AI

The whiteboard interface described below is planned and not yet shipped. There is no vela generate ai command today.

Available today

AI design is a --ai option on the individual generators. Pass a natural-language description instead of a model name and fields:

$ vela generate schema --ai "a cooking recipe with ingredients and amounts"
$ vela generate form --ai "a feedback form with a 1-5 star rating"
$ vela generate scaffold --ai "listing info for hotels"

For forms and scaffolds this runs in two stages — first the schema, then the layout — with a chance to refine each before anything is written. See schema, form and scaffold.

The chosen layout is saved as data/ai-form-layouts/<model>.json, or as .vela/ai-form-layouts/<model>.json in a project without a backend.

Requires an account and a linked project — run vela login and vela link first.

Planned: whiteboard

A local whiteboard interface for developing the database schema iteratively: drag models, forms and scaffolding onto a canvas, refine the schema with a prompt, and commit the result to generate the files and migrations in one step.