Web Access

Private Office AI · Feature — Web Access

Web Access.
Current information, on your terms.

An optional add-on that lets the assistant look things up on the open internet — today’s exchange rate, a competitor’s price, a regulation that changed last month — without giving up the privacy the rest of the box is built on. Off by default. On only when you decide it’s worth it.

Web Access On · This chat only
You: What’s today’s KES/USD rate, for the Njoroge invoice?
Source: central bank rate feed, fetched just now
AI: 1 USD ≈ 129.4 KES today — want the invoice recalculated?

01 — What it is

A deliberate window to the outside, not an open door

Web Access is the one feature on the box that talks to the internet — and it only does so when a specific conversation calls for it, and only after your office has switched it on.

The Feature

Look things up without leaving the chat

Ask about a current exchange rate, a recent law change, today’s weather, or what a competitor is charging, and the assistant fetches it live from the web and folds the answer straight into the conversation — no separate browser tab required.

  • Pulls current facts, prices, and news into any chat
  • Cites the source it pulled the answer from
  • Works alongside everything else the AI already does
What Makes It Deliberate

Your data still doesn’t leave — only the question does

Turning Web Access on doesn’t change how the rest of the box works. Your files, chat history, contacts, and calendar stay exactly where they are. Only the specific lookup — not your documents, not your conversation history — goes out, and only for as long as you leave the switch on.

  • Off by default on every install
  • Toggle per conversation, or lock it off office-wide
  • Admins decide who’s allowed to switch it on

02 — Inside web access

Built to fill the one gap a private box has

Everything else on the box runs offline by design. Web Access is the narrow exception, built for the questions that genuinely need today’s internet.

Live inside Private AI Chat

Flip Web Access on for a single conversation, ask your question, and the answer arrives blended with everything the assistant already knows from your files.

Sourced, not just stated

Answers pulled from the web come with the source attached, so you can tell at a glance what came from your own documents and what came from outside.

Feeds straight into drafts

A current figure pulled from the web can drop directly into a document or email built with the Document & Email Generator, in the same conversation.

Controlled by the same permissions

An admin can restrict Web Access to specific roles, or turn it off entirely for the whole office, through Team Accounts & Permissions.


03 — How it feels day to day

A switch, not a default. On for the moment you need it.

Step 1

Flip the toggle in chat

Turn Web Access on for the conversation in front of you — it stays off everywhere else until you choose otherwise.

Step 2

Ask your question

Ask for a rate, a fact, a recent price, or anything that needs today’s internet rather than yesterday’s files.

Step 3

Get an answer, with its source

The assistant fetches, cites, and folds the result back into the conversation — then Web Access goes quiet again.


04 — The rest of the box

Web Access is one part of the office

Same login, same box, same privacy everywhere else — explore what runs alongside it.


05 — Questions people ask

About Web Access specifically

Is Web Access on by default?+
No. Every box ships with it off. Someone with the right permissions has to turn it on, either for a single conversation or more broadly, before the assistant will fetch anything from the internet.
Does turning it on expose my files or chat history?+
No. Web Access only sends out the specific question it needs to answer. Your documents, past conversations, contacts, and calendar stay on the box exactly as they always do.
Can an admin block it entirely?+
Yes. Through Team Accounts & Permissions, an admin can restrict who’s allowed to enable Web Access, or disable it office-wide so the box stays fully offline at all times.
How do I know when an answer came from the web versus my own files?+
Answers pulled from the internet come with a source attached in the conversation, so it’s always clear what’s grounded in your Knowledge Base and what came from outside.

Ready when you are

Give your team current answers, without giving up privacy.

See Web Access running with real data in the live demo, or go straight to building your box.