AI Chat

A Claude-powered chat interface appears on every dashboard page as a floating action button (FAB) in the bottom-right corner.

How It Works

• Click the FAB to open the chat panel
• Type a message and press Enter
• Claude responds using the Anthropic API directly
• Each message costs approximately $0.01-0.05 in API tokens

Responsive Design

The chat panel adapts to screen size:

• Mobile — full-width overlay (w-full)
• Desktop — fixed-width panel (sm:w-[500px])

Requirements

The AI chat requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY to be set in gridwork-hq/.env.local. Without it, the FAB does not appear.

Use Cases

• Quick questions about your agency data
• Drafting short messages or responses
• Calculations and research queries
• Ad-hoc tasks that do not warrant a full pipeline run

Disabling the Chat

To remove the chat FAB entirely, remove the <GlobalChatFAB /> component from src/app/(dashboard)/layout.tsx.

Difference from Pipelines

The AI chat is a direct conversation with Claude — it has no access to the knowledge vault, pipeline definitions, or file system. For structured, multi-step work that reads and writes files, use the AI pipelines instead.