> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.octoparse.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Templates in AI Assistant

> When a ready-made template fits your request, AI Assistant recommends it first. Learn how to open and run a recommended template from the chat.

When a ready-made template fits your request, AI Assistant recommends it before any other route. Templates are scrapers that Octoparse builds and maintains for popular sites, so you only fill in a few parameters, such as keywords or URLs, and run them.

## When AI Assistant recommends a template

AI Assistant searches the [Template Gallery](https://www.octoparse.com/template) for templates that match the site and the data you described. Matching templates appear as cards in the chat.

Templates cover the most popular sites and the most common data.

## Run a recommended template

You can't run a template inside the chat. Each card takes you to where you set it up and run it:

* **Run in cloud**: opens the template in a new tab. Fill in the parameters and run it on Octoparse Cloud.
* **Open in Desktop**: opens the template in [Octoparse Desktop](https://www.octoparse.com/download). If Desktop isn't installed, AI Assistant offers a download link.
* **Select the card itself** to see the template's page, with its fields and sample data.

The chat isn't kept after you leave it, so open the template before you go. See [Chats and tasks](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/ai-assistant/chats-and-tasks.md).

A card shows the buttons that match where the template can run: on Octoparse Cloud, in Octoparse Desktop, or both.

Some templates charge per result. See [Template pricing](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/templates/overview.md#pricing).

## If a template doesn't fit or doesn't work

* **Need something a template doesn't cover?** Select **Request a custom template**. It opens a chat with our support team, with your request already filled in.
* **A template doesn't run well, or the data isn't what you expected?** See [Troubleshoot templates](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/templates/troubleshooting.md). If that doesn't help, contact support: we can fix the template or customize it for you.
* **Want to build your own?** Ask AI Assistant to use [Browser Use](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/ai-assistant/browser-use.md), [Cloud Agent](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/ai-assistant/cloud-agent.md), or [Auto-detect](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/ai-assistant/auto-detect.md), or pick one in the mode selector when you start a new chat. You can also build the task from scratch in [Octoparse Desktop](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/desktop/no-code-builder.md).

## Related pages

> [card] [Templates overview](https://www.octoparse.com/docs/en/templates/overview.md)
>
> How templates work and how to run them.

> [card] [Template Gallery](https://www.octoparse.com/template)
>
> Browse all templates.


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