Opening the drawer
Click the sparkle icon in Rancher’s top navigation bar from any page. The drawer slides in from the right and persists across page navigation.Key capabilities
Context awareness
Suggestions adapt based on the current Rancher page and selected cluster.
Source citations
Every fix links back to the GitHub issue or KB article it was derived from.
Confidence scoring
Responses include a confidence percentage based on corpus match quality.
Fleet correlation
Banners indicate when the same issue appears across multiple clusters.
Fix verification
Post-fix monitoring confirms the issue is resolved.
Cluster memory
Indicator shows when the AI retains context from prior interactions with this cluster.
Drawer features
- Expandable fix commands — code blocks with copy and run buttons
- Action confirmation — destructive operations display a risk level before execution
- Cluster memory indicator — shows when AI has prior context for the selected cluster
- Ask AI buttons — appear inline on other pages to jump into the drawer with context
Engine API
Sends a diagnostic query with cluster context and returns a grounded AI response.
Demo mode
Without an Engine connection, the AI drawer uses keyword matching to return canned responses for common scenarios:| Keyword | Demo response topic |
|---|---|
| etcd | etcd cluster health and quorum recovery |
| CrashLoopBackOff | Container restart loop diagnosis |
| upgrade | Version upgrade risk assessment |
| Longhorn | Storage replica and volume health |
| OOM | Out-of-memory kill analysis |