AI Assistant

The AI Assistant enables org-scoped conversations that answer infrastructure questions, leverage live platform context, and run governed MCP tools with human approval for HIGH-risk actions.

Powered by the Axio Model Platform. See Model Platform for supported providers and routing.

What it does

Answer questions

Get accurate answers from the LLM using your configured AI provider.

Platform context

Include a secret-masked snapshot of your tenant to ground responses.

Run tools

Execute Platform MCP tools. HIGH-risk tools require human approval.

Assistant modes

The available experience depends on your organization's configuration.

Mode
LLM Chat
MCP Tools
Behavior
Unavailable
×
×
Configure an AI provider and/or MCP tools.
Tool runner
×
Run tools by name; no conversational LLM.
AI Assistant
×
Chat with the assistant only.
Assistant + tools
Chat and tool execution.

Chat experience

Conversation list, create, delete
Provider & model picker (explicit model wins over gateway route rules)
Optional include platform context (default on)
Markdown formatted replies
Prompt Library hand-off (system guardrails + user starter)
Deep links: ?prompt= and ?librarySlug=

Context Engine

Gathers a live, secret-masked snapshot for grounding and analysis. All strings pass through the shared redactor (secrets, PII).

User, org, project/stack counts
Recent/failed runs, cost, drift
Compliance, security findings
Runners, repositories
Recent audit
Deliberately omitted fields are listed in redactionFlags.

Tool calling

Tools are listed via GET /ai/tools and executed via POST /ai/tools/execute.

1

Request

User asks a question or requests an action.

2

Execute

Assistant validates and runs the tool.

3

Approve (if HIGH risk)

Human approval is required.

4

Result

Outcome is recorded and returned.

Tool runs are recorded and visible in Activity → Tool runs.