Human-AI Collaboration

Contextual Assistance

Offer timely, proactive help and suggestions based on user context, history, and needs.

What is Contextual Assistance?

Contextual Assistance is an AI design pattern where systems proactively offer help based on user context and behavior, without waiting to be asked. Instead of interrupting workflows with generic tips, this pattern analyzes what users are doing right now and suggests relevant actions at the perfect moment. It's most effective for repetitive tasks, complex applications, and situations where AI can learn from patterns to predict needs. Examples include Gmail's Smart Compose finishing your sentences, search autocomplete guessing your query, and Notion suggesting relevant pages as you type.

Example: Google Smart Compose

Google Smart Compose suggesting email text completions

Predicts and suggests text completions while typing emails, based on the email context and common phrases.

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