Fleetbase AI

Fleetbase AI is an operations copilot and task automation module for Fleetbase. It adds a global AI prompt to the Fleetbase console, records each AI turn as an auditable task, and gives Fleetbase extensions a capability framework for exposing safe AI-readable context and previewable actions.

This extension was scaffolded with the Fleetbase CLI and contains both the Ember engine and Laravel backend package for fleetbase/ai.

Current Status

This module is in active development. The current version includes:

• A global floating Fleetbase AI prompt opened from the header tray.
• Persistent chat sessions with history, continuation, ending, and soft-delete support.
• System-wide admin configuration for enabling Fleetbase AI and selecting a provider/model.
• OpenAI, Claude, and Local Preview provider support.
• Durable ai_tasks, ai_task_steps, and ai_sessions recording.
• Markdown response rendering, including lists, links, inline code, and simple tables.
• Attachment upload references for AI turns.
• A capability registry for modules to register read/context capabilities and preview/apply actions.
• Fleet-Ops pilot capabilities, including order context/insights and a compact create-order preview flow.

Installation

Install this extension like any Fleetbase extension package:

flb install fleetbase/ai --path /path/to/fleetbase

The --path value should point to the Fleetbase instance directory containing both console/ and api/.

For local development inside a Fleetbase workspace, ensure the console workspace includes @fleetbase/ai-engine, then rebuild the console assets after frontend changes.

Admin Configuration

Fleetbase AI is configured system-wide by admins. Provider keys are not stored per company.

In the console admin settings:

1. Open AI > Provider Settings.
2. Enable Fleetbase AI.
3. Select a provider.
4. Select the default model from the backend-supported model list.
5. Enter provider credentials for the selected provider.
6. Save and test the provider.

Supported providers:

• Local Preview: local non-network placeholder provider for development and UI testing.
• OpenAI: Responses API integration.
• Claude: Anthropic Messages API integration.

Base URLs are treated as advanced settings and default to the canonical provider API endpoints.

Console Experience

When enabled, Fleetbase AI registers a compact magic-wand tray button in the Fleetbase console header. The same prompt can be opened globally with the configured keyboard shortcut.

The prompt supports:

• Persistent sessions instead of throwaway one-off prompts.
• Multi-line expanding input.
• User and AI turns in the transcript.
• Session history with delete controls.
• Uploaded file references for future capability-specific parsing.
• Action preview cards, such as Fleet-Ops create-order previews.

Closing the prompt only hides it. A chat session continues until the user starts a new chat, ends the current chat, or deletes the session from history.

Capability Framework

Fleetbase AI does not give providers arbitrary database access. Modules expose AI functionality explicitly by registering capabilities.

Capabilities can provide:

• Read/context data for prompts.
• Preview-only actions.
• Confirmed apply actions.
• Permission metadata.
• Module-specific UI preview components.

Fleet-Ops is the first pilot module using this framework. Its initial capabilities are intentionally conservative: read/report context and preview-confirm-apply actions rather than silent mutations.

Fleet-Ops Pilot

The Fleet-Ops pilot currently focuses on useful operational workflows:

• Answering questions about orders and operational resources.
• Producing bounded order insights and simple reports.
• Returning docs/help context for Fleet-Ops workflows.
• Previewing Fleet-Ops order creation from natural-language prompts.

Create-order actions use a dedicated compact preview component designed for the AI prompt. The preview can show pickup/dropoff details, a small route preview, driver/vehicle assignment fields, POD and dispatch toggles, notes, and explicit create/cancel controls.

Orders are not created until the user confirms the preview.

Development Checks

Frontend checks:

./node_modules/.bin/eslint addon/services/ai.js addon/components/ai-prompt.js
./node_modules/.bin/ember-template-lint addon/components/ai-prompt.hbs
./node_modules/.bin/stylelint addon/styles/ai-engine.css

Backend checks:

php -l server/src/routes.php
php -l server/src/Http/Controllers/Internal/AiSessionController.php

The local template-lint configuration may print Invalid rule configuration found: no-down-event-binding while still exiting successfully.

Notes

• Billing and SaaS metering are intentionally outside this module.
• Token usage is retained as provider telemetry.
• Session deletion is a soft delete; task and step records are retained for auditability.
• User-facing copy should use Fleet-Ops for the operations module name.