Most of the time the chat is in Ask mode: it answers questions, finds records and proposes inventory edits when asked, as the rest of this section describes. On a few pages where you are editing content, the same chat also offers Edit mode, in which it writes changes straight into what you are editing.
Where Edit mode appears
Edit mode is offered only while you are editing one of these in Database:
- a form template draft;
- a controlled document draft that uses the built-in editor;
- a vessel profile, in the profile wizard.
Anywhere else, and while you are only viewing these pages, the chat has no Edit mode and no switch. What each of these assistants can build, the sources it uses and how its changes are saved are covered in The AI Builder and Vessel Profiles in the Database section.
How it opens
When you start editing one of these pages, the chat opens by itself in Edit mode. The bottom of the chat shows an Ask / Edit switch and a label naming what you are editing, for example Form template · followed by the template's name. The box reads Tell Nauticare AI what to change... and the chat starts with a short greeting that suggests what to ask for.
If you close the chat, it does not reopen by itself while you keep editing. To bring it back, use the sparkle icon in the top bar: while you are editing one of these pages it reopens straight in Edit mode, with your editing conversation as you left it. Closing the chat does not cancel a request that is already running. Its change is still applied to your draft.
Using Edit mode
- Type what you want changed and press Enter. A message can be up to 300 characters on form templates and controlled documents, and up to 5,000 characters on a vessel profile.
- Attach a file with the upload button next to the box. On form templates and controlled
documents, you can upload an existing document or spreadsheet (
.pdf,.png,.jpg,.jpeg,.txt,.md,.doc,.docx, and.xlsor.xlsxon form templates) to build or update the draft from it. On a vessel profile, you can upload a Minimum Safe Manning Document (.pdf,.png,.jpg,.jpeg) so the assistant can fill in the safe manning requirements. - Answer its questions. For a broad request it may reply with answer cards, which work the same way as in Ask mode. See Asking a Question.
- Undo. The latest reply that changed your draft shows Undo this change. It puts the draft back as it was when you sent that message, and the chat notes Change undone. Only the most recent change can be undone this way.
- On a phone, a View changes button under the latest change closes the chat so you can see the page.
While a controlled document or vessel profile is being saved, or while the vessel profile is loading or its new items are being created, the assistant cannot take a new request and a short note under the chat says why.
Edit mode changes only the draft on your screen. Nothing is stored until you save the page yourself, and cancelling discards what the assistant wrote along with your other unsaved edits. On a vessel profile, when the assistant plans new ranks, vessel documents, drafts or safe manning capacities that do not exist in your library yet, a bar appears above the chat box and nothing is added to Database until you press Create items.
Switching to Ask
Use the switch to change to Ask at any time, for example to ask how something works. Your Edit conversation is kept, and switching back to Edit returns to it. Pressing New chat or opening a conversation from Chat History also switches the chat to Ask.
When the conversation ends
An Edit conversation belongs to one editing session. When you stop editing (by saving, cancelling, switching to another version or tab, or leaving the page), the conversation ends. If the chat was showing Edit mode, it closes. The next time you start editing, you get a fresh Edit conversation.
Edit conversations are not listed in Chat History, which holds only your Ask conversations.
Edit mode uses your company's monthly AI limit, the same one as Ask mode. When the limit is reached, the Edit chat shows the same message. See Who Has the Assistant.