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

# Overview

> Every teammate comes with its own computer

Your assistant doesn't live inside a chat window. It has a **computer of its
own** — a real desktop machine, running Ubuntu or Windows, with a real
browser, real applications, and its own files. When you ask it to fill in a
form on a website, wrestle a spreadsheet, or install and use a piece of
software, this is where that work physically happens.

> **Q: What software can you use?**
>
> **A:** I have my own computer and can download and use whatever software
> is needed to get things done.

That's your assistant's own answer during onboarding, and it's the right
mental model: a remote colleague with their own machine.

## Why it matters

Plenty of work can't be done through chat and APIs alone:

* **Apps and websites with no integration.** If a tool has a screen, your
  assistant can use it the same way you would — signing in, clicking,
  typing, reading what's there. No [integration](/integrations/overview)
  required.
* **Visual work.** Reviewing a page layout, checking what a form actually
  looks like, working through a flow that only exists in a browser.
* **Files and software.** Downloading reports, converting documents,
  running tools, organizing folders — everything lands on its machine and
  [stays there between sessions](/their-computer/the-machine).
* **Full transparency.** Because the work happens on a screen, you can
  [watch it live and even take the controls
  yourself](/their-computer/watching-and-control) during a Unify Meet call.

## Their computer, not yours

This section is about the machine **your assistant owns**. Your own computer
is a separate topic — covered in [Your Computer](/your-computer/overview):
assistants can't see or touch your machine unless you explicitly link it,
and by default the closest they get is watching your screen share on a call
and talking you through the steps. As the assistant itself puts it:

> Not directly — but you can view and control *my* computer through the
> Meet window ("Show assistant screen" → "Enable mouse and keyboard
> control"). If you need me to do something on my machine, just ask and
> I'll do it. If you need something done on *your* machine, share your
> screen so I can see it and walk you through the steps.

## What's in this section

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  <Card title="What it does there" icon="laptop-code" color="#2f9d97" href="/their-computer/what-it-does">
    Browsing, apps, files, downloads — the assistant's day-to-day on its
    machine.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Watching & taking control" icon="eye" color="#c95f5a" href="/their-computer/watching-and-control">
    See its live desktop during a Meet call, and drive it yourself.
  </Card>

  <Card title="The machine itself" icon="server" color="#cf9a3e" href="/their-computer/the-machine">
    Ubuntu or Windows, always-there storage, and how it stays private.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>