Designer

Designer is an AI assistant that appears alongside your application. Use natural conversation to modify any aspect of your app without writing code.

Designer Workflow

How It Works

Designer understands the context of your application. When you make a request, it knows which app you are viewing, which page is active, and what tables exist.

Change the schedule button to blue

10:30

Updating schedule.html:

.btn-schedule { background-color: #3498db; }

Button color changed to blue.

10:30

What Designer Can Modify

Category	Examples
Styles	Colors, layout, fonts, spacing
HTML Pages	Forms, lists, buttons, elements
Database	Add fields, create tables
Tools	Voice commands, chat triggers
Schedulers	Automated tasks, reports

Editing Styles

Make the colors more modern, blue tones

14:20

Updating styles.css:

Primary color: #2563eb

Secondary color: #3b82f6

Background: #f8fafc

Visual style updated.

14:20

Adding Form Fields

Add an insurance field to the patient form

11:00

Making two changes:

1. tables.bas - new field:

insurance AS STRING

2. patients.html - new input added

Insurance field added to form.

11:00

Creating Voice Commands

Create a command to see today's appointments

09:15

Creating .gbdialog/tools/todays-appointments.bas

Triggers: "today's appointments", "daily schedule"

Command created. Say "today's appointments" to use it.

09:15

Creating Schedulers

Every day at 9am send reminders to today's patients

16:00

Creating .gbdialog/schedulers/daily-reminder.bas

Schedule: Every day at 9:00 AM

Action: Send reminder to patients with appointments today

Scheduler configured.

16:00

Adding Database Fields

Add SSN field to the patients table

10:45

Updating tables.bas:

Adding: ssn AS STRING UNIQUE INDEX

Database synchronized.

Field available in all apps.

10:45

Context Awareness

Designer tracks your current location and correlates follow-up requests.

Context	How It Is Used
Current app	Edits apply to that app’s files
Current page	Defaults edits to that file
Recent changes	Correlates follow-up requests
Available tables	Knows your data structure
Existing tools	Knows voice commands already created

Change the button to green

14:30

Changing button in schedule.html to green.

Button updated.

14:30

And add a notes field

14:31

Adding notes field to the same form.

Field added.

14:31

Handling Sensitive Information

When Designer needs API keys or credentials:

Integrate with Stripe for payments

15:00

To integrate with Stripe, I need the API Key.

Do you want to provide it now or later?

15:00

Later

15:00

Saved as pending item.

Pending: Stripe API Key

You can provide it in Settings, Pending Items.

Payment structure created. When you provide the key, it will work automatically.

15:01

Preview Before Changes

Designer shows what will change before applying destructive operations.

Remove the email field from the form

11:30

I will remove the email field from patients.html.

Note: The field will remain in the database. Existing data will not be lost.

Confirm?

11:30

Yes

11:30

Field removed from form.

11:30

Safety Features

Feature	Description
Preview changes	Shows what will change before applying
Confirm destructive actions	Asks before deleting
Change history	All changes are logged
Undo support	Can undo recent changes

Limitations

Limitation	Reason
Cannot delete entire app	Safety protection
Cannot access external systems without credentials	Security
Cannot modify system files	Isolation
Cannot execute arbitrary code	Security

Available Keywords

Designer uses GB BASIC keywords to implement changes:

Category	Keywords
Communication	TALK, HEAR, SEND MAIL, SEND TEMPLATE
Data	FIND, SAVE, UPDATE, DELETE
Automation	SET SCHEDULE, ON CHANGE, ON EMAIL
AI	LLM, USE KB
Web	SCRAPE, GET, POST, RSS
Memory	SET BOT MEMORY, GET BOT MEMORY
Control	IF/THEN/ELSE, FOR EACH/NEXT, WHILE/WEND

Undoing Changes

Undo the last change

12:00

Last change: Removed email field from patients.html

Do you want to undo?

12:00

Yes

12:00

Email field restored.

12:00

Tips for Better Results

Be Specific

Less Effective	More Effective
“improve the form”	“add email validation to the form”
“change the colors”	“change the main button to green”
“fix this”	“increase the font size in the table”

Combine Requests

Add SSN field to patient form with mask and validation, and show it in the list too

10:00

Making 3 changes:

1. tables.bas - new SSN field

2. patients.html - input with mask XXX-XX-XXXX

3. patients.html - SSN column in the table

All changes applied.

10:00

Next Steps

App Generation — How apps are created
Task Workflow — How tasks are processed
Data Model — TABLE keyword reference

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