# Ask the Assistant for Code, and Review Images Faster

Source: https://help.zira.us/whats-new/assistant-api-answers-and-review-tools
Summary: The home AI assistant now answers questions about connecting your own systems to Zira with real, copy-ready code — and remembers what you were asking about, so a follow-up like "give me a Python snippet" just works. Image review gets sharper filtering, a much deeper zoom, and a way to pull a random sample from a session. QA Snapshots can now show annotated images, merged datasets can go straight into training, and validation sessions and datasets open in a new tab.
Updated: 2026-07-27

This release is about getting answers and getting through work faster. The home AI assistant can now help you connect your own systems to Zira — ask it how to pull readings or create a task programmatically and it replies with the exact request and working code you can copy straight into your project. Image review gains sharper filtering, a much deeper zoom, and random sampling for quick spot-checks. QA Snapshots can display annotated images, a merged dataset can go straight into training, and small touches across dashboards and the Vision Hub smooth out everyday work.

## 🧑‍💻 Ask the assistant how to connect your systems

If your team pulls data out of Zira or pushes data in from another system, you can now just ask the assistant about it.

- Ask something like **"how do I get readings from a data source using the API?"** and you get the exact request to make, along with a working example you can copy and run.
- Ask for the language you actually work in — **cURL, Python, or JavaScript** — and you get a complete, ready-to-run snippet, not a sketch. Every example is formatted as a proper code block with a one-click copy button.
- One-tap buttons under each answer let you switch languages, get the parameters explained, or find out how to create an API key — no retyping.
- Answers link straight to the matching page in the [developer reference](/developers/api-reference/get-readings) so you can dig deeper.

Everything the assistant tells you comes from Zira's published integration reference, so the field names, addresses, and options match what the system actually accepts.

## 💬 Follow-ups that remember what you were asking about

The assistant now holds on to the subject of a conversation. Ask about reading data, then simply say **"can you give me a Python snippet?"** — it knows you still mean reading data, and answers directly instead of asking you to explain again. Move on to a different topic and it follows you there.

## 🔍 A sharper image review

- **Combine filters freely.** Pick several options within a filter and several filters at once to narrow a session down to exactly the images you want to look at.
- **Filter by catalog code** alongside the existing defect and disposition filters.
- **Zoom up to 20x** to inspect fine detail, and the mark you are working on now stays clearly highlighted as you look around.
- **Select a random sample** of images from across the whole filtered session — a quick way to spot-check quality without paging through everything.
- More images load per page by default, so there is less clicking to get through a session.

## 🖼️ Annotated images in QA Snapshots

The QA Snapshots widget can now draw detection overlays directly on its images. Turn on **Show annotations** when you set the widget up, and optionally limit the overlays to defects only so a wall of results stays readable at a glance.

## 🚀 From merged dataset straight to training

When you merge datasets into a new training set, you can now start training in the same step. The training settings are pre-filled from the merge, so a version that used to need a second round of setup is ready to go on its own.

## 🗂️ Smaller things that add up

- **Open in a new tab.** Validation sessions and datasets now open in a new tab from their menu, or with a middle click — handy when you want to compare two side by side.
- **Faster validation lists.** The validation list appears immediately and refreshes quietly in the background.
- **Hidden widgets are marked.** While editing a dashboard layout, any widget that is hidden on a particular screen size now shows a small badge saying so, so nothing disappears unexpectedly.
- **Cleaner widget defaults.** New KPI, Data Streaming, and Indicator widgets start with a centered, comfortably sized label, and gauges sit properly centered.
- **What's new in the app bar.** Release news now shows as a small chip next to your profile picture, and lets you know when a new version is ready to load.

## 🐛 Fixes

- Video validation now keeps the correct raw or validated view when you move between videos.
- Deleting labels from the label configuration works reliably again.
- Chart widgets use their intended default line colors, and gauge options behave correctly.