Ølav · AI Assistant

Ølav is the built-in AI assistant in Pachurros. It knows the context of whatever you’re working on and helps not only with writing and summarizing, but also changes content on request, always as a suggestion you preview and confirm first.

The principle: talk first, change only on request

Ølav answers in the chat. If you ask something, you get an answer and nothing in your workspace changes. Only when you explicitly want a change (“add”, “create”, “set the status”) does it prepare a suggestion.

The suggestion appears as a card in the chat. You see what would be created right away: the new blocks as they would look on the page, the new rows, the changed values. Below that:

The main button names what happens: insert, change, create, create tasks, or apply (for a session schedule).
Discard: nothing happens.
Show in place (when the affected page is open): shows the suggestion where it would land before you decide.
Chat only: discards the suggestion and lets Ølav answer the same question in the chat instead.

(The buttons on the suggestion card currently still appear in German: Einfügen, Ändern, Anlegen, Verwerfen, Nur im Chat, Rückgängig.)

Only the main button writes anything. If a suggestion doesn’t fit your data (a table or column doesn’t exist), the card says so and the button stays locked.

Real undo

After applying, the card says it’s done. For changes to a page and to a session’s schedule there is also Undo next to it: it restores the previous state, as long as nobody has changed anything there since. If the page has changed in the meantime, Ølav doesn’t reset anything, so your change isn’t lost, and points you to the version history. Every page, board and table has a version history.

Bringing answers onto the page

Below every plain answer you’ll find Copy and, when a page is open, Add to page. One click appends the answer at the bottom of the page, with headings, lists and to-dos as real blocks. Afterwards it reads On the page with Undo, which removes the inserted blocks again. That’s why Ølav no longer asks “Shall I insert this?”: you decide with one click.

Several requests at once

If you ask for several things in one message (“set all open ones to done and add two new rows”), Ølav handles all of them in one reply, with one suggestion card per change. You apply each one individually.

What Ølav can do

Tables

Add rows: “add 5 detail shots to the shot list”
Change values: “set the status of all open tasks to done”
Add a column: “add a priority column with high/medium/low”
Create a new table: “create a shot list with subject, location and status”

Pages

Append paragraphs: “turn these bullet points into a briefing”
Rewrite text: shorten, expand, or make a paragraph more formal
Replace a selection: only the highlighted passage; the rest stays untouched
Create a new page: with a title and first content
Summarize: the page content as bullet points (writes nothing)

More than plain text

Ølav builds the right block instead of writing everything as paragraphs: a callout with its kind (hint, warning, done, idea), a metric on a named table, an embedded table view, a small table block with a header row, a collapsible with title and content, a location with address, plus quote with source, code with language, LaTeX formula, divider styles, table of contents, link and embed.

He refers to tables by name. If he doesn’t know a table, he asks instead of inventing one, because a metric without a table would stay empty.

Moodboards

Add sticky notes: “add 3 ideas” (appear in colour, centred in view)
Create a new moodboard: optionally with notes right away
Group by topic: “sort the cards by topic” creates columns (or frames) and moves the cards into them
Build the board from the brief: “build the board from the brief” creates columns with shot list, packing list, colour palette, references and ideas. The brief comes from the linked session or from a page you name
Describe images: “describe the images and the mood” sets captions and, if you like, a note on the mood. If images are selected, Ølav describes exactly those

Sessions

Plan a session: “plan a portrait shoot on Friday in Zurich with a packing list”; sets date, location, type and a checklist
Add checklist items: to the packing list of an open session

Tasks

Extract tasks: pulls the open to-dos from a page into My Tasks

How to use Ølav

The chat

Open Ølav via the icon in the bottom-right corner (appears when you move to the corner) or with ⌘ . (or Ctrl .). Describe what you need. The top of the window shows what Ølav is reading along (“Reading along: …”). It includes the currently open object automatically and follows you as you switch between table, board and page.

Suggestions to start with

An empty conversation shows three suggestions that fit what you have open, on a page for example Summarise this page, What is still missing here? and Turn the open points into tasks. One click sends the suggestion right away.

Inline in text (copy-editing)

Select text on a page → Ø appears in the floating toolbar:

Rewrite, Shorten, Expand: edit only the wording and replace the passage directly (inserted unformatted).
Ask about this: opens the chat with the selected text as reference; you just type your question.

Context

Ølav sees:

The content of the currently open object (page, board, table, session)
A workspace overview (projects, pages, boards, tables, sessions), so it can refer to objects by name

If Ølav doesn’t recognise a name you mention, it asks rather than guessing, so a change never lands in the wrong table.

Conversation history

Ølav remembers the context of the ongoing conversation. Use New conversation at the top of the window to start fresh.

Tips for better results

Be specific:

“Add 5 detail shots to the shot list for a fashion shoot in an industrial loft”

is better than “add a few rows”.

Name the object when it isn’t open:

“Add three mood notes to the board ‘Autumn Shoot’”

Follow up:

“Make it shorter”
“Add a column for the deadline”

Daily limit

The number of AI requests per day depends on your plan (currently Free: 10, Pro: 50, Team: 100, see Plans & Limits) and protects the shared AI quota. Summarizing, rewriting and creating each count as one request. When the limit is reached, Ølav tells you honestly and you can continue the next day or on a higher plan.

Privacy

Before you use Ølav for the first time, Pachurros asks for your consent. Your message and the content of what you have open are sent to an AI provider: Google Gemini, under load Groq, both in the USA. The data only leaves for the answer and is not used for training. You can withdraw your consent at any time, as described in the privacy policy.