AI - Chat

SleekByte's AI chat is a fully agentic assistant that understands your project structure and can perform complex operations automatically. Unlike simple chatbots that just answer questions, this AI can analyze your work, create complete solutions, and call tools to help you achieve your goals efficiently.

Understanding the agentic approach

The term "agentic" means the AI can take autonomous actions on your behalf. When you ask for something, it doesn't just provide advice—it actually performs the work. This intelligent system can analyze your existing work, understand your project structure, and make informed decisions about how to implement your requests.

Automatic context discovery

When you start a new conversation without any specific files selected, the AI becomes your project detective. It automatically examines your snippet collection to understand what you're working with, then uses this information to provide contextually relevant assistance.

The AI follows this process:

1. Scans your snippet directory to understand your current project structure
2. Analyzes existing patterns in your code organization and naming conventions
3. Determines optimal placement for new snippets based on your existing setup
4. Creates coordinated solutions that fit seamlessly with your current codebase

For example, if you simply ask "Create a login redirect snippet," the AI will first explore your existing snippets to see if you already have authentication-related code, check how you typically organize your files, and then create a new snippet that fits seamlessly with your existing patterns.

Intelligent operation levels

The AI adapts its approach based on what you're asking for, working at different levels of granularity:

Complete snippet creation

• Generates entire feature structures with organized PHP, CSS, and JavaScript files
• Creates proper snippet.json configuration
• Follows your existing organizational patterns
• Implements WordPress coding standards

Targeted file modifications

• Makes specific changes while preserving existing code structure
• Maintains your coding style and patterns
• Updates only what's necessary for the requested changes
• Keeps file relationships and dependencies intact

Smart code organization

• Understands SleekByte's file conventions
• Follows WordPress best practices
• Organizes code logically within your existing structure

Working with context

Context is what makes the AI truly powerful. By understanding which files you're working with, it can provide much more targeted and useful assistance.

Adding individual files

When you right-click a file in the file browser to add it to your chat context, you're telling the AI "focus on this specific piece of code." The AI gains several important capabilities:

• Understands the file's purpose and role in your project
• Sees relationships to other parts of your codebase
• Maintains consistency with your existing code patterns
• Provides targeted assistance specific to that file's functionality

This approach is particularly useful when you're debugging a specific issue or want to enhance a particular file without affecting the broader codebase.

Working with complete snippets

Adding an entire folder to the context gives the AI a comprehensive view of a complete feature. When all files in a snippet folder are included, the AI automatically recognizes:

• PHP logic and functionality across all your PHP files
• CSS styling and design patterns in your stylesheets
• JavaScript interactions and behaviors in your scripts
• Configuration settings in your snippet.json file
• File relationships and how they work together

With this holistic understanding, the AI can make coordinated changes across multiple files while ensuring everything works together properly.

Benefits of proper context

With the right context, the AI becomes remarkably effective at:

• Maintaining consistency across your entire codebase
• Learning your coding patterns and preferred approaches
• Preserving naming conventions and organizational structures
• Making changes that feel natural rather than foreign to your existing code

Error resolution made simple

One of the most powerful features is the ability to send errors directly from SleekByte to the AI chat. When you encounter an error, instead of trying to debug it yourself, you can right-click the file in the file browser and select "Fix Error" to send it to the AI along with the relevant file context.

The AI doesn't just look at the error message—it analyzes the error within the full context of your WordPress environment and SleekByte setup. This comprehensive analysis includes:

• WordPress function availability at different hooks
• Common WordPress development pitfalls and their solutions
• SleekByte configuration issues in snippet.json files
• File relationship problems that might cause conflicts
• Performance considerations for the proposed fixes