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AI Commands Guide

Master Typilot's powerful AI commands to generate, explain, fix, and analyze content. Each command is designed for specific use cases.

gen:

Generate

Generate new code, text, or content based on your description. Perfect for creating functions, writing emails, or generating any text content.

Examples

gen: create a Python function to calculate fibonacci numbers
gen: write a professional email to my manager about project status
gen: generate a React component for a login form
gen: create a bash script to backup my files

Common Use Cases

  • •Creating code snippets and functions
  • •Writing emails, reports, or documents
  • •Generating boilerplate code
  • •Creating templates or drafts

Pro Tips

  • ✓Be specific about what you want - more details lead to better results
  • ✓You can refine the output by asking follow-up questions
  • ✓Works great for multiple programming languages
  • ✓Try specifying the language or framework for better results
exp:

Explain

Get detailed explanations of selected code or concepts. AI will break down complex code into understandable explanations.

Examples

exp: what does this React useEffect hook do?
exp: explain this regex pattern
exp: how does this algorithm work?
exp: what is the purpose of this database query?

Common Use Cases

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

Pro Tips

  • ✓Select or highlight the code you want explained
  • ✓AI can explain at different levels of detail
  • ✓Works with any programming language
  • ✓Great for learning new frameworks or libraries
fix:

Fix

Debug and fix errors in your code. AI analyzes errors and suggests fixes, or you can describe the problem you're encountering.

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

Common Use Cases

  • •Debugging runtime errors
  • •Fixing compilation issues
  • •Optimizing performance problems
  • •Resolving compatibility issues

Pro Tips

  • ✓Include error messages for best results
  • ✓Describe what you expected vs. what happened
  • ✓AI can suggest multiple fix approaches
  • ✓Always test the suggested fixes
img:

Image Analysis

Capture a screenshot and ask AI about it. Requires a vision-capable model (like llama3.2-vision) and Tesseract OCR for text extraction.

Examples

img: describe what's in this screenshot
img: extract and format the data from this table
img: what error message is shown here?
img: summarize the information visible on screen

Common Use Cases

  • •Analyzing screenshots and images
  • •Extracting text from images
  • •Understanding error dialogs
  • •Documenting UI states

Pro Tips

  • ✓Requires Tesseract OCR to be installed
  • ✓Works best with vision-capable models
  • ✓Capture clear, well-lit screenshots
  • ✓For text-heavy images, ensure good OCR quality

Custom Commands

Want to create your own commands? Visit the Settings page in Typilot and create custom 3-letter shortcuts with personalized AI prompts. Perfect for workflow-specific tasks!