Build Your Document with AI - November 20, 2025

We have a lot of Grist templates, but we'll never be able to build one for everything. Generating the basics is something that AI does really well. We began with a blank page and ended with a custom foundation for a specific use case, with Grist's Assistant doing all of the heavy lifting. A simple, practical look at what AI can (and can't) do with relational spreadsheets. 00:00 Start 00:10 🚨 NEW FEATURE ALERT: Date helpers 02:03 💡 Tip: 'View As' feature for Access Rules 02:52 💡 Tip: 'Only show documents' on Grist home page 03:38 Introduction 05:02 Getting started with the Assistant 06:27 Adding sample records 06:50 Fixing a reference column 07:28 Fixing a date column 08:33 Adding and modifying a choice column 09:47 Adding another table 10:16 💡 Tip: Add sample records to confirm everything works as expected! 12:35 Adding a formula 15:52 Filling in data 16:06 Creating a trigger formula 16:48 Error handling 19:18 Updating Year column to run from Dec 25 through Dec 24 of following year 21:35 Renaming a column 22:33 Building a dashboard with a summary table 24:13 Renaming a page 24:30 💡 Tip: Add an emoji to the page name to replace the box icon 24:45 Adding linked widgets 28:02 ❔ User Question: Will it make the initial frontend that the end user sees to add kids, behaviors and tasks, etc.? 28:43 Clearing sample data 28:50 ❔ User Question: You have multiple pages, a user could get confused. How to create a single data entry screen? 28:57 Add widget descriptions 31:19 General information about the Assistant Useful links: - GetGrist.com | Resources | Webinars: https://www.getgrist.com/webinars/ - Community Forum: https://community.getgrist.com/ - Help Center: https://support.getgrist.com/ - Assistant: https://support.getgrist.com/assistant/