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# Settings

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Assist is new in the IDA 9.5 beta, and its documentation is subject to change. Treat it as a work in progress rather than a finished reference.
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Assist has it's own Settings: the Sessions history recording, Memory and Tree views; the Permissions and Preferences configured during onboarding, and the integrated, built-in user guide. Open it from the Assist panel's top row.

## What's in the menu

* **Sessions**: opens the Sessions view; also reachable with `/sessions`.
* **Memory**: browse, search, edit or delete stored findings, described in [Memory](/ida-9.5/add-ons/assist/concepts/memory.md). Also reachable directly with `/memory`.
* **Tree**: opens the conversation tree view; also reachable with `/tree`.
* **Permissions**: what Assist and connected agents may do, described in [Permissions & Privacy](/ida-9.5/add-ons/assist/concepts/permissions-and-privacy.md).
* **Preferences…**: where the model backend is chosen: the built-in agent, or an agent you already use (Claude Code, ChatGPT, Grok, or an API key/local endpoint). You can also select here the appeareance and behavior, or check for updates.
* **Guide**: opens the built-in Assist user guide.


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