Click the floating AI button in the bottom-right corner of formbase. On desktop it opens a docked panel. On mobile it slides up as a drawer. The panel stays open while you work.
AI chat is available everywhere: your workspace, the form editor, the submissions page, and the translation editor. Tools and suggested prompts change based on the page you're on. You need a signed-in account — AI chat is off while you are trying formbase as a guest.
> 💡 **Think out loud** >> Vague prompts work too. Try "Help me create a form" and AI will ask follow-up questions until it has what it needs. >
Describe what you need and AI builds the fields, pages, validation, and logic directly into your form. AI sees your form's current state, so follow-ups are context-aware. For prompt-writing tips and examples, see AI form generation.
Attach an image, PDF, or screenshot to your message and AI turns it into a structured form. Great for converting paper forms, competitor screenshots, or wireframes. See AI form generation for supported formats and limits.
On the submissions page, AI reads your response data and answers questions in plain English. Suggested prompts appear automatically:
In the translation editor, AI offers context-aware quick actions: translate all missing entries, refresh outdated ones, polish existing translations, or spot-check for issues. You can translate into several languages at once. See{' '} translating form content for the full workflow.
AI handles workspace tasks too: create forms, organize folders, publish or unpublish forms, send and track requests, and set up share links — all through conversation.
Skills are reusable instructions and domain knowledge you give AI — a specific role, industry terminology, or writing style. Attach them to a message from the brain icon in the chat toolbar. Pro feature. See AI skills.
Some actions need your approval before AI runs them: publishing or unpublishing a form, deleting a form or a folder, changing a share link, canceling a request, and deleting a language from a form's translations. You'll see the proposed action with{' '} Approve and Deny buttons. Nothing changes until you confirm.
formbase runs AI chat on two Claude models. Pick one from the model button in the chat input toolbar — it shows the current model and opens a short list when you click it. The choice applies to the current conversation. New conversations start on the default.
> 💡 **Build with Haiku, analyze with Sonnet** >> Haiku is the right choice for building forms — it handles generation and edits well. Switch to Sonnet for submission analytics and tasks > that need deeper reasoning. Sonnet is more capable but costs exactly three times as much per token — see{' '} > AI credits & usage. >
Click the gear icon in the AI chat header to open AI settings, which slide in as a drawer from the right. These control how AI generates forms and are per-user — each team member tunes their own preferences. Changes apply to all future conversations.
AI always replies in your dashboard language — the interface language you pick from the language switcher in formbase's sidebar. To get a one-off result in another language, just ask in your message (for example, "reply in French").
New chat in the panel header clears the conversation and starts fresh — useful when AI has drifted off course or you move to an unrelated task. It asks you to confirm first, and the cleared history cannot be recovered. Minimize hides the panel without losing the conversation.
AI chat uses credits from your balance. The bar above the message box shows how many you have left, and turns red when you fall to 10 credits or fewer. At 0 credits, AI chat stops until you add funds. See AI credits & usage for pricing, packages, and how to add funds.