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](/docs/cloud/integrations/) * Account * [ Organization ](/docs/cloud/organizations/) * [ Two-Factor Enforcement ](/docs/cloud/organizations/two-factor-authentication/) * [ Audit Logs ](/docs/cloud/organizations/audit-logs/) * [ Billing ](/docs/cloud/organizations/billing/) * [ License Keys ](/docs/cloud/license-keys/) * [ AI ](/docs/ai/) * [ Insiders ](/docs/insiders/) * [ Billing & Plans ](/docs/insiders/billing-and-plans/) * [ FAQ ](/docs/insiders/faq/) * [ License ](https://capawesome.io/legal/eula/) * [ Support ](/docs/support/) * [ Contributing ](/docs/contributing/) * Contributing code * [ Code of Conduct ](/docs/contributing/code-of-conduct/) * [ Questions ](https://docs.github.com/en/discussions/collaborating-with-your-community-using-discussions/participating-in-a-discussion#creating-a-discussion) * [ Blog ](/blog/) * Categories * [ Related Posts ](#related-posts) * [ Try It Out ](#try-it-out) * [ Final Thoughts ](#final-thoughts) # Capawesome Cloud Assist: AI Build Diagnostics[ΒΆ](#capawesome-cloud-assist-ai-build-diagnostics "Permanent link") Builds break. Logs are long. We've all been there: a mobile build goes red, and the next ten minutes are spent scrolling through 800 lines of Gradle, Xcode, or npm noise trying to spot the actual error. Today we're introducing **Capawesome Cloud Assist** β€” a new AI surface inside the Cloud Console β€” and the first feature shipping under it is **Ask AI**: one click on any failed build or deployment turns those logs into a clear summary with a suggested fix, without leaving the dashboard. ## The Problem[ΒΆ](#the-problem "Permanent link") When a build or store deployment fails, the next minutes usually look the same: paste log lines into ChatGPT, ask in Discord, or scroll through hundreds of lines of output hoping the real error stands out. It's slow, it breaks flow, and it leaks privately-scoped log data into general-purpose chatbots that have no idea what a mobile build pipeline even looks like. We wanted the diagnosis to live where the failure already lives β€” right next to the build. ## How Ask AI Works[ΒΆ](#how-ask-ai-works "Permanent link") On any failed build or deployment, members with write access now see a new **Ask AI** button (sparkles icon, "New" badge) in the toolbar. The flow is intentionally short: 1. Open the failed build or deployment. 2. Click **Ask AI**. 3. A consent dialog explains what data is shared. Click **Generate**. 4. Wait a few seconds for the skeleton loader. 5. A markdown summary appears with three sections: * **Cause** β€” the line(s) that actually broke the build. * **Explanation** β€” why it broke, in human terms. * **Suggested fix** β€” a concrete next step, often with a `bash` snippet. 6. Hit **Copy** to drop the raw markdown into a PR description, ticket, or Slack message β€” or paste it as context into a local AI coding agent like Claude Code or Cursor, which can take the diagnosis and apply the fix directly to your codebase. That's it. From red CI to a fix in your repo β€” pasted into a PR or handed to a local agent β€” usually in under a minute. ## Tuned for Mobile Builds[ΒΆ](#tuned-for-mobile-builds "Permanent link") A general-purpose chatbot has to guess what kind of project it's looking at. Cloud Assist doesn't. Capawesome Cloud builds Capacitor, Cordova, native iOS, and native Android apps β€” with more stacks on the way β€” and the model sees the same shape of failures we encounter every day across all of them: Gradle and AGP version mismatches, Xcode signing failures, Pod or SPM resolution errors, npm registry auth issues, and App Store rejection notes. The result reads like advice from a teammate who's debugged this exact failure before. The output is also bounded β€” capped at around 400 words β€” so it stays a _summary_ rather than a wall of text you'd have to re-read the logs to verify. ## Cached Per Job, Shared Across the Org[ΒΆ](#cached-per-job-shared-across-the-org "Permanent link") The first teammate to click **Ask AI** on a failed job pays the cost. Everyone else in the organization opens the dialog and sees the same answer instantly. This makes a real difference for stand-ups and async debugging. When someone shares a failed build link in chat, the rest of the team doesn't each kick off a fresh AI run β€” they all see the same diagnosis. It also keeps the answer consistent: no two teammates ending up with slightly different explanations of the same error. ## Privacy by Design[ΒΆ](#privacy-by-design "Permanent link") We treat AI features the same way we treat the rest of the platform: scoped, predictable, and minimal. * **Only the failed job's build logs are sent to the AI provider.** No source code, no environment variables, no project metadata, no other jobs. * **Opt-in, with zero data retention.** Nothing is sent until you click **Ask AI** on a specific failed job β€” and our AI provider doesn't retain or train on what's sent. * **Permission-gated.** Only members with write access to the app can trigger Ask AI β€” the same permissions that already control builds and deployments. ## Status: Experimental[ΒΆ](#status-experimental "Permanent link") Ask AI is shipping as a beta and is marked with a "New" badge in-product. Quality, latency, and UX will keep iterating based on real usage and your feedback. A few things that are intentionally out of scope for v1, so you know what to expect: * No streaming β€” the answer arrives in a single response. * No regenerate or "try again with more context" toggle yet. * English only. * No deep linking from the summary back to specific log lines. These are all on the table for future iterations. We'd rather ship the smallest version that's genuinely useful and learn from how teams actually use it. ## What's Next for Cloud Assist[ΒΆ](#whats-next-for-cloud-assist "Permanent link") Ask AI is the first feature under the Cloud Assist umbrella, but it's not the last. We're already prototyping ideas like: * **Regenerate with more context** β€” when the first answer isn't enough, ask for another pass with a hint or follow-up question. * **Multi-language output** β€” diagnoses in your team's working language, not just English. * **In-line code suggestions** β€” moving beyond bash snippets in a dialog toward fixes that integrate directly with your build configuration. What ships next depends on how teams actually use Ask AI. The more failed builds you point it at, the better signal we have for what to build into Cloud Assist next. ## FAQ[ΒΆ](#faq "Permanent link") ### What data does Ask AI send to the AI provider?[ΒΆ](#what-data-does-ask-ai-send-to-the-ai-provider "Permanent link") Only the failed job's build logs. No source code, environment variables, project metadata, or other jobs are sent. It's opt-in β€” nothing is sent until you click **Ask AI** on a specific failed job β€” and the AI provider does not retain or train on what's sent. ### Who can trigger Ask AI?[ΒΆ](#who-can-trigger-ask-ai "Permanent link") Members with write access to the app β€” the same permission that already controls builds and deployments. ### Does Ask AI cost extra?[ΒΆ](#does-ask-ai-cost-extra "Permanent link") No. It's included free in all plans with build minutes. The first teammate to run it on a failed job pays the cost, and everyone else in the organization sees the cached answer instantly. ### Which build types does Cloud Assist understand?[ΒΆ](#which-build-types-does-cloud-assist-understand "Permanent link") Capawesome Cloud builds Capacitor, Cordova, native iOS, and native Android apps, and Ask AI is tuned for the failures common to all of them β€” Gradle and AGP mismatches, Xcode signing errors, Pod or SPM resolution issues, npm auth failures, and App Store rejections. ## Related Posts[ΒΆ](#related-posts "Permanent link") * [Introducing Capawesome: Mobile App Platform](/blog/announcing-capawesome-platform/) * [Capawesome NPM Registry: Easier Insiders Access](/blog/announcing-the-capawesome-npm-registry/) * [Built to Last: The Capawesome Story](/blog/built-to-last-the-capawesome-story/) * [Announcing the Capawesome Cloud Open Source Program](/blog/capawesome-cloud-open-source-program/) ## Try It Out[ΒΆ](#try-it-out "Permanent link") Ask AI is rolling out now as the first feature in Capawesome Cloud Assist β€” included free in all plans with build minutes, starting today. Open any failed build or deployment, look for the ✨ **Ask AI** button in the toolbar, and give it a try on a real failure. For full details β€” privacy, permissions, caching behavior, and the FAQ β€” see the [Cloud Assist documentation](/docs/cloud/assist/), or visit the [Assist product page](https://capawesome.io/cloud/assist/) for an overview. [Try Capawesome Cloud Free](https://capawesome.io) ## Final Thoughts[ΒΆ](#final-thoughts "Permanent link") Ask AI has an opinionated scope: take the moment that already pulls developers out of flow β€” a failing build β€” and shrink it. No copy-paste into another tab, no leaking logs into general chatbots, no guessing which lines matter. Just a click, a summary, and a suggested fix. It's also a starting point β€” more Cloud Assist features will follow this same principle of meeting mobile developers inside the Console with AI that's actually scoped to the work. If you'd like more on what we're building around CI/CD in Capawesome Cloud, read the [Capawesome Cloud Automations announcement](/blog/announcing-capawesome-cloud-automations/). If you have questions, ideas, or feedback after trying Ask AI, join us on the [Capawesome Discord server](https://discord.gg/VCXxSVjefW) β€” we read every message. And to stay up to date on what's next, [subscribe to the Capawesome newsletter](https://capawesome.io/newsletter/). 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