ASP.NET MVC AIPrompt Overview
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The Telerik UI AIPrompt HtmlHelper for ASP.NET MVC is a server-side wrapper for the Kendo UI AIPrompt widget.
The AIPrompt is a standalone view component that helps end users write prompts, use prompt suggestions, and execute predefined commands to interact with a trained language model.
When a prompt is submitted, the component triggers an event that contains information about the prompt and the executed command. You can access this information and use it to create a request to an AI service. When the request response from the AI service is received, the AIPrompt component displays the output as a card with options to copy, retry, or rate the output (with like or dislike reactions).
Initializing the AIPrompt
The following example demonstrates how to define the AIPrompt.
@(Html.Kendo().AIPrompt()
.Name("aiprompt")
.PromptSuggestions(new string[] { "Act as [actor] and write [format] about [subject] in [100 words]", "Suggest post about [subject] that will be used in [social media]" })
)
Basic Configuration
The AIPrompt provides options for configuring its views, toolbar items, and appearance options. The following example demonstrates the basic configuration of the AIPrompt.
@(Html.Kendo().AIPrompt()
.Name("aiprompt")
.Events(ev => ev.CommandExecute("onCommandExecute").PromptRequest("onPromptRequest"))
.Views(views =>
{
views.Add().Type(ViewType.Prompt)
.PromptSuggestions(new string[] { "Out of office (contact colleague)", "LinkedIn post for well-being" });
views.Add().Type(ViewType.Output);
views.Add().Type(ViewType.Commands)
.PromptCommands(commands =>
{
commands.Add().Id("1").Text("Extend").Icon("arrows-left-right");
});
})
)
<script>
var defaultResponse = 'For real prompt processing, please connect the component to a preferred AI service.';
var promptData = [
{
suggestion: "Out of office (contact colleague)",
output: "This is an example of out-of-office template content.",
extend: "This is an extended version of out-of-office template content."
},
{
suggestion: "LinkedIn post for well-being",
output: "This is an example of post content.",
extend: "This is an extended version of the post content."
}];
function onCommandExecute(ev) {
var aipromptWidget = ev.sender; // Get a reference to the AIPrompt.
if (this.promptOutputs.length > 0) { // Check if the Output view is not empty.
let output = this.promptOutputs[0].prompt; // Get the first prompt in the Output view.
const response = promptData.find((s) => s.suggestion === output); // Find the prompt item in the data collection.
if (response) {
let result = { // Construct the modified output.
id: kendo.guid(),
output: response[ev.item.text.toLowerCase()], // Pass the extended version of the output.
prompt: output,
isRetry: ev.isRetry
};
aipromptWidget.addPromptOutput(result); // Add the modified output content when the 'Extend' command is clicked.
}
}
}
function onPromptRequest(ev) {
var aipromptWidget = ev.sender; // Get a reference to the AIPrompt.
const response = promptData.find((s) => s.suggestion === ev.prompt); // Find the prompt item in the data collection.
const output = {
id: kendo.guid(),
output: response?.output || defaultResponse,
prompt: ev.prompt,
isRetry: ev.isRetry,
};
aipromptWidget.addPromptOutput(output); // Set the output based on the selected prompt suggestion.
aipromptWidget.activeView(1); // Activate the Output view.
}
</script>
Functionality and Features
- Views—The AIPrompt provides predefined and custom views.
- Templates—The available templates allow you to control the rendering of the views and prompt suggestions layout.
- Events—The component emits a variety of events that allow you to implement custom functionality.
- Accessibility—The AIPrompt is accessible for screen readers, supports WAI-ARIA attributes, and delivers [keyboard shortcuts(/aspnet-mvc/html-helpers/conversational-ui/aiprompt/accessibility/keyboard-navigation)] for faster navigation.