AI & Chat Interface Flows

Overview

An AI interface's core job is managing uncertainty: latency you can't predict, output you can't guarantee, and actions the user must stay in control of. Streaming, visible working state, and human-in-the-loop gates are the load-bearing patterns — not decoration.

When to Use

• Chat/assistant surfaces, copilots embedded in tools, agent dashboards, AI generation panels
• Adding tool use, citations, multi-step agent runs, or consequential actions to an AI feature
• NOT for: classic autocomplete/typeahead — that's an input pattern, not a conversation
• NOT for: one-shot ML features with instant deterministic results (spam filter, image tagger) — no chat chrome needed

The Proven Flow