Site Assistant Commands

Times, rates, distances and more in a second

Commands

A message that starts with a command is answered at once, without waiting for the assistant to think. Visitors get times, rates, distances and more in a second.

Finding them in the chat

  • Typing / at the start of a message lists the commands; arrow keys choose, Enter or Tab picks one.
  • The ? button explains every command, with an example to click.
  • A command sent without anything after it, where something is needed, answers with how to write it.
  • /search <words>

    Searches this site and lists the pages, products and PDF pages that match, each with its link.Example: /search robotic lawn mower

  • /time <place, coordinates or IP address>

    The local date and time at a place, at coordinates or where an IP address is. Alone: your own local time.Example: /time Tokyo

  • /rate <amount> <currency> to <currency>

    Today's exchange rate between currencies (three-letter codes) and the amount converted. Add a date as YYYY-MM-DD for a past day.Example: /rate 100 EUR to RON

  • /vat <country codes>

    The standard and reduced VAT rates of one or more European countries or the United Kingdom (two-letter codes, separated by commas).Example: /vat RO, DE

  • /vatcheck <VAT number>

    Whether an EU or UK VAT number is valid, and the company name and address it is registered to.Example: /vatcheck IE6388047V

  • /distance <place> to <place>

    The straight-line distance between two places, addresses or coordinates, in kilometres and miles.Example: /distance Paris to Berlin

  • /place <place, address or coordinates>

    Finds a place or a street address and gives its coordinates, region and country; coordinates tell what is there. Each answer has a map link.Example: /place Santa Clara, California, USA

  • /postal <postal code or town>

    Postal codes and the street addresses that have them: a code, a code and a town, or a town and a country.Example: /postal 10115 Berlin

  • /ip <IP address>

    Where an IP address is: country, region, city, time zone and a map link. Alone: your own approximate location.Example: /ip 8.8.8.8

  • /language <text>

    The language of a text and its sentiment: positive, negative or neutral (measured on English text).Example: /language Acest produs este excelent

  • /translate <from>-<to> <text>

    Translates a text into another language. See Translate with /translate.Example: /translate en-es What is this?

  • /help

    The list of commands, in the chat.Example: /help

Commands do not count toward the questions of a conversation. Most use no AI request at all: see What it costs.

The hosted chat bot and the open source client have the same commands: Chat bot commands.

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