Quickstart: Budibase AI

Enabling Budibase AI

To start using Budibase AI, you'll need to enable it from the AI Settings area. Follow the steps based on your hosting setup:

Go to your Settings area and click the AI tab.
Activate your license key. Follow this guide for help.
1. Note: Only account owners can access workspaces. If you don’t have access, create a new account or ask the account owner to create a new workspace for your self-hosted instance.
Choose which AI provider you wish to use.
1. Budibase AI
  1. No configuration needed, you simply need to activate your license key
  2. if you haven't activated your license key whenever you try to enable you will be prompted with a modal saying you must add a license key.
2. OpenAI
  1. Click the setup button
  2. This opens a modal where you’ll need to fill in the required fields
    1. API Key
    2. Default Model
  3. After filling in the details click the Enable button
3. Azure OpenAI
  1. Click the setup button
  2. This opens a modal where you’ll need to fill in the required fields
    1. API Key
    2. Base URL
    3. Default Model
  3. After filling in the details click the Enable button
Once configured and enabled, AI features will be available in your Budibase apps.

Once enabled, Budibase AI can assist in various areas of Budibase:

AI Columns
Automatically generate values for columns using AI, perfect for transforming, summarizing, or cleaning data.
Generate JavaScript with AI
You'll now see an AI icon in any field that supports bindings (e.g., visibility rules, dynamic values). Click it to open a prompt where you can describe what you need. Budibase AI will return usable JavaScript tailored to your input.
Cron Job Expression Generation
In the settings area for the cron job, you'll see a field called "Generate Cron Expression with AI", simply type in your prompt and this will provide you with a expression that suits your needs.