# AI··QuickEdit: inline AI assistance

import { Steps } from "@astrojs/starlight/components"

**AI··QuickEdit** adds an **Ask** control on step input fields in the designer. You describe what you need; Mindflow
fills or rewrites the field inline. You can also use the sparkles control to let AI propose a valid value without a
typed prompt. Screenshots on this page use a re-engagement email draft and a small Python script so you can see filled
prompts and results.

## When to use

- You need draft copy, a script body, JSON shape, or a formula-friendly value inside a step field.
- Prefer [AI··Build](../ai-build-faster-flow-creation/) when you want AI to **add or rearrange steps** on the canvas,
  not fill one field.
- Prefer writing the field yourself when the value is a short known constant (an ID, a fixed path, or a credential
  reference).

Before you begin, open a flow in the designer where you can edit steps. AI··QuickEdit appears on supported fields when
AI features are available for your organization.

## Guide

### Open Ask on a field

AI··QuickEdit lives on the field toolbar, not in the Add a step menu. Focus the field first so **Ask** and the sparkles
control appear.

<ol>
<li>

**Open the step.** Select the step that holds the field you want to fill (for example a Transform data variable, an
email body, or a Script step source field).

</li>
<li>

**Focus the field.** Click into the text, formula, or code input.

</li>
<li>

**Click Ask.** Use **Ask** (tooltip: **Ask AI to help with this field**) to open the prompt bar. Optionally use the
sparkles control to auto-fill without typing a prompt.
<div class="docs-screenshot-compact">

![Variables field in the step inspector with Ask and sparkles, tooltip Ask AI to help with this field](./assets/variables-field-step-inspector-ask-sparkles.png)

</div>

</li>
</ol>
### Describe what you need

The prompt bar accepts a short instruction. Pick a model if more than one is offered. Generation streams into the field
as it runs—there is no separate Apply step.

<ol>
<li>

**Write the prompt.** Describe the outcome (tone, format, language, or constraints). Example: a polite follow-up email,
or a Python snippet that returns random numbers.

</li>
<li>

**Choose a model.** Use the model menu under the prompt when you need a specific vendor model.

</li>
<li>

**Submit.** Send the prompt. Wait until generation finishes. Edit the field by hand if you need small changes, or
update the prompt and submit again to regenerate.
<div class="docs-screenshot-compact">

![mail field with Ask open, prompt Write a professional mail to relaunch customers, and generated email body](./assets/mail-field-ask-open-prompt-write.png)

</div>

</li>
<li>

**Close the prompt bar.** Use the close control when you are done. The field keeps the last generated (or edited)
value.

</li>
</ol>
### Use QuickEdit on scripts and structured fields

The same **Ask** path works on script source and other structured inputs. State the language and what the script should
return so the result matches the step.

<ol>
<li>

**Open the Script (or similar) step.** Focus **Source code** (or the target structured field).

</li>
<li>

**Ask for the snippet.** Prompt with language and behavior (for example Python that returns random integers).

</li>
<li>

**Review the code.** Confirm imports, return shape, and any `mindflow_data` usage match how the step runs. Adjust by
hand or regenerate.
<div class="docs-screenshot-compact">

![Script step Input with Python 3 source and Ask prompt to generate random numbers between 1 and 10](./assets/script-step-input-python-3-source.png)

</div>

</li>
</ol>
## Example

An operator builds a light re-engagement path. On a Transform data (or mail) field they open **Ask** and prompt:
`Write a professional mail to relaunch customers.` AI··QuickEdit fills a subject and body they can edit. On a Script
step they prompt for Python that returns random integers between 1 and 10, review the generated source, then keep the
field and continue the flow.

## Keep in mind

- Generation writes **directly into the field**. Review before you run or deploy.
- You can regenerate as often as you need; each submit replaces the previous AI draft in that field.
- Sparkles auto-fill proposes a valid value without a custom prompt—still review the result.
- AI··QuickEdit does not add steps or change the canvas layout; use [AI··Build](../ai-build-faster-flow-creation/) for
  that.

## Related

[Design your flow](../) ·
[AI··Build: Faster flow creation](../ai-build-faster-flow-creation/) ·
[Run a script](../../control-flow-execution/run-a-script/) ·
[No-Code best practices](../no-code-best-practices/)