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AI Chat Assistant

AIA includes a built-in AI Chat Assistant powered by You.com that you can use to ask questions about incidents, get fix suggestions, and learn best practices — all without leaving the dashboard.

Overview

The AI Chat page (/chat) provides a conversational interface where you can:

  • Ask about your active incidents
  • Request help with specific error types
  • Get best practices for deployment reliability
  • Learn how to reduce incident resolution time

Accessing the Chat

Navigate to the Chat section from the top navigation bar. The chat requires you to be signed in.

Interface

The chat UI provides:

  • Message history — Scrollable conversation view with timestamps
  • Role indicators — Bot icon for AI, person icon for user
  • Suggested questions — Pre-built prompts shown on first load
  • Rich input — Press Enter (without Shift) or click Send

Suggested Questions (shown on first load)

  • "What are my most critical incidents?"
  • "How do I fix a null pointer exception?"
  • "What causes deployment failures?"
  • "Show me best practices for error handling"
  • "How can I reduce incident resolution time?"

API Endpoint

POST /api/chat

Request body:

{
  "message": "What causes deployment failures?"
}

Response:

{
  "response": "Deployment failures are typically caused by..."
}

The API proxies your message to the You.com AI and returns the response. You.com's models have strong general coding and DevOps knowledge, making them particularly useful for incident analysis.

Setup

Environment Variables

.env.local
```bash YOU_API_KEY=ydc_your_key_here ```

Getting a You.com API Key

  1. Go to you.com and sign in
  2. Visit the API section in your account settings
  3. Generate a new API key (starts with ydc_)
  4. Add it to your environment variables

Note: The same YOU_API_KEY is used by both the AI Chat feature and the Autopsy analysis service.

Behavior Details

Auto-scroll

The chat window automatically scrolls to the latest message as new responses arrive.

Loading State

While the AI is generating a response, a spinning loader appears in the chat window indicating "Thinking...".

Error Handling

If the AI response fails, an error toast is shown and a fallback message appears in the chat: "Sorry, I encountered an error. Please try again."

Use Cases

Incident Triage

Ask the AI to help you prioritize: "Which incidents should I investigate first?"

Fix Guidance

Paste an error message and ask: "What are the common causes of this error and how do I fix it?"

Learning

Get explanations for complex concepts: "What is the difference between a deployment failure and a runtime error?"

Next Steps