Modes
A mode tells the Agent what it is for and what it may do: its instruction, the tools it has, whether it works on a virtual copy of the page’s content, and whether it may run JavaScript in the page.
Choosing a mode
The mode button in the Agent’s header opens Agent modes, which lists the modes available on the current screen, grouped by category: General, WordPress, and any category a plugin’s modes add. Pick one before you send the first message of a chat; the chat keeps that mode. The Agent remembers the mode you chose for each kind of screen.
A mode made for one screen, such as the block editor, is listed only on that screen and is chosen there by default. A page builder’s mode is the only mode in that builder and cannot be changed.
Built-in modes
| Mode | Category | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | General | Every screen but the page builders | A general assistant. It can run JavaScript in the page. |
| Block Editor | WordPress | The block editor | Works on the post’s blocks, each a JSON file it reads and writes, can run JavaScript to insert, remove or move blocks, and has a get_selected_block tool that names the block you selected. |
| Bricks Builder, Breakdance, Beaver Builder, Elementor, Etch | WordPress | Their editor | Works on the open page through a copy of its structure and the builder’s own tools, and offers coding agents. |
Every mode can also look for and run WordPress abilities.
Virtual files
The Block Editor and page builder modes give the Agent the page as files instead of letting it touch the editor directly. The files are not stored on your server: each one stands for part of the open page, such as one block. When the Agent writes a file, the mode applies the change to the editor, and you see it on the right at once. Nothing is saved until you save the page in the editor.
In Bricks, the Agent can also save Bricks’ global settings when you ask it to. A save that changes the global custom CSS, the builder CSS, the header and body scripts or Bricks’ code execution setting needs a user who may write code on the site: on a network a network administrator, on a single site an administrator who may post unfiltered HTML. For anyone else the save is refused and nothing is written.
JavaScript
Modes that allow it give the Agent a tool that runs JavaScript in the page on
the right, with WordPress’s wp object at hand. It is how the Block Editor
mode inserts and removes blocks, which a file cannot express. The code runs
in your browser with your permissions, as if you had typed it into the
browser’s console, and the Agent runs it without asking first.
Modes that are not offered
Custom modes stored on the site, by an earlier SleekAI version or through the
AgentMode_create REST operation, are kept but not listed. The Agent
lists the modes that code registers; Modes API
describes how a plugin adds one.