DevExpress WinForms AI Chat Control

AIChatControl (namespace DevExpress.AIIntegration.WinForms.Chat) embeds a ready-made chat UI in a WinForms app. It is a Blazor/WebView2-hosted control: you register an IChatClient (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Ollama) once at startup, add the control to a form, and it handles the message list, streaming, Markdown rendering, and history. It is .NET 8+ only (the project must use the Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor SDK).

When to Use This Skill

• Add a conversational AI chat panel to a WinForms app (assistant, copilot, support bot).
• Register an AI provider client (OpenAI / Azure OpenAI / Ollama) for the chat control.
• Stream responses, render Markdown safely, show a header, or add prompt suggestions.
• Intercept user messages before they are sent (MessageSending) to inject instructions or answer yourself.
• Save and restore chat history (SaveMessages / LoadMessages).

Before You Start — Ask the Developer

If the host agent has a structured question-asking tool available, use it to ask these questions one at a time with clear options — for example, Claude Code's AskUserQuestion tool or GitHub Copilot's askQuestions tool. If no such tool is available, ask the questions directly in the chat response before generating code.