QuickType
What it builds AI assistant
Make your own AI assistant or chatbot
Your own helper that answers in your words, knows your documents, and runs on a free local model so nothing leaves your computer. QuickType sets up the model, builds the chat, and adds tools it can use, like reading files or looking things up.
Things people ask for
- "A study helper that answers questions from my class notes"
- "A customer helper for my shop that knows our prices and hours"
- "A chatbot that talks like a character from my game"
Type something like this into QuickType. It asks a few questions, then plans it.
The plan it starts from
Every AI assistant project starts with these phases. QuickType fills each one with small steps for your idea, and a phase only counts as done when its line is true.
- Talks
Done when: You can chat with it and it answers with the model and settings you picked.
- Knows your stuff
Done when: It can read the documents or data you chose.
- Does things
Done when: The tools you picked work (none, if you chose bare bones).
- Where it lives
Done when: It runs where you wanted: window, website, Discord or command line.
- Quality
Done when: Eval questions pass; it says when it doesn't know.
- Ongoing improvement
Done when: Never finished: new features, fixes and improvements.
What it asks you
Only what it can't guess. Pick an answer or type your own.
- How much should it come with? Bare bones is just the model: no rules, no tools, no memory, default settings. Or pick every part yourself.
- Bare bonesPick every part myselfA ready-made helper
- Which model should it run? Any free open model works (type its name), or your own.
- Llama 3.1 8BQwen 2.5 7BGemma 2 9BMistral 7BA small one (3B or less)My own model (from an AI training project)
- How strong is this PC's graphics card?
- Small (8 GB or less)Medium (12-16 GB)Big (24 GB+)No graphics card
- What instructions should it get before every chat? (Or type your own.)
- None (no system prompt: the raw model)Friendly helperShort and factualA personality I'll describe
- How should it answer?
- The model's defaultsSteady and exact (low temperature)Creative (high temperature)Short answersLong answers
- Should it remember earlier chats?
- No (every chat starts fresh)Only until it's closedYes (saved between runs)
What it adds that people forget
You tick the ones you want when you start, and they go into the plan in the right phase.
- Saying 'I don't know' instead of guessing
- Keeping your documents on this PC only
- A small set of test questions
What it sets up on your PC
QuickType checks what you already have and asks before installing anything.
- GitSaves every step so anything can be undone
- Python 3Runs the project
- pytestRuns the project's tests
- OllamaRuns the AI model on this PC for free
Other things it builds
Same app, same team. One project can be anything on this list.
- WebsiteA website: a business site, portfolio, store front or web app.
- Web appA full web app: sign-in, a database, and pages that change per user (like a small SaaS).
- Roblox gameA Roblox experience built with Roblox Studio (code in files, synced with Rojo or Studio MCP).
- Discord botA bot for your Discord server: commands, games, moderation, reminders.
- Phone appAn app for Android and iPhone from one codebase (building for iPhone needs a Mac).
- Godot gameA 2D or 3D game made with the free Godot engine, for PC, Mac, phones or the web.
- Unity gameA 2D or 3D game made with Unity (free Personal plan), for PC, Mac, phones or consoles.
- Browser gameA 2D game that runs in any web browser (Phaser or plain JavaScript).
- Python toolA desktop app, command-line tool, scraper or automation script in Python.
- Data and spreadsheetsClean, combine and chart data from Excel / CSV files, with reports that update themselves.
- Desktop appA Windows and Mac app made with web tech (like Discord or VS Code).
- Browser extensionA Chrome / Edge extension: a toolbar button, page tweaks, or a side panel.
- Backend / APIA server other apps talk to: data, accounts, webhooks, integrations.
- Minecraft modA mod for Minecraft Java Edition: new items, blocks, mobs or commands.
- Arduino / ESP32Code for a microcontroller board: sensors, lights, motors, WiFi gadgets.
- Train an AI modelMake your own AI model: train a brand-new one from scratch, or teach an open model with your own data. Runs on your PC.
- Operating systemYour own small operating system from scratch (boots in a safe virtual PC, never on your real one).
