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AI assistant

The AI assistant is a chat surface that has read your logs, can search the web, and can add or edit entries on your behalf. It's not a chatbot — it's an agent with access to tools.

When to use it

The AI is most useful for:

  • Logging meals from a photo or description — fastest way to enter food.
  • Asking about your own patterns — "Why does my nausea peak on day 2?", "Am I hitting protein this week?"
  • Quick edits — "Move the rice from lunch to dinner," "Delete yesterday's snack."
  • Explaining numbers — "Why is my trend line slowing?", "Why did the rolling budget shrink?"
  • Hitting your numbers — "What should I eat to hit 80g protein and 340 kcal today?"

What it's not useful for:

  • Medical advice. It can describe what's in your data but can't (and shouldn't) prescribe.
  • Speculative scenarios it has no data for. It won't make up numbers.
  • Changing app settings. It can tell you where the setting lives, but can't toggle it.

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Tier differences

FreePremiumUnlimited
Daily messages560Unlimited
Context lengthLowMediumExtreme
Food image recognition50/dayUnlimited
Tool access (search, edits, web)FullFull

Free tier still gets pre-computed pattern insights embedded in chat, even though it can't make tool calls. The AI explains what it sees but can't actively pull more data or write entries.

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