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Add integrated LLM chat mode to Walker

Open Rishabh-Sarang opened this issue 3 months ago • 2 comments

Describe the feature Add an optional built-in LLM chat mode inside Walker. Users could type natural-language questions (e.g., “What’s the weather?”, “Explain recursion”, “Summarize this text”) directly into the launcher and get answers from an LLM.

This feature would make Walker a lightweight, fast-access AI assistant — no need to open a separate browser or app.

The LLM backend should be configurable, supporting:

  • Local models (like Ollama, llama.cpp, etc.)
  • Remote APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)

Alternatives

  • Continue using external chat apps (browser-based or terminal-based LLM clients).
  • Use a plugin system, if available, to implement chat via an external extension.

Describe the behaviour

  • Activation:
  1. User opens Walker as usual.
  2. Presses a hotkey or enters a trigger (e.g., /ai or ?) to enter Chat Mode.
  • Input:
  1. User types a natural-language prompt, e.g.:
  2. “/ai What is the fastest sorting algorithm?”
  3. “Explain the difference between TCP and UDP.”
  • Processing:
  1. Walker sends the prompt to the configured LLM backend.
  2. The backend could be local (Ollama, LM Studio) or API-based (OpenAI, etc.), depending on user settings.
  • Output:
  1. The model’s response is displayed directly in Walker — either inline or in a small popup/chat pane.
  2. User can press Shift+Enter (or similar) to continue the conversation contextually.
  3. Optionally allow copying the response with one key.
  • Settings:
  • Users can configure:
  1. Model backend and endpoint
  2. API key (if needed)
  3. Response length / temperature
  4. Whether chat history is saved or cleared on close

Rishabh-Sarang avatar Oct 13 '25 06:10 Rishabh-Sarang

Or maybe no? Maybe an app launcher shouldn't be an AI assistant?

stopdesign avatar Oct 26 '25 06:10 stopdesign

Or maybe no? Maybe an app launcher shouldn't be an AI assistant?

walker used to have that feature

Rishabh-Sarang avatar Oct 26 '25 07:10 Rishabh-Sarang