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@@ -114,10 +114,23 @@ contents — text, PDF, ZIP, and image files are supported.
   supported. Confirm this in your deployment before relying on it.
 </Note>
 
+## Editing without edit access to this dashboard
+
+If you have the Explorer role or higher but don't have edit access to this
+specific dashboard's workbook, asking the agent to change something doesn't
+just explain the limitation. Instead, the agent duplicates the dashboard into
+a new workbook that you own, applies your requested change to that copy, and
+hands you off to the new dashboard — the original is never touched. If you do
+have edit access to the dashboard's workbook, the agent edits it in place
+instead.
+
 ## What the Dashboard Agent can and can't do
 
-The published Dashboard Agent can answer questions and adjust your own view, but
-it never changes the **saved** dashboard.
+The published Dashboard Agent can answer questions and adjust your own view,
+but it never changes the **saved** dashboard — unless it duplicates it for you
+first, as described in
+[Editing without edit access to this dashboard](#editing-without-edit-access-to-this-dashboard)
+above.
 
 **It can:**
 
@@ -137,11 +150,16 @@ it never changes the **saved** dashboard.
 
 - Save its filter or time-granularity changes to the dashboard — they apply to
   your session only and never change what other viewers see
-- Edit the dashboard, or add/remove widgets
+- Edit this dashboard directly, or add/remove its widgets — if you have the
+  Explorer role or higher, it duplicates the dashboard into a new workbook
+  and edits the copy instead, or edits in place if you have edit access to
+  the dashboard's workbook; see
+  [Editing without edit access to this dashboard](#editing-without-edit-access-to-this-dashboard)
 - Create reports or workbooks
 - Change the data model
 
-If you need any of those, use the [Workbook Agent][ref-workbook-agent] instead.
+If you need any of those and don't have the Explorer role or higher, use the
+[Workbook Agent][ref-workbook-agent] instead.
 
 ## Limitations
 
@@ -151,9 +169,12 @@ If you need any of those, use the [Workbook Agent][ref-workbook-agent] instead.
   applies to your session only — it is never saved to the dashboard. If you ask
   it to change something with no control on the dashboard, it explains the
   current state instead of applying a change.
-- **No authoring on published dashboards.** The published Dashboard Agent
-  cannot create reports or build dashboards, edit the saved dashboard, or change
-  the data model. Those live in the [Workbook Agent][ref-workbook-agent].
+- **No authoring on published dashboards for viewers without the Explorer
+  role.** The published Dashboard Agent cannot create reports or build
+  dashboards, edit the saved dashboard, or change the data model. Those live
+  in the [Workbook Agent][ref-workbook-agent]. Explorer-role-and-above viewers
+  get a form of authoring too — see
+  [Editing without edit access to this dashboard](#editing-without-edit-access-to-this-dashboard).
 - **Report search covers published reports only.** When the agent searches for
   existing reports, it sees published reports.