AI Chat
Open it with the AI icon in the top-left corner and type your request.
What it knows before it answers
- Where you are β which application, table or record you currently have open, so "add a Status field to this table" works without naming anything.
- Your structure β all tables, fields, field types and the relationships between them.
- What is already set up β the formulas on your calculated fields, the highlighting rules on your tables, your workflows and their run history, the modules and extensions you use, and the scripts behind your tables. You can ask what an existing setup does, not only build new things.
- Your permissions β it works under your own access, so it sees and changes only what you are allowed to.
- Tabidoo's know-how β the product documentation and the recommended way to model common things.
What it can do
You want to⦠| Ask for it like this | More |
|---|---|---|
Create a whole application | "Create a fleet management application with drivers, vehicles and trip tracking." | |
Add or change tables and fields | "Add a Status field with the options New, In progress and Done." | |
Link two tables together | "Link orders to customers and show the customer's city on the order." | |
Calculate a value from other fields | "Add a Total price field that multiplies quantity by unit price." | |
Highlight rows or cells | "Highlight tasks in red when the deadline has passed and the status isn't Done." | |
Automate something | "When I set an order to Done, fill in the completion date." | |
Draft a script | "Write a form script that checks the invoice number format." | |
Add or import records | "Here are 20 orders from our supplier β import them into Orders." | |
Change records in bulk | "Change the customer on all orders from Alfa to Alfa Ltd." | |
Clean up a table | "Which customers have a duplicate email address?" | |
Find records | "Show my open tasks due this week." | |
Answer a question about the data | "Show me total revenue by month for paid orders." | |
Check your plan usage | "How much of my plan have I used this month?" | |
Check extension versions | "Which version of Workflow Automation am I running?" |
You see a preview before anything is written
Before a change is applied to your application, AI Chat shows you an interactive preview of what it is about to do, so you can look it over and confirm it.
Before you ask for a big change
Some actions cannot be reversed. Deleting an application is immediate and permanent. Deleting a table can be undone afterwards β just ask. Deleting records cannot be undone; there is no recycle bin for data.
Be specific. Name the exact table, field or record you mean. A vague request is more likely to touch more of your application than you intended.
Say what stays the same when you update records. Mention only the fields that should change and add that the rest stays as it is β a field left out of your instructions may be cleared instead of left alone. See Working with your data.
Split very large builds into a few requests, and name your fields right the first time β a field's internal name is what scripts, integrations and formulas refer to. See Building your app.
What it can't do yet
- Views, saved filters and grid or kanban layout β not available from chat at all.
- Form layout β tabs, containers and field widths are set in the form designer.
- Saving scripts β form scripts and the code behind Button and Free HTML fields are drafted by AI Chat and pasted in by you; those two field types are created as empty placeholders.
- Roles and permissions β AI Chat installs the extension and explains the setup; dedicated support for building roles is being prepared.
- Number series and table inheritance β set up in the table settings.
- Changing the owner of an existing application β ownership is set when the application is created.
Usage and limits
Large data operations count towards the API limits of your plan, so a very big import may be processed in batches. AI usage itself is covered by credits β see AI Credits & Usage. To see where you currently stand, ask AI Chat directly: "How much of my plan have I used this month?"
Continue with
- Building your app with AI Chat β tables, fields, relationships, calculated fields, highlighting, workflows, scripts
- Working with your data in AI Chat β adding, updating, deleting, finding and analysing records