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AI Assist

Generate, refine, and explain workflows with natural language

Table of Contents
  1. What Is AI Assist?
  2. Opening AI Assist
  3. What You Can Ask For
  4. Working Effectively with AI Assist
  5. Related Pages

What Is AI Assist?

An AI Co-Pilot for the Canvas

AI Assist is a side-panel chat surface inside the Agent Builder editor. It can generate new workflows from a natural-language description, add or modify nodes on the current canvas, and explain what an existing workflow does — all without manually dragging nodes from the palette.

Agent Builder AI Assist panel

AI Assist tab in the editor side panel


Opening AI Assist

Where to Find It

AI Assist lives in the editor's left-hand side panel alongside the node Palette and the Agent settings.

  1. Open any agent in the editor (from the dashboard, click New Agent or open an existing one).
  2. In the left side panel, click the AI Assist tab.
  3. Type a prompt at the bottom of the panel and submit.
Side-panel tabs: The editor's side panel exposes three tabs — Palette (drag nodes onto the canvas), Agent (persona settings: name, system prompt, model, temperature, variables), and AI Assist (this feature).

What You Can Ask For

Common Prompts

Generate

Create a new workflow from scratch

"Build me a workflow that summarizes uploaded PDFs"
"Create a support ticket triage agent"

Modify

Edit the current canvas

"Add a Decision Tree to route urgent vs normal"
"Wire the LLM output into a Return Response node"

Explain

Understand an existing workflow

"Walk me through what this workflow does"
"Why is this node disconnected?"

Working Effectively with AI Assist

Prompting Tips

  • Be specific about inputs and outputs. "Take an uploaded CSV and return a summary email" is much easier to act on than "make a CSV agent".
  • Name the nodes you want. If you already know the node type (LLM, Loop, Decision Tree, Train File, etc.), reference it by name.
  • Iterate. Start with a rough generation, then ask follow-ups like "replace the Decision Tree with an If/Else on confidence > 0.8".
  • Review every change. AI Assist edits the canvas directly. Inspect the node graph and parameters before saving or running.
Always verify: AI Assist is a productivity accelerator, not a substitute for review. Confirm node configurations (especially file variables, model selection, and prompts) before running an agent in production.


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