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06 - REFERENCE

AI commandsguide.

Typilot ships 27 built-in commands. These four are the essentials - each takes plain language and returns useful text, wherever you type. The rest follow the same pattern, and you can add your own.

Generate.

gen:New code, copy, or content from a short description. Specific prompts yield specific output.

Examples

gen: a Python function to calculate fibonacci numbers

gen: a professional email to my manager about project status

gen: a React component for a login form

gen: a bash script to back up my files

Use cases

Code snippets and functions
Emails, reports, drafts
Boilerplate and scaffolding
Templates and starter files

Tips

Be specific - more detail in, more useful out.
Refine with a follow-up: "shorter," "make it formal," "add error handling."
Works across languages - name yours.
Specify the framework when relevant.

Explain.

exp:Plain-language breakdown of selected code or concepts.

Examples

exp: what does this React useEffect hook do?

exp: this regex pattern

exp: how does this algorithm work?

exp: the purpose of this database query

Use cases

Understanding unfamiliar code
Learning new concepts
Documenting code
Debugging by understanding logic flow

Tips

Highlight the code first - exp: takes context.
Ask for "ELI5" or "technical" to set the depth.
Works with any language.
Great when reading someone else's codebase.

Fix.

fix:Diagnose errors, repair broken snippets, propose fixes.

Examples

fix: TypeError undefined is not a function

fix: this code has a memory leak

fix: optimize this slow database query

fix: resolve the CORS error in this API call

Use cases

Runtime errors
Compilation failures
Performance bottlenecks
Compatibility issues

Tips

Include the full error message.
Describe expected vs. actual behavior.
AI may suggest multiple approaches - read all before applying one.
Always test before shipping.

See.

img:Capture a region of your screen and ask the AI about it. Requires a vision-capable model (e.g. llama3.2-vision). OCR is built in.

Examples

img: describe what's in this screenshot

img: extract and format the data from this table

img: what error is shown here?

img: summarize the information visible on screen

Use cases

Analyzing screenshots
Extracting text from images
Decoding error dialogs
Documenting UI states

Tips

OCR is built in - nothing extra to install.
Works best with vision-capable models.
Capture clean, unobstructed regions.
For dense text, OCR quality matters most.

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Loading chapter

06 - REFERENCE

AI commandsguide.

Typilot ships 27 built-in commands. These four are the essentials - each takes plain language and returns useful text, wherever you type. The rest follow the same pattern, and you can add your own.

Generate.

gen:New code, copy, or content from a short description. Specific prompts yield specific output.

Examples

gen: a Python function to calculate fibonacci numbers

gen: a professional email to my manager about project status

gen: a React component for a login form

gen: a bash script to back up my files

Use cases

Code snippets and functions
Emails, reports, drafts
Boilerplate and scaffolding
Templates and starter files

Tips

Be specific - more detail in, more useful out.
Refine with a follow-up: "shorter," "make it formal," "add error handling."
Works across languages - name yours.
Specify the framework when relevant.

Explain.

exp:Plain-language breakdown of selected code or concepts.

Examples

exp: what does this React useEffect hook do?

exp: this regex pattern

exp: how does this algorithm work?

exp: the purpose of this database query

Use cases

Understanding unfamiliar code
Learning new concepts
Documenting code
Debugging by understanding logic flow

Tips

Highlight the code first - exp: takes context.
Ask for "ELI5" or "technical" to set the depth.
Works with any language.
Great when reading someone else's codebase.

Fix.

fix:Diagnose errors, repair broken snippets, propose fixes.

Examples

fix: TypeError undefined is not a function

fix: this code has a memory leak

fix: optimize this slow database query

fix: resolve the CORS error in this API call

Use cases

Runtime errors
Compilation failures
Performance bottlenecks
Compatibility issues

Tips

Include the full error message.
Describe expected vs. actual behavior.
AI may suggest multiple approaches - read all before applying one.
Always test before shipping.

See.

img:Capture a region of your screen and ask the AI about it. Requires a vision-capable model (e.g. llama3.2-vision). OCR is built in.

Examples

img: describe what's in this screenshot

img: extract and format the data from this table

img: what error is shown here?

img: summarize the information visible on screen

Use cases

Analyzing screenshots
Extracting text from images
Decoding error dialogs
Documenting UI states

Tips

OCR is built in - nothing extra to install.
Works best with vision-capable models.
Capture clean, unobstructed regions.
For dense text, OCR quality matters most.

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