OBO Help Guide

OBO is an intelligent assistant built into Output Messenger. It streamlines everyday administrative tasks — reminders, tasks, leave, calendar, and log lookups — and, when an AI model is connected, understands natural-language commands and searches your Chat Logs and Drive files.

What is OBO?

OBO is an intelligent assistant integrated within the Output Messenger ecosystem. Designed specifically for Output Messenger users, OBO helps streamline everyday administrative tasks — improving productivity and efficiency across your day.

OBO with AI (LLM)

When an AI language model (LLM) is connected to your Output Messenger server, OBO gains smarter, context-aware abilities — improving your chat replies and letting you search your Chat Logs and Drive files using natural language.

1. Enabling LLM for OBO

LLM is configured by your administrator in the Server Manager. Once enabled, every OBO chat window shows the active provider (for example, OllamaAPI (phi4-mini)) under the bot name.

1. Open Server Manager → Plugins → LLM Configuration.
2. Tick Enable LLM.
3. Choose the LLM Type / Provider (e.g. Ollama API (Custom Server)).
4. Enter the Server URL and select a Model (e.g. http://localhost:11434/api/generate, model phi4-mini).
5. Click Test Connection — you should see “Connection successful!” — then click Save.

2. What you can do when LLM is enabled

3. Search modes — Default & Drive

Each OBO chat window has a mode selector in the top-right corner. The selected mode decides where OBO looks when you send a request.

Default

Searches and acts across all your modules:

Use natural-language commands to create, assign, schedule, apply for, and view items across these modules.

Drive

Searches your Drive files only. OBO looks through your Drive documents and returns the matching content with the source file(s) cited. You can also run a one-off Drive search from Default mode using the /drive command.

4. Drive Search — example

Use the /drive command in the OBO chat window, followed by what you want to find:

/drive Output Messenger pricing

OBO searches your Drive files and replies with the matching information and the source document:

OBO answers from the most relevant file and also lists other matching documents, so you can open the exact version you need.

5. Mention & notify users in a command

You can reference a user inside an OBO command with an @mention. Type @ and a picker appears — select the person you want to notify or include.

Schedule a meeting ‘Sprint Planning’ tomorrow 10 to 11 AM with @

After typing @, choose the user(s) from the list (for example Wilson, Nancy, Edward…). OBO then performs the action — such as scheduling the meeting — and notifies the mentioned user(s).

Core capabilities

With OBO, you can easily:

• Set up reminders
• Create and manage tasks
• Submit or cancel leave requests
• Organize and plan your calendar
• Perform log lookups

1. Reminder setup

Automates sending reminders for meetings, deadlines, or personal tasks.

How to use

1. Open Output Messenger.
2. Launch the chat for OBO.
3. Enter a reminder command, e.g. Remind me to submit the report tomorrow at 10 AM.
4. OBO confirms with “Reminder set successfully,” and notifies you when it’s time.

2. Task creation

Create and manage tasks using natural-language commands. OBO extracts details such as task title, start time, end time, and recurrence, and confirms before creating the task.

How to use

1. Open Output Messenger.
2. Launch the chat for OBO.
3. Enter a task command, e.g. Add Task Status Report for tomorrow.
4. OBO confirms with “Successfully created task.”

3. Leave requests & cancellations

Effortlessly apply for or cancel leave via chat.

How to use

• To request leave: Submit a sick leave request for tomorrow.
• To cancel leave: Cancel a sick leave request for tomorrow.

4. Calendar planning

Schedule events, check availability, or plan meetings.

How to use

• To view your calendar: Show me appointments for this week.

5. Search chat logs

OBO helps you find past conversations easily. Describe what you’re looking for and put your search term in single quotes.

Refine your search

Add any of the following to focus the results:

• from a person — messages sent by a specific user
• with a person — your conversation with a specific user
• in my logs — limit the search to your own chat history
• a time range — for example, today, the past 2 days, or a specific date

Best practices & FAQs

Best practices

• Phrase commands naturally — OBO excels at parsing straightforward language.
• Be specific — include exact dates, times, and names.
• Remember an approver is required when submitting a leave request.

FAQs