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AI Helper Plugin

Create from Clipboard​

  • Create Topic: Creates a new topic or snippet from markdown content in your clipboard, automatically converting it to properly formatted Flare content
  • Create Snippet: Creates a snippet specifically from clipboard markdown content

Selection Tools​

  • Insert After Selection: Takes AI-generated markdown content (or XHTML) and inserts it after your current cursor position or selection, automatically converting it to properly formatted Flare content
  • Replace Selection: Replaces your selected content with AI-generated markdown (or XHTML), maintaining proper Flare formatting and structure
  • Replace Tags: Easily replace tags in your content

Craft Prompts​

  • Generate Prompt: Select a template to generate a prompt from your saved templates
  • Edit Templates: Open the template editor to manage and customize templates for common AI interactions

Split Topic​

  • Split by H1: Divides the content based on first-level headings only
  • Split by H1-H2: Divides the content based on first and second-level headings
  • Split by H1-H3: Divides the content based on first through third-level headings
  • Split by H1-H4: Divides the content based on first through fourth-level headings

Cleanup​

  • Apply Variables: Applies variables to the current topic based on the existing variable files in the project
  • Apply Variables to Multiple Topics: Search for and apply variables to multiple topics at once
  • Create Variable File: Create a MadCap variable file from a comma-separated list in the clipboard
  • Replace Tags: Easily replace tags in your content

Copy as Markdown​

  • Copy Topic: Converts an entire Flare topic to markdown format, preserving all content structure
  • Copy Selection: Converts only the selected portion of your content to markdown format

XHTML Tools​

  • Copy Topic: Copies the entire topic as XHTML
  • Copy Selection: Copies the selected content as XHTML

File Tools​

  • Search & Compile: Opens the Search and Compile interface where you can:
    • Search for specific topics across your project
    • Select multiple topics to include
    • Combine selected topics into a single markdown document
    • Create comprehensive content collections for AI analysis

AI Assistants​

Quick access to popular AI platforms:

  • ChatGPT: Opens OpenAI's ChatGPT in your browser
  • Claude: Opens Anthropic's Claude in your browser
  • Copilot: Opens Microsoft Copilot in your browser
  • Grok: Opens X's Grok in your browser
  • Gemini: Opens Google Gemini in your browser
  • Perplexity: Opens Perplexity AI in your browser

Configuration Options​

The plugin includes comprehensive settings accessible through the Options window:

General Settings​

  • Track Changes: Control basic plugin behavior

Flare to Markdown Settings​

  • Enable class→format mapping: Map specific CSS classes to bold/italic/underline or list formatting
  • Include Snippet Content: Expand and include snippet content in copied text
  • Include Variable Text: Replace variable references with their actual values
  • Custom class mappings: Configure which CSS classes map to bold, italic, underline, numbered lists, and bulleted lists

Markdown to Flare Settings​

  • Enable Markdown→class mapping: Convert Markdown elements to Flare elements with CSS classes
  • Custom element mappings: Configure how bold, italic, headings, lists, and code elements are converted
  • Use Regular HTML Links: Convert links to regular <a href> tags instead of MadCap xref elements

Variables Settings​

  • Loose Variable Matching: Ignore case and treat spaces and non-breaking spaces as equivalent when matching variables