# AI Assistants

Specialized AI helpers for rsyslog tasks: configuration, troubleshooting, documentation, and development.

As part of rsyslog’s AI-First (Human-Controlled): Principles and Practice strategy, we provide several AI assistants to make setup, configuration, and contribution easier. They are currently implemented as OpenAI ChatGPT custom GPTs, which means you need a free OpenAI account to use them. Most users will find the free tier sufficient, but availability may depend on your subscription. The platform may change in the future.

## General-purpose assistant

- Rsyslog Assistant – the first stop for all usage, configuration, and troubleshooting questions. 🌐 https://rsyslog.ai

  It can generate working config snippets, explain errors, and guide you through common tasks. While accuracy is usually high, always verify the results. Like any AI tool, it can occasionally produce mistakes.

## Other assistants

These are more specialized, and mainly interesting for contributors:

- Rsyslog Doc Assistant Helps documentation writers maintain consistent style and structure. 🌐 https://www.rsyslog.com/tool_rsyslog-doc-assistant

- Rsyslog Dev Assistant For developers, focused on onboarding and codebase exploration. Still experimental (as of Sept 2025). 🌐 https://www.rsyslog.com/tool_rsyslog-dev-assistant

- Rsyslog Commit Assistant Guides developers in crafting commit messages that follow rsyslog’s conventions. 🌐 https://www.rsyslog.com/tool_rsyslog-commit-assistant

## Community feedback

We are continuously improving these assistants. Suggestions and feedback are very welcome in the GitHub Discussions.

If you would like to see a new assistant for a specific use case, please let us know there.

## Video tips

Some tutorials reference short “🎬 video tips”. These will be added over time. If you would like to contribute tutorial videos to the project, please contact rgerhards@adiscon.com or post in the GitHub discussions.

Support: rsyslog Assistant | GitHub Discussions | GitHub Issues: rsyslog source project

Contributing: Source & docs: rsyslog source project

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