Work with Air Mate

Describe the result you want, the way you would to a teammate. In a channel, mention @Air Mate and continue in its reply thread. In a direct message, just send the request. Air Mate asks when it needs more details.

Ask a question

Ask about anything Air Mate can look into: your code, issues in a connected tracker, or earlier discussions in Slack. For example:

            @Air Mate Explain how authentication works in this repository.
            Link to the main entry points and tell me how to run the related tests.
        

For a bug, include the steps to reproduce it, the error text or a screenshot, and a link to the issue or the thread where it was reported. Start a new thread for unrelated work so each discussion stays easy to follow.

Answers without a mention

Air Mate tracks every question asked in the channels it's connected to, not only the ones addressed to it. When it knows the answer and has evidence for it, such as code, an issue, or an earlier discussion, it replies in the thread on its own. You can't turn this off.

If Air Mate doesn't reply on its own, it either doesn't know the answer or can't back it up. To make sure you get an answer, mention @Air Mate.

Delegate a code change

State the change, how you'll know it's done, and how to deliver it:

            @Air Mate Fix the login error described in this thread.
            Add a regression test and open a pull request with the test results.
            Don't merge it.
        

Review the pull request in GitHub and leave feedback there or in the thread. Air Mate can address review comments, follow CI, and merge its own pull requests. If your team always merges by hand, say so in its rules and protect the branch in GitHub.

Schedule work and reminders

Ask in plain language. Say what to do, when, in which time zone, and where to post the result:

            @Air Mate Every weekday at 9:00 Europe/Berlin,
            summarize open pull requests in this repository and post the summary here.
        

To be notified only when something changes, describe the condition:

            @Air Mate For the next two hours, check GitHub Actions on main every 10 minutes.
            Tell this thread when a run fails, with a link to it. Don't change any code.
        

Check Air Mate's confirmation of the schedule before you rely on it.

Change or stop scheduled work

There's no list of schedules in Air Teams – you manage them in Slack. Ask Air Mate to list the scheduled work for the conversation, then say which one to change, pause, resume, or delete:

@Air Mate List the scheduled tasks and reminders in this channel.

@Air Mate Pause the weekday pull request summary until Monday.

Wait for Air Mate to confirm the change. Deleting a schedule stops future runs but doesn't cancel work that has already started.

04 November 2026