AI Assistant

Ask Marcus about your attack surface from Insights → AI Assistant.

Insights → AI Assistant is Marcus (Aurelius): query your attack surface in natural language, or switch to Agent mode when it is enabled.

Ask questions in plain English — "What are my most critical open vulnerabilities?", "Show me assets discovered in the last 7 days", "Which domains have expiring certificates?" — and get immediate, data-backed answers.

Open the assistant

  1. Go to Insights → AI Assistant.

Ask a question

  1. Type in Ask anything about your attack surface.
  2. Optionally pick Query vs agent mode, or a starter hint (Exploitable Vulnerabilities, Trends & Changes, Exposure Management).
  3. Click send. Answers stay in this conversation.

Use New Conversation, Conversations, Prompt Library, and Hunts in the sidebar. Praetorian admins also see Pius Triage.

AI must be enabled under Settings → AI (AI Inference). Agent mode needs AI Agents.

Two Modes of Operation

The AI Assistant operates in two modes, toggled via a control at the bottom of the chat:

  • Query Mode — Natural-language queries against your Chariot data. The assistant retrieves and presents information from your security database. Best for quick lookups, reporting questions, and data exploration. Query Mode is enabled when AI inference is turned on for your account — a Praetorian admin can configure this.
  • Agent Mode — Enables Aurelius, Guard's AI security operator, to take action on your behalf. In this mode the assistant can execute scans, delegate tasks to specialist agents, build attack graphs, and manage assets. Agent Mode must be explicitly enabled by a Praetorian operator.

Key Features

  • Conversation History — A collapsible sidebar lists all your past conversations, searchable and sorted by recency. Pick up any previous thread where you left off.
  • Voice Input — Click the microphone icon to speak your question instead of typing.
  • Entity Mentions — Type @ to mention specific assets, risks, or other entities directly in your message for precise questions.
  • Agent Execution Traces — When running in Agent Mode, a trace drawer shows the step-by-step execution of agent tasks, including tool calls, token counts, and status indicators.

Support

If the assistant is locked, check Settings → AI or reach out to support@praetorian.com.