What can the AI Agent do? capabilities · limits · how to ask well

1. What is the AI Agent in Creator?

It is an execution assistant on your app folder (HTML / CSS / JS): read files, edit code, create pages, ask follow-ups, check preview errors - not a chatbot that only advises.

• It only works in the draft (“Changes” preview). Visitors see live after you click Save changes.
• It does not pick Backend Easy/Advanced for you - you choose on the Backend tab; the AI needs your confirmation + matching Prompt enabled.
• It does not edit the platform CMS admin UI at /cms; it can edit guest pages and (when asked correctly) site content declaration files.

2. Capability map (11 groups)

Matches the list in the AI Assistant capabilities modal.

2.1 Structure & files

• Browse the file tree / file metadata (line count, size, large files).
• Create folders · delete files (when the task requires it).

2.2 Read & search

• Read a whole file or by range (large files).
• Keyword / regex search in one file; count matches.
• Search the whole codebase (HTML, CSS, JS, JSON…) - once instead of hunting file by file.

2.3 Source editing

• Create / overwrite files; replace snippets; edit by line number; many spots in one pass.
• Delete lines · find-and-replace in bulk · move / copy code blocks.
• Extract functions/components into separate files when reorganizing.

2.4 Safety & process

• Snapshot before large changes · compare (diff) two files.
• Syntax checks (HTML tags, JS/CSS brackets).
• Multi-step / multi-file plans - you approve before the AI executes.

2.5 Documents & external web

• Extract text from PDF / DOCX / TXT via URL.
• Read text content from a page URL (not free-form “Google search”).

2.6 Interaction & support

• Ask you with quick-choice buttons (Yes/No, A/B…).
• Pull console / 404 errors from the Preview frame to debug.
• Analyze images you send (vision) when working on UI.

2.7 Context memory (automatic)

• Remembers project name / description; agreed style and decisions in the session.
• Summarizes after a stretch of work so the next session is not a total blank slate.

2.8 Project Spec

• Open the Spec panel: brand, colors, mission, fonts, Figma links…
• Syncs into project guidance; the AI may ask you to fill it before large UI work.

2.9 Supervisor mode

• When on: checks after AI actions, suggests / fixes issues, reports clearly.
• Complements the main Agent - does not replace you reviewing preview.

2.10 Multiple conversations

• Multiple chat threads in one project; switch via dropdown; create New; delete only messages in the open thread.
• Website files in the editor are not reset when you start a new chat; chats are saved with the project.

2.11 Checkpoint (flag on AI messages)

• Gray flag = create a milestone · green flag = saved / restorable.
• Restore to a saved milestone (work after that point is lost). Only on the latest AI message.
• Checkpoints live in the browser session (code + chat; not heavy images). Closing the tab can lose them - use Save changes to persist the project.

3. Working modes - pick the right role

4. What AI does well / what you still own

5. How to ask the AI (short templates)

Editing via MCP/IDE: see AS13-AS16 - draft ≠ live until Save changes.

6. User checklist

7. Why is this lesson coded BR03?

BR = orientation report series: BR01 (how to use Appifio) → BR02 (Easy vs Aura) → BR03 (what the AI Agent can do). Same “understand before going deep” layer as EM/AM/AS - not a substitute for per-API tutorials.

Appifio Creator · Report · BR03 · AI Agent capabilities