# Ask AI docs support panel that shows the knowledge base being read

> A support assistant docked to a documentation page as a hideable right sidebar, answering only from the product knowledge base and showing its work while it does. Every question runs a visible retrieval: the search, then each matched article ticking from queued to read, then the write, and the finished answer folds that reading into a receipt naming how many articles were read and how many survived into the answer. Answers arrive as prose with numbered steps and a caveat, carry helpful and not helpful voting, and when the documentation genuinely does not cover a question the assistant says so…

A paid shadcn/ui block sold by the [@reui](https://reui.io/?utm_source=shadcn.exchange) registry, listed on [shadcn.exchange](https://shadcn.exchange/r/reui/ai-chat-12).

- Page, with a preview: https://shadcn.exchange/r/reui/ai-chat-12
- Screenshot: https://abzjhwgwpdpz7ua5.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/shots/reui/ai-chat-12-light-db40041b7d933fa7.png
- Listed: 2026-10-13

## Buy and install

@reui sells this block, and its code is not on shadcn.exchange. Buy it from the registry, which installs it for those who have: https://shadcn.exchange/out/reui/ai-chat-12

## Dependencies

- Registry items: `@reui/icon-stack`, `bubble`, `button`, `collapsible`, `dropdown-menu`, `empty`, `field`, `input-group`, `item`, `kbd`, `marker`, `message-scroller`, `sidebar`, `skeleton`, `spinner`, `tooltip`