Admin Chat Assistant

The Admin Chat is an AI-powered assistant that lets you manage your Menatic AI cluster through natural language.

Accessing the Chat

Click the Chat icon in the sidebar or navigate to the chat panel. The assistant is available to users with admin privileges.

What It Can Do

The assistant can:

• Query cluster status — “How many notebooks are running? What’s the cluster CPU usage?”
• List resources — “Show me all deployed MCP servers”
• Create resources — “Deploy a new Jupyter notebook for alice@example.com”
• Provide guidance — “How do I configure GPU acceleration for a model?”

Example Conversations

Checking cluster health:

User: Give me a summary of the cluster status
Assistant: Here's the current cluster status:
- **3 nodes** running (all healthy)
- **6 Jupyter notebooks** deployed (5 running, 1 starting)
- **2 MCP servers** running
- **4 AI models** available (2 local, 2 remote)
- CPU usage: 42% across all nodes

Creating a notebook:

User: Create a notebook called "research-env" for user bob@example.com
Assistant: I'll deploy a new Jupyter notebook for you.
✓ Notebook "research-env" created successfully
- Owner: bob@example.com
- URL: https://ai.example.com/jupyter/research-env/
- Status: Starting (will be ready in ~30 seconds)

Response Format

The assistant supports Markdown in responses — headings, bold text, bullet lists, code blocks, and tables are all rendered properly in the chat interface.

Model Selection

The assistant uses the AI model configured in the admin settings. You can switch between available models (local Ollama models or remote providers) from the model selector at the top of the chat panel.

Limitations

• The assistant can only perform actions that the underlying MCP tools support
• Destructive actions (delete) require explicit confirmation
• The assistant does not have access to notebook file contents or user data