Feature Spotlight: Meet the Scribe

Introducing Scribe Mode: The Digital Consultant that listens, thinks, and builds your application at the speed of conversation.

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Feature Spotlight: Meet the Scribe

The "Digital Consultant" That Listens, Thinks, and Builds.

We are thrilled to introduce Scribe Mode, the newest persona in the App Studio. If the Tutor is your teacher and the Builder is your engineer, the Scribe is your silent partner in the room.

For years, consultants and architects have faced the same friction: the "Translation Gap." You spend an hour brilliantly brainstorming requirements with a client, but when the meeting ends, you are left with messy notes and a blank screen.

The Scribe eliminates the blank page. It acts as a Prompt Compiler, listening to your conversation, filtering out the noise, and constructing the application in the background while you talk.

How It Works: The "Clarity Gauge"

The Scribe isn't just a voice recorder; it is a Real-Time Requirements Engine.

  1. Ambient Listening: Switch to "Scribe Mode" and hit Record. The Scribe uses your browser’s native speech engine to transcribe the meeting in real-time.
  2. The Director’s Remark: Need to steer the AI? You can type "corrections" or "technical specifics" directly into the chat buffer while the recording continues. The Scribe treats your typed notes as high-priority instructions to override or clarify the spoken text.
  3. The Ephemeral Cheat Sheet: When you pause to think (or hit Stop), the Scribe analyzes the conversation against your app’s live metadata. It generates a Cheat Sheet—a proposed plan of action.
    • The Magic: If you keep talking, the Cheat Sheet vanishes and rebuilds. It is a living "Clarity Gauge." If the Cheat Sheet looks right, you know the AI (and the room) is aligned. If it looks wrong, you just keep talking to fix it.
  4. Instant Materialization: Click "Apply All," and the App Studio executes the plan. By the time your client returns from a coffee break, the features you discussed are live in the Realistic Model App (RMA).

The Scribe turns "Talk" into "Software" at the speed of conversation.

For Our Consultants and Partners: Your New Superpower

If you build apps for clients, Scribe Mode is your new competitive advantage. It transforms you from a note-taker into an Architect who delivers results in the room.

  • Win the Room: Don't take notes; take action. Use Scribe Mode during the discovery meeting to generate a working prototype in real-time. Show your client the software they asked for before the meeting ends.
  • Instant Proposals: Use the Builder to generate a technical SRS (Software Requirements Specification) and LOE (Level of Effort) estimation based on the meeting transcript. Turn a 30-minute chat into a professional proposal instantly.
  • The "Wizard" Effect: You remain the expert. The Scribe handles the typing, configuration, and schema design, freeing you to focus on strategy and client relationships.

Choose Your Partner: Tutor vs. Builder vs. Scribe

Feature

The Tutor

The Builder

The Scribe

Role

The Mentor (Teacher)

The Engineer (Maker)

The Silent Partner (Listener)

Best For...

Learning "How-to," navigating the studio, and troubleshooting errors.

Executing complex tasks, generating schemas, and building specific features instantly.

Stakeholder meetings, "rubber duck" brainstorming, and capturing requirements in real-time.

Interaction

Conversational: Ask questions like "How do I filter a grid?"

Directive: Give commands like "Create a dashboard for Sales."

Ambient: Runs in the background. Listens to voice (mic) or accepts unstructured notes.

Input Type

Natural Language Questions.

Precise Instructions & Prompts.

Stream of Consciousness (Voice or Text) + "Director's Remarks."

Output

Explanations + Navigation Pointers (guides you to the screen).

Cheat Sheet with executable steps + "Apply All" button.

Ephemeral Cheat Sheet (Self-correcting plan) + "Apply All" button.

Context

Knows the documentation (Service Manual) and your current screen location.

Knows your entire project structure (Schema, Controllers, Pages) to generate valid code.

Knows your project structure + synthesizes the entire conversation history into a final plan.

Cost

Free (Included in all editions).

Paid (Consumes Builder Credits).

Paid (Consumes Builder Credits for synthesis).

Summary: Which Mode Do I Need?

  • Use Tutor when you want to do it yourself or do not want to consume credits, but need a map.
  • Use Builder when you know what you want and want the AI to do it for you. Requires Builder Credits.
  • Use Scribe when you are figuring it out with a client or team and want the app to materialize as you speak. Requires Builder Credits.