feat(AI Assistant): custom name option for AI Assistant

admin/app/controllers/settings_controller.ts

@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ export default class SettingsController {
         const availableModels = await this.ollamaService.getAvailableModels({ sort: 'pulls', recommendedOnly: false, query: null, limit: 15 });
         const installedModels = await this.ollamaService.getModels();
         const chatSuggestionsEnabled = await KVStore.getValue('chat.suggestionsEnabled')
+        const aiAssistantCustomName = await KVStore.getValue('ai.assistantCustomName')
         return inertia.render('settings/models', {
             models: {
                 availableModels: availableModels?.models || [],
                 installedModels: installedModels || [],
                 settings: {
-                    chatSuggestionsEnabled: chatSuggestionsEnabled ?? false
+                    chatSuggestionsEnabled: chatSuggestionsEnabled ?? false,
+                    aiAssistantCustomName: aiAssistantCustomName ?? '',
                 }
             }
         });

admin/app/models/kv_store.ts

@@ -50,4 +50,15 @@ export default class KVStore extends BaseModel {
     }
     return setting
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Clear a setting value by key, storing null so getValue returns null.
+   */
+  static async clearValue<K extends KVStoreKey>(key: K): Promise<void> {
+    const setting = await this.findBy('key', key)
+    if (setting && setting.value !== null) {
+      setting.value = null
+      await setting.save()
+    }
+  }
 }

admin/app/services/system_service.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { getAllFilesystems, getFile } from '../utils/fs.js'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import env from '#start/env'
 import KVStore from '#models/kv_store'
-import { KVStoreKey } from '../../types/kv_store.js'
+import { KV_STORE_SCHEMA, KVStoreKey } from '../../types/kv_store.js'
 
 
 @inject()
@@ -388,7 +388,11 @@ export class SystemService {
   }
 
   async updateSetting(key: KVStoreKey, value: any): Promise<void> {
-    await KVStore.setValue(key, value);
+    if ((value === '' || value === undefined || value === null) && KV_STORE_SCHEMA[key] === 'string') {
+      await KVStore.clearValue(key)
+    } else {
+      await KVStore.setValue(key, value)
+    }
   }
 
   /**

admin/app/validators/settings.ts

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ import { SETTINGS_KEYS } from "../../constants/kv_store.js";
 
 export const updateSettingSchema = vine.compile(vine.object({
     key: vine.enum(SETTINGS_KEYS),
-    value: vine.any(),
+    value: vine.any().optional(),
 }))

admin/config/inertia.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import KVStore from '#models/kv_store'
 import { SystemService } from '#services/system_service'
 import { defineConfig } from '@adonisjs/inertia'
 import type { InferSharedProps } from '@adonisjs/inertia/types'
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ const inertiaConfig = defineConfig({
   sharedData: {
     appVersion: () => SystemService.getAppVersion(),
     environment: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production',
+    aiAssistantName: async () => {
+      const customName = await KVStore.getValue('ai.assistantCustomName')
+      return (customName && customName.trim()) ? customName : 'AI Assistant'
+    },
   },
 
   /**

admin/constants/kv_store.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import { KVStoreKey } from "../types/kv_store.js";
 
-export const SETTINGS_KEYS: KVStoreKey[] = ['chat.suggestionsEnabled', 'ui.hasVisitedEasySetup', 'system.earlyAccess'];
+export const SETTINGS_KEYS: KVStoreKey[] = ['chat.suggestionsEnabled', 'ui.hasVisitedEasySetup', 'system.earlyAccess', 'ai.assistantCustomName'];

admin/inertia/components/chat/ChatInterface.tsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import StyledModal from '../StyledModal'
 import api from '~/lib/api'
 import { DEFAULT_QUERY_REWRITE_MODEL } from '../../../constants/ollama'
 import { useNotifications } from '~/context/NotificationContext'
+import { usePage } from '@inertiajs/react'
 
 interface ChatInterfaceProps {
   messages: ChatMessage[]
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export default function ChatInterface({
   chatSuggestionsLoading = false,
   rewriteModelAvailable = false
 }: ChatInterfaceProps) {
+  const { aiAssistantName } = usePage<{ aiAssistantName: string }>().props
   const { addNotification } = useNotifications()
   const [input, setInput] = useState('')
   const [downloadDialogOpen, setDownloadDialogOpen] = useState(false)
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ export default function ChatInterface({
               value={input}
               onChange={handleInput}
               onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
-              placeholder="Type your message... (Shift+Enter for new line)"
+              placeholder={`Type your message to ${aiAssistantName}... (Shift+Enter for new line)`}
               className="w-full resize-none rounded-lg border border-gray-300 px-4 py-3 pr-12 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 focus:ring-desert-green focus:border-transparent disabled:bg-gray-50 disabled:text-gray-500"
               rows={1}
               disabled={isLoading}

admin/inertia/components/chat/ChatSidebar.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import classNames from '~/lib/classNames'
 import StyledButton from '../StyledButton'
-import { router } from '@inertiajs/react'
+import { router, usePage } from '@inertiajs/react'
 import { ChatSession } from '../../../types/chat'
 import { IconMessage } from '@tabler/icons-react'
 import { useState } from 'react'
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default function ChatSidebar({
   onClearHistory,
   isInModal = false,
 }: ChatSidebarProps) {
+  const { aiAssistantName } = usePage<{ aiAssistantName: string }>().props
   const [isKnowledgeBaseModalOpen, setIsKnowledgeBaseModalOpen] = useState(
     () => new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('knowledge_base') === 'true'
   )
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ export default function ChatSidebar({
         )}
       </div>
       {isKnowledgeBaseModalOpen && (
-        <KnowledgeBaseModal onClose={handleCloseKnowledgeBase} />
+        <KnowledgeBaseModal aiAssistantName={aiAssistantName} onClose={handleCloseKnowledgeBase} />
       )}
     </div>
   )

admin/inertia/components/chat/KnowledgeBaseModal.tsx

@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import { useModals } from '~/context/ModalContext'
 import StyledModal from '../StyledModal'
 
 interface KnowledgeBaseModalProps {
+  aiAssistantName?: string
   onClose: () => void
 }
 
-export default function KnowledgeBaseModal({ onClose }: KnowledgeBaseModalProps) {
+export default function KnowledgeBaseModal({ aiAssistantName = "AI Assistant", onClose }: KnowledgeBaseModalProps) {
   const { addNotification } = useNotifications()
   const [files, setFiles] = useState<File[]>([])
   const fileUploaderRef = useRef<React.ComponentRef<typeof FileUploader>>(null)
@@ -140,12 +141,12 @@ export default function KnowledgeBaseModal({ onClose }: KnowledgeBaseModalProps)
                   </div>
                   <div>
                     <p className="font-medium text-desert-stone-dark">
-                      AI Assistant Knowledge Base Integration
+                      {aiAssistantName} Knowledge Base Integration
                     </p>
                     <p className="text-sm text-desert-stone">
                       When you upload documents to your Knowledge Base, NOMAD processes and embeds
-                      the content, making it directly accessible to the AI Assistant. This allows
+                      the content, making it directly accessible to {aiAssistantName}. This allows{' '}
-                      the AI Assistant to reference your specific documents during conversations,
+                      {aiAssistantName} to reference your specific documents during conversations,
                       providing more accurate and personalized responses based on your uploaded
                       data.
                     </p>
@@ -177,8 +178,7 @@ export default function KnowledgeBaseModal({ onClose }: KnowledgeBaseModalProps)
                     </p>
                     <p className="text-sm text-desert-stone">
                       NOMAD will automatically discover and extract any content you save to your
-                      Information Library (if installed), making it instantly available to the AI
+                      Information Library (if installed), making it instantly available to {aiAssistantName} without any extra steps.
-                      Assistant without any extra steps.
                     </p>
                   </div>
                 </div>

admin/inertia/components/inputs/Input.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { InputHTMLAttributes } from "react";
 export interface InputProps extends InputHTMLAttributes<HTMLInputElement> {
   name: string;
   label: string;
+  helpText?: string;
   className?: string;
   labelClassName?: string;
   inputClassName?: string;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ const Input: React.FC<InputProps> = ({
   className,
   label,
   name,
+  helpText,
   labelClassName,
   inputClassName,
   containerClassName,
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ const Input: React.FC<InputProps> = ({
       >
         {label}{required ? "*" : ""}
       </label>
+      {helpText && <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-gray-500">{helpText}</p>}
       <div className={classNames("mt-1.5", containerClassName)}>
         <div className="relative">
           {leftIcon && (

admin/inertia/layouts/SettingsLayout.tsx

@@ -10,34 +10,37 @@ import {
   IconWand,
   IconZoom
 } from '@tabler/icons-react'
+import { usePage } from '@inertiajs/react'
 import StyledSidebar from '~/components/StyledSidebar'
 import { getServiceLink } from '~/lib/navigation'
 
-const navigation = [
-  { name: 'AI Assistant', href: '/settings/models', icon: IconWand, current: false },
-  { name: 'Apps', href: '/settings/apps', icon: IconTerminal2, current: false },
-  { name: 'Benchmark', href: '/settings/benchmark', icon: IconChartBar, current: false },
-  { name: 'Content Explorer', href: '/settings/zim/remote-explorer', icon: IconZoom, current: false },
-  { name: 'Content Manager', href: '/settings/zim', icon: IconFolder, current: false },
-  { name: 'Maps Manager', href: '/settings/maps', icon: IconMapRoute, current: false },
-  {
-    name: 'Service Logs & Metrics',
-    href: getServiceLink('9999'),
-    icon: IconDashboard,
-    current: false,
-    target: '_blank',
-  },
-  {
-    name: 'Check for Updates',
-    href: '/settings/update',
-    icon: IconArrowBigUpLines,
-    current: false,
-  },
-  { name: 'System', href: '/settings/system', icon: IconSettings, current: false },
-  { name: 'Legal Notices', href: '/settings/legal', icon: IconGavel, current: false },
-]
-
 export default function SettingsLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  const { aiAssistantName } = usePage<{ aiAssistantName: string }>().props
+
+  const navigation = [
+    { name: aiAssistantName, href: '/settings/models', icon: IconWand, current: false },
+    { name: 'Apps', href: '/settings/apps', icon: IconTerminal2, current: false },
+    { name: 'Benchmark', href: '/settings/benchmark', icon: IconChartBar, current: false },
+    { name: 'Content Explorer', href: '/settings/zim/remote-explorer', icon: IconZoom, current: false },
+    { name: 'Content Manager', href: '/settings/zim', icon: IconFolder, current: false },
+    { name: 'Maps Manager', href: '/settings/maps', icon: IconMapRoute, current: false },
+    {
+      name: 'Service Logs & Metrics',
+      href: getServiceLink('9999'),
+      icon: IconDashboard,
+      current: false,
+      target: '_blank',
+    },
+    {
+      name: 'Check for Updates',
+      href: '/settings/update',
+      icon: IconArrowBigUpLines,
+      current: false,
+    },
+    { name: 'System', href: '/settings/system', icon: IconSettings, current: false },
+    { name: 'Legal Notices', href: '/settings/legal', icon: IconGavel, current: false },
+  ]
+
   return (
     <div className="min-h-screen flex flex-row bg-stone-50/90">
       <StyledSidebar title="Settings" items={navigation} />

admin/inertia/pages/chat.tsx

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import { Head } from '@inertiajs/react'
+import { Head, usePage } from '@inertiajs/react'
 import ChatComponent from '~/components/chat'
 
 export default function Chat(props: { settings: { chatSuggestionsEnabled: boolean } }) {
+  const { aiAssistantName } = usePage<{ aiAssistantName: string }>().props
   return (
     <div className="w-full h-full">
-      <Head title="AI Assistant" />
+      <Head title={aiAssistantName} />
       <ChatComponent enabled={true} suggestionsEnabled={props.settings.chatSuggestionsEnabled} />
     </div>
   )

admin/inertia/pages/easy-setup/index.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Head, router } from '@inertiajs/react'
+import { Head, router, usePage } from '@inertiajs/react'
 import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { useEffect, useState, useMemo } from 'react'
 import AppLayout from '~/layouts/AppLayout'
@@ -32,51 +32,53 @@ interface Capability {
   icon: string
 }
 
-const CORE_CAPABILITIES: Capability[] = [
+function buildCoreCapabilities(aiAssistantName: string): Capability[] {
-  {
+  return [
-    id: 'information',
+    {
-    name: 'Information Library',
+      id: 'information',
-    technicalName: 'Kiwix',
+      name: 'Information Library',
-    description:
+      technicalName: 'Kiwix',
-      'Offline access to Wikipedia, medical references, how-to guides, and encyclopedias',
+      description:
-    features: [
+        'Offline access to Wikipedia, medical references, how-to guides, and encyclopedias',
-      'Complete Wikipedia offline',
+      features: [
-      'Medical references and first aid guides',
+        'Complete Wikipedia offline',
-      'WikiHow articles and tutorials',
+        'Medical references and first aid guides',
-      'Project Gutenberg books and literature',
+        'WikiHow articles and tutorials',
-    ],
+        'Project Gutenberg books and literature',
-    services: [SERVICE_NAMES.KIWIX],
+      ],
-    icon: 'IconBooks',
+      services: [SERVICE_NAMES.KIWIX],
-  },
+      icon: 'IconBooks',
-  {
+    },
-    id: 'education',
+    {
-    name: 'Education Platform',
+      id: 'education',
-    technicalName: 'Kolibri',
+      name: 'Education Platform',
-    description: 'Interactive learning platform with video courses and exercises',
+      technicalName: 'Kolibri',
-    features: [
+      description: 'Interactive learning platform with video courses and exercises',
-      'Khan Academy math and science courses',
+      features: [
-      'K-12 curriculum content',
+        'Khan Academy math and science courses',
-      'Interactive exercises and quizzes',
+        'K-12 curriculum content',
-      'Progress tracking for learners',
+        'Interactive exercises and quizzes',
-    ],
+        'Progress tracking for learners',
-    services: [SERVICE_NAMES.KOLIBRI],
+      ],
-    icon: 'IconSchool',
+      services: [SERVICE_NAMES.KOLIBRI],
-  },
+      icon: 'IconSchool',
-  {
+    },
-    id: 'ai',
+    {
-    name: 'AI Assistant',
+      id: 'ai',
-    technicalName: 'Ollama',
+      name: aiAssistantName,
-    description: 'Local AI chat that runs entirely on your hardware - no internet required',
+      technicalName: 'Ollama',
-    features: [
+      description: 'Local AI chat that runs entirely on your hardware - no internet required',
-      'Private conversations that never leave your device',
+      features: [
-      'No internet connection needed after setup',
+        'Private conversations that never leave your device',
-      'Ask questions, get help with writing, brainstorm ideas',
+        'No internet connection needed after setup',
-      'Runs on your own hardware with local AI models',
+        'Ask questions, get help with writing, brainstorm ideas',
-    ],
+        'Runs on your own hardware with local AI models',
-    services: [SERVICE_NAMES.OLLAMA],
+      ],
-    icon: 'IconRobot',
+      services: [SERVICE_NAMES.OLLAMA],
-  },
+      icon: 'IconRobot',
-]
+    },
+  ]
+}
 
 const ADDITIONAL_TOOLS: Capability[] = [
   {
@@ -110,6 +112,9 @@ const CURATED_CATEGORIES_KEY = 'curated-categories'
 const WIKIPEDIA_STATE_KEY = 'wikipedia-state'
 
 export default function EasySetupWizard(props: { system: { services: ServiceSlim[] } }) {
+  const { aiAssistantName } = usePage<{ aiAssistantName: string }>().props
+  const CORE_CAPABILITIES = buildCoreCapabilities(aiAssistantName)
+
   const [currentStep, setCurrentStep] = useState<WizardStep>(1)
   const [selectedServices, setSelectedServices] = useState<string[]>([])
   const [selectedMapCollections, setSelectedMapCollections] = useState<string[]>([])

admin/inertia/pages/home.tsx

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   IconSettings,
   IconWifiOff,
 } from '@tabler/icons-react'
-import { Head } from '@inertiajs/react'
+import { Head, usePage } from '@inertiajs/react'
 import AppLayout from '~/layouts/AppLayout'
 import { getServiceLink } from '~/lib/navigation'
 import { ServiceSlim } from '../../types/services'
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import DynamicIcon, { DynamicIconName } from '~/components/DynamicIcon'
 import { useUpdateAvailable } from '~/hooks/useUpdateAvailable'
 import { useSystemSetting } from '~/hooks/useSystemSetting'
 import Alert from '~/components/Alert'
+import { SERVICE_NAMES } from '../../constants/service_names'
 
 // Maps is a Core Capability (display_order: 4)
 const MAPS_ITEM = {
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ export default function Home(props: {
 }) {
   const items: DashboardItem[] = []
   const updateInfo = useUpdateAvailable();
+  const { aiAssistantName } = usePage<{ aiAssistantName: string }>().props
 
   // Check if user has visited Easy Setup
   const { data: easySetupVisited } = useSystemSetting({
@@ -102,7 +104,8 @@ export default function Home(props: {
     .filter((service) => service.installed && service.ui_location)
     .forEach((service) => {
       items.push({
-        label: service.friendly_name || service.service_name,
+        // Inject custom AI Assistant name if this is the chat service
+        label: service.service_name === SERVICE_NAMES.OLLAMA && aiAssistantName ? aiAssistantName : (service.friendly_name || service.service_name),
         to: service.ui_location ? getServiceLink(service.ui_location) : '#',
         target: '_blank',
         description:

admin/inertia/pages/knowledge-base.tsx

@@ -1,153 +0,0 @@
-import { Head } from '@inertiajs/react'
-import { useMutation, useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
-import { useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import FileUploader from '~/components/file-uploader'
-import StyledButton from '~/components/StyledButton'
-import StyledSectionHeader from '~/components/StyledSectionHeader'
-import StyledTable from '~/components/StyledTable'
-import { useNotifications } from '~/context/NotificationContext'
-import AppLayout from '~/layouts/AppLayout'
-import api from '~/lib/api'
-
-export default function KnowledgeBase() {
-  const { addNotification } = useNotifications()
-  const [files, setFiles] = useState<File[]>([])
-  const fileUploaderRef = useRef<React.ComponentRef<typeof FileUploader>>(null)
-
-  const { data: storedFiles = [], isLoading: isLoadingFiles } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['storedFiles'],
-    queryFn: () => api.getStoredRAGFiles(),
-    select: (data) => data || [],
-  })
-
-  const uploadMutation = useMutation({
-    mutationFn: (file: File) => api.uploadDocument(file),
-    onSuccess: (data) => {
-      addNotification({
-        type: 'success',
-        message: data?.message || 'Document uploaded and queued for processing',
-      })
-      setFiles([])
-      if (fileUploaderRef.current) {
-        fileUploaderRef.current.clear()
-      }
-    },
-    onError: (error: any) => {
-      addNotification({
-        type: 'error',
-        message: error?.message || 'Failed to upload document',
-      })
-    },
-  })
-
-  const handleUpload = () => {
-    if (files.length > 0) {
-      uploadMutation.mutate(files[0])
-    }
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <AppLayout>
-      <Head title="Knowledge Base" />
-      <main className="px-6 lg:px-12 py-6 lg:py-8">
-        <div className="bg-white rounded-lg border shadow-md overflow-hidden">
-          <div className="p-6">
-            <FileUploader
-              ref={fileUploaderRef}
-              minFiles={1}
-              maxFiles={1}
-              onUpload={(uploadedFiles) => {
-                setFiles(Array.from(uploadedFiles))
-              }}
-            />
-            <div className="flex justify-center gap-4 my-6">
-              <StyledButton
-                variant="primary"
-                size="lg"
-                icon="IconUpload"
-                onClick={handleUpload}
-                disabled={files.length === 0 || uploadMutation.isPending}
-                loading={uploadMutation.isPending}
-              >
-                Upload
-              </StyledButton>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-          <div className="border-t bg-white p-6">
-            <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold text-desert-green mb-4">
-              Why upload documents to your Knowledge Base?
-            </h3>
-            <div className="space-y-3">
-              <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
-                <div className="flex-shrink-0 w-6 h-6 rounded-full bg-desert-green text-white flex items-center justify-center text-sm font-bold">
-                  1
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <p className="font-medium text-desert-stone-dark">
-                    AI Assistant Knowledge Base Integration
-                  </p>
-                  <p className="text-sm text-desert-stone">
-                    When you upload documents to your Knowledge Base, NOMAD processes and embeds the
-                    content, making it directly accessible to the AI Assistant. This allows the AI
-                    Assistant to reference your specific documents during conversations, providing
-                    more accurate and personalized responses based on your uploaded data.
-                  </p>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
-                <div className="flex-shrink-0 w-6 h-6 rounded-full bg-desert-green text-white flex items-center justify-center text-sm font-bold">
-                  2
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <p className="font-medium text-desert-stone-dark">
-                    Enhanced Document Processing with OCR
-                  </p>
-                  <p className="text-sm text-desert-stone">
-                    NOMAD includes built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities,
-                    allowing it to extract text from image-based documents such as scanned PDFs or
-                    photos. This means that even if your documents are not in a standard text
-                    format, NOMAD can still process and embed their content for AI access.
-                  </p>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-              <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
-                <div className="flex-shrink-0 w-6 h-6 rounded-full bg-desert-green text-white flex items-center justify-center text-sm font-bold">
-                  3
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <p className="font-medium text-desert-stone-dark">
-                    Information Library Integration
-                  </p>
-                  <p className="text-sm text-desert-stone">
-                    NOMAD will automatically discover and extract any content you save to your
-                    Information Library (if installed), making it instantly available to the AI
-                    Assistant without any extra steps.
-                  </p>
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        </div>
-
-        <div className="my-12">
-          <StyledSectionHeader title="Stored Knowledge Base Files" />
-          <StyledTable<{ source: string }>
-            className="font-semibold"
-            rowLines={true}
-            columns={[
-              {
-                accessor: 'source',
-                title: 'File Name',
-                render(record) {
-                  return <span className="text-gray-700">{record.source}</span>
-                },
-              },
-            ]}
-            data={storedFiles.map((source) => ({ source }))}
-            loading={isLoadingFiles}
-          />
-        </div>
-      </main>
-    </AppLayout>
-  )
-}

admin/inertia/pages/settings/benchmark.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Head, Link } from '@inertiajs/react'
+import { Head, Link, usePage } from '@inertiajs/react'
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
 import SettingsLayout from '~/layouts/SettingsLayout'
 import { useQuery, useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query'
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export default function BenchmarkPage(props: {
     currentBenchmarkId: string | null
   }
 }) {
+  const { aiAssistantName } = usePage<{ aiAssistantName: string }>().props
   const { subscribe } = useTransmit()
   const queryClient = useQueryClient()
   const aiInstalled = useServiceInstalledStatus(SERVICE_NAMES.OLLAMA)
@@ -403,8 +404,8 @@ export default function BenchmarkPage(props: {
                   {showAIRequiredAlert && (
                     <Alert
                       type="warning"
-                      title="AI Assistant Required"
+                      title={`${aiAssistantName} Required`}
-                      message="Full benchmark requires AI Assistant to be installed. Install it to measure your complete NOMAD capability and share results with the community."
+                      message={`Full benchmark requires ${aiAssistantName} to be installed. Install it to measure your complete NOMAD capability and share results with the community.`}
                       variant="bordered"
                       dismissible
                       onDismiss={() => setShowAIRequiredAlert(false)}
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ export default function BenchmarkPage(props: {
                         href="/settings/apps"
                         className="text-sm text-desert-green hover:underline mt-2 inline-block font-medium"
                       >
-                        Go to Apps to install AI Assistant →
+                        Go to Apps to install {aiAssistantName} →
                       </Link>
                     </Alert>
                   )}
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ export default function BenchmarkPage(props: {
                       icon="IconWand"
                       title={
                         !aiInstalled
-                          ? 'AI Assistant must be installed to run AI benchmark'
+                          ? `${aiAssistantName} must be installed to run AI benchmark`
                           : undefined
                       }
                     >
@@ -453,7 +454,8 @@ export default function BenchmarkPage(props: {
                   </div>
                   {!aiInstalled && (
                     <p className="text-sm text-desert-stone-dark">
-                      <span className="text-amber-600">Note:</span> AI Assistant is not installed.
+                      <span className="text-amber-600">Note:</span> {aiAssistantName} is not
+                      installed.
                       <Link
                         href="/settings/apps"
                         className="text-desert-green hover:underline ml-1"
@@ -566,7 +568,7 @@ export default function BenchmarkPage(props: {
                           <Alert
                             type="info"
                             title="Partial Benchmark"
-                            message={`This ${latestResult.benchmark_type} benchmark cannot be shared with the community. Run a Full Benchmark with AI Assistant installed to share your results.`}
+                            message={`This ${latestResult.benchmark_type} benchmark cannot be shared with the community. Run a Full Benchmark with ${aiAssistantName} installed to share your results.`}
                             variant="bordered"
                           />
                         )}

admin/inertia/pages/settings/models.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Head, router } from '@inertiajs/react'
+import { Head, router, usePage } from '@inertiajs/react'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import StyledTable from '~/components/StyledTable'
 import SettingsLayout from '~/layouts/SettingsLayout'
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ export default function ModelsPage(props: {
   models: {
     availableModels: NomadOllamaModel[]
     installedModels: ModelResponse[]
-    settings: { chatSuggestionsEnabled: boolean }
+    settings: { chatSuggestionsEnabled: boolean; aiAssistantCustomName: string }
   }
 }) {
+  const { aiAssistantName } = usePage<{ aiAssistantName: string }>().props
   const { isInstalled } = useServiceInstalledStatus(SERVICE_NAMES.OLLAMA)
   const { addNotification } = useNotifications()
   const { openModal, closeAllModals } = useModals()
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ export default function ModelsPage(props: {
   const [chatSuggestionsEnabled, setChatSuggestionsEnabled] = useState(
     props.models.settings.chatSuggestionsEnabled
   )
+  const [aiAssistantCustomName, setAiAssistantCustomName] = useState(
+    props.models.settings.aiAssistantCustomName
+  )
 
   const [query, setQuery] = useState('')
   const [queryUI, setQueryUI] = useState('')
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ export default function ModelsPage(props: {
   }
 
   const updateSettingMutation = useMutation({
-    mutationFn: async ({ key, value }: { key: string; value: boolean }) => {
+    mutationFn: async ({ key, value }: { key: string; value: boolean | string }) => {
       return await api.updateSetting(key, value)
     },
     onSuccess: () => {
@@ -143,18 +147,18 @@ export default function ModelsPage(props: {
 
   return (
     <SettingsLayout>
-      <Head title="AI Assistant Settings | Project N.O.M.A.D." />
+      <Head title={`${aiAssistantName} Settings | Project N.O.M.A.D.`} />
       <div className="xl:pl-72 w-full">
         <main className="px-12 py-6">
-          <h1 className="text-4xl font-semibold mb-4">AI Assistant</h1>
+          <h1 className="text-4xl font-semibold mb-4">{aiAssistantName}</h1>
           <p className="text-gray-500 mb-4">
-            Easily manage the AI Assistant's settings and installed models. We recommend starting
+            Easily manage the {aiAssistantName}'s settings and installed models. We recommend
-            with smaller models first to see how they perform on your system before moving on to
+            starting with smaller models first to see how they perform on your system before moving
-            larger ones.
+            on to larger ones.
           </p>
           {!isInstalled && (
             <Alert
-              title="AI Assistant's dependencies are not installed. Please install them to manage AI models."
+              title={`${aiAssistantName}'s dependencies are not installed. Please install them to manage AI models.`}
               type="warning"
               variant="solid"
               className="!mt-6"
@@ -173,6 +177,20 @@ export default function ModelsPage(props: {
                 label="Chat Suggestions"
                 description="Display AI-generated conversation starters in the chat interface"
               />
+              <Input
+                name="aiAssistantCustomName"
+                label="Assistant Name"
+                helpText='Give your AI assistant a custom name that will be used in the chat interface and other areas of the application.'
+                placeholder="AI Assistant"
+                value={aiAssistantCustomName}
+                onChange={(e) => setAiAssistantCustomName(e.target.value)}
+                onBlur={() =>
+                  updateSettingMutation.mutate({
+                    key: 'ai.assistantCustomName',
+                    value: aiAssistantCustomName,
+                  })
+                }
+              />
             </div>
           </div>
           <ActiveModelDownloads withHeader />

admin/types/kv_store.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 
 export const KV_STORE_SCHEMA = {
-  'chat.suggestionsEnabled': 'boolean',
+  'chat.suggestionsEnabled':    'boolean',
-  'rag.docsEmbedded':        'boolean',
+  'rag.docsEmbedded':           'boolean',
-  'system.updateAvailable':  'boolean',
+  'system.updateAvailable':     'boolean',
-  'system.latestVersion':    'string',
+  'system.latestVersion':       'string',
-  'system.earlyAccess':     'boolean',
+  'system.earlyAccess':         'boolean',
-  'ui.hasVisitedEasySetup':  'boolean',
+  'ui.hasVisitedEasySetup':     'boolean',
+  'ai.assistantCustomName':     'string',
 } as const
 
 type KVTagToType<T extends string> = T extends 'boolean' ? boolean : string