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# Use OpenAI Assistant in Duaer

OpenAI Assistant in Duaer is an AI or cluster node, often used with model, tool, or vector-store sub-nodes. Node note: Utilizes Assistant API from Open AI.
## OpenAI Assistant in Duaer

OpenAI Assistant is used in Duaer’s AI or cluster features, often wired with chat-model, tool, or vector-store sub-nodes.

The product’s node note is: Utilizes Assistant API from Open AI..

## Credentials and parameters

Create the credential type this service needs under Credentials.

Parameters accept expressions. Tool parameters that an AI Agent should fill use $fromAI. When a run fails, read the error on the node output first.
## Questions

### How do you add OpenAI Assistant to a Duaer digital organization?

Open the node panel on the Duaer canvas, search for OpenAI Assistant, and drop it onto the digital organization. Connect it after a trigger or a previous node. If auth is required, save the credential first and select it on the node.

### What should you check first when OpenAI Assistant fails in Duaer?

Read the error text on that node’s output, then confirm the credential still works and required parameters are filled. For app nodes, also check permissions and quota on the provider side.