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Interactive Window AI Integration

Description

Use the interactive window to send prompts to AI with quick prefixes, view results, and generate or modify project files directly.

Overview

In the interactive window, the ! prefix on a line performs interactive AI queries. Type ! by itself to open the interactive AI dialog.

  • Multi-line prompts

    Type longer prompts comfortably.

  • Inspect last result

    Review the last AI result without printing with ?.

  • History

    Scroll prior prompts when enabled.

  • Log

    View and replay prior results when logging is enabled.

  • Quick settings

    Open AI settings tailored for the interactive window.

Interactive window using the ! prefix
Interactive Window
Dialog opened by typing just !
Interactive AI Dialog
Scrolling list of previous prompts
History
Scrolling list of prompts with their results
Log

Basic Query

Send a simple prompt with !. The result is stored in a5_AI.result (print with ?).

Why is the sky blue?
! why is the sky blue
The result is stored in a5_AI.result
? a5_ai.result
= The sky appears blue due to a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering.

Adjusting The Effort

Choose higher-effort models defined in AI settings using prefix repeats.

  • !

    Uses the basic effort.

  • !!

    Selects the better effort.

  • !!!

    Picks the best effort.

Use better effort for a more complex task
!! Create a function in JavaScript that, using a supplied Ollama URL, performs an AI query.
The result is stored in a5_AI.result

? a5_AI.result
= // JavaScript helper function text (truncated)

Putting Results In A Variable

Assign the AI result to a custom variable with name = after the prefix.

Store result in a custom variable
! javascript = create a snippet of JavaScript that shows splitting a string with comma delimiters into an array.
Result stored in javascript
? javascript
=
// Basic string splitting with comma delimiter
const csvString = "apple,banana,orange,grape";
const fruitsArray = csvString.split(',');
console.log(fruitsArray);
// Output: ["apple", "banana", "orange", "grape"]

Passing Variables For Context

Include variables in parentheses to provide context (e.g., an open SQL connection supplies schema info).

Pass connection variable and store SQL result
dim cn as sql::Connection
? cn.Open("::Name::AADemo-Northwind")
= .T.

! (cn) sql = create a SQL query to return all the products
Result stored in sql
? sql
=
SELECT * FROM Products;

Create Web Project Files

Use >(filename) in the argument to save results directly into the Web project.

Create a new page with AI
! (>welcome.html) Create a welcome page
The result was saved to the web project in welcome.html

Existing files are automatically backed up so AI changes can be reverted.

Modify Existing Files

If the page exists, issue an edit prompt to change it.

Adjust page styling
! (>welcome.html) change the background light blue
The result was saved to the web project in welcome.html

Image Recognition / OCR

Use the scan: prefix to include an image as context (requires an image-recognition profile).

Describe an image and inspect the result
! (>wolf.png) scan: describe the image
The result is stored in a5_AI.result
? a5_ai.result
= " The image shows a wolf standing on what appears to be a snowy terrain with some trees in the background... "

Generate Image

Use the draw: prefix to generate an image (requires an image-generation profile).

Create a whale image and save to project
! (>whale.png) draw: create a photorealistic image of a whale breaking the surface of the ocean.
The result was saved to the web project in whale.png

Generate Audio

Use the say: prefix to generate an audio file (requires a speech-generation profile).

Create a welcome audio clip
! (>welcome.mp3) say: Welcome to our automation platform
The result was saved to the web project in welcome.mp3

Speech To Text

Use the transcribe: prefix to convert an audio file to text.

Transcribe audio
! transcribe: welcome.mp3
Welcome to our automation platform.