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# Product Overview

AI Sidebar is a slide-in chat interface for the Ignis desktop environment that provides local AI assistance through Ollama integration.

## Core Features

- Slide-in sidebar from the left side with smooth animations
- Local AI chat using Ollama models
- Automatic conversation persistence across sessions
- Material Design 3 theming that matches Ignis
- Keyboard shortcut toggle support
- Automatic Ollama availability monitoring with graceful degradation

## User Experience

- Clicking outside the sidebar closes it (same as QuickCenter)
- Conversations are automatically saved to `~/.config/ignis/modules/aisidebar/data/conversations/`
- The UI gracefully handles Ollama being unavailable and notifies users when connectivity is restored
- Default width is 400px to match QuickCenter