [Use Learn mode](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/learn-mode/)  
  Use Grafana Assistant Learn mode to get personalized observability lessons based on your role, goals, and infrastructure.
- [Manage dashboards](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/dashboarding/)  
  Find, understand, create, and edit Grafana dashboards with the Assistant.
- [Navigate Grafana resources](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/navigation/)  
  Locate resources, build deep links, and coordinate incident response with Grafana Assistant.
- [Infrastructure memory](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/infrastructure-memory/)  
  Learn how Grafana Assistant automatically builds and maintains knowledge about your infrastructure to improve accuracy.
- [Run investigations](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/investigation/)  
  Use Grafana Assistant to explore issues, correlate signals, and run investigations in Assistant Workspace.
- [Create Skills](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/skills/)  
  Create and manage skills to encode team knowledge and guide Assistant agents.
- [Manage and investigate alerts](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/alerting/)  
  Use Grafana Assistant to list rules, investigate history, manage silences, and troubleshoot routing.
- [Use Automations](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/automations/)  
  Create saved Grafana Assistant prompts that you can run on demand or on a recurring schedule.
- [Incident response and management](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/irm/)  
  Manage on-call schedules, request shift swaps, and track incidents using the Assistant.
- [Use Grafana Assistant CLI](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/cli/)  
  Use Grafana Assistant CLI for terminal chat, automation, and local project access.
- [Slack integration](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/slack/)  
  Configure and use the Grafana Assistant Slack integration to interact with Assistant directly from Slack channels.
- [Use Knowledge Graph mode](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/knowledge-graph/)  
  Use Grafana Assistant Knowledge Graph mode to troubleshoot entity modeling, configuration, custom insights, and rule management.
- [Manage Alloy pipelines in Fleet Management](/docs/grafana-cloud/machine-learning/assistant/guides/fleet-management/)  
  Use Grafana Assistant to validate, create, inspect, and update Alloy pipelines in Grafana Fleet Management.