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Using the AI Chat Assistant#

Ask Questions About Your Infrastructure in Plain English

cloudeval's AI chat assistant understands your infrastructure and can answer questions, provide insights, and help you optimize your cloud setup.

Getting Started#

Opening the Chat#

  1. Click the chat icon in the bottom right corner
  2. Or press Ctrl+K (Cmd+K on Mac)
  3. The chat panel opens

Your First Question#

Try asking:

Show me all resources with public access

The AI will: 1. Analyze your infrastructure 2. Identify public resources 3. Highlight them in the diagram 4. Provide a detailed response

Common Use Cases#

Security Questions#

"Find all resources without encryption"
"Show me publicly accessible storage buckets"
"Which resources have overly permissive IAM policies?"
"Identify security vulnerabilities in my VPC"

Cost Questions#

"What's my current AWS spending?"
"Find underutilized EC2 instances"
"Show me the most expensive resources"
"Recommend cost optimizations"

Architecture Questions#

"Explain the network topology of my VPC"
"Show me all resources connected to this database"
"What's the dependency chain for this application?"
"Visualize the data flow in my architecture"

Troubleshooting#

"Why is this resource not accessible?"
"Find all resources in this region"
"Show me resources with errors"
"What changed in the last 24 hours?"

Advanced Features#

Context Awareness#

The AI understands: - Your current diagram view - Selected resources - Recent changes - Your cloud provider

Follow-up Questions#

Ask follow-ups without repeating context:

User: "Show me all databases"
AI: [Lists databases]
User: "Which ones are encrypted?"
AI: [Filters to encrypted databases]

Diagram Interaction#

The AI can: - Highlight resources in the diagram - Zoom to specific areas - Filter the view - Create new diagrams

Tips for Best Results#

Be Specific#

Bad: "Tell me about my infrastructure"
Good: "Show me all EC2 instances in us-east-1"

Use Natural Language#

You don't need special syntax: - "Find resources without tags" - "What's the cost of my S3 buckets?" - "Show me the network flow"

Ask Follow-ups#

Build on previous answers: 1. "Show me all databases" 2. "Which ones are public?" 3. "What's the cost of the public ones?"

Example Conversations#

Security Audit#

You: Find all publicly accessible resources

AI: I found 3 publicly accessible resources:
    - S3 bucket: my-public-bucket
    - EC2 instance: web-server-01
    - RDS database: public-db

    Would you like me to show security recommendations?

You: Yes, and highlight them in the diagram

AI: [Highlights resources and shows recommendations]

Cost Optimization#

You: What's my current AWS spending?

AI: Your current monthly AWS spending is $2,450:
    - EC2 instances: $1,200 (49%)
    - RDS databases: $800 (33%)
    - S3 storage: $300 (12%)
    - Other: $150 (6%)

    I found 5 underutilized instances that could save $400/month.

You: Show me those instances

AI: [Highlights underutilized instances]

Keyboard Shortcuts#

  • Ctrl+K / Cmd+K: Open chat
  • Esc: Close chat
  • Enter: Send message
  • Shift+Enter: New line
  • ↑: Previous message
  • ↓: Next message

Limitations#

The AI chat: - Can read your infrastructure - Can analyze and provide insights - Can highlight resources - Cannot modify your infrastructure - Cannot access your data - Cannot make changes to resources

Privacy & Security#

  • All queries processed securely
  • No data stored permanently
  • Conversations encrypted
  • No sharing with third parties

Next Steps#

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