Ask AI design proposal

[Jaqster]

I have some design suggestions for the "Ask AI" feature in Code Eval.
I am planning to do a teacher survey + interviews, but thought I'd get out in front of some of the issues I'm seeing as I'm playing around with the tool more.

Let me know what you all think.... not married to any of these ideas, and also not sure we have time/bandwidth to implement.

[github-actions]

Recommendation for Triage

Issue Type: feature

Status: info-complete

Label(s): Code Validation

Duplicate Issue(s): No duplicate issue found

Likely Related: #7282 (Include game name & description in Code Eval payload), #7240 (Explain with AI fails on large projects), #7259 ([Code Evaluation] Cannot add multiple "Code Elements" criteria in Checklist)

Suggested Priority: unknown

Complexity: medium

Copilot Agent Ready: ❌ No

Recommendations for Assignee

Analysis

This is a design proposal for UX improvements to the "Ask AI" feature in Code Validation. The issue contains mockups with three design suggestions based on user experience observations. Since this is a design proposal rather than a bug or concrete feature request, it requires human review to evaluate the proposed designs, gather feedback from teacher surveys/interviews as mentioned, and determine implementation priority and scope. The issue already has the correct "Code Validation" label applied.

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Duplicate & Related Issues

Duplicates:

• No duplicates found via search

Related Issues:

• Include game name & description in Code Eval payload #7282 (Include game name & description in Code Eval payload) - Related Code Eval AI functionality improvement
• Explain with AI fails on large projects #7240 (Explain with AI fails on large projects) - Related AI feature reliability issue
• [Code Evaluation] Cannot add multiple “Code Elements” criteria in Checklist #7259 ([Code Evaluation] Cannot add multiple "Code Elements" criteria in Checklist) - Related Code Evaluation tool issue

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Location Hints

This is a design proposal with mockup images. Code changes would likely be in the Code Validation tool UI components once designs are approved. Specific file locations cannot be determined until the design is finalized and implementation approach is decided.

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Next Steps

Copilot Coding Agent Assessment:

Can assign to Copilot Coding Agent: ❌ No, human needed

Reasoning: This is a design proposal requiring human evaluation and decision-making. The issue explicitly mentions planning teacher surveys and interviews, and the author is "not married to any of these ideas." This requires UX review, stakeholder input, and prioritization decisions before any implementation work can begin.

AI generated by Triage

[Jaqster]

Abhijith asked about importance of providing default prompts for teachers - I did talk with the Edu Team about this (notes here: onenote:https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/teams/VSCodeforEducation/SiteAssets/Project%20Treehouse%20Notebook/Design.one#Teams%20Edu%20Copilot%20UI&section-id={DB3DC2BC-C340-4ACA-8742-2314F49B134D}&page-id={12A775D0-149C-4ED7-84E7-8C533BAE8003}&end)
They use these little buttons to add default prompts -

[Jaqster]

We talked about maybe moving the "Custom" prompt section to the top so it was more discoverable.
And we also talked about a way for teachers to add more custom prompts (maybe a plus icon below to generate a new field?)