Tester guide · build 1.2.7

Testing gAIa

Copy a prompt, paste it to gAIa in the app, and check it against “what good looks like.”

Where to find gAIa: open the app → gAIa (the centre tab on the bottom bar). Type to chat, or tap the mic (right of the input) to talk. Start a fresh thread with New Chat before testing the “first message” behaviours. To hear voice stop when you leave, start gAIa speaking then tap another tab.

Sign in first. Member-project data needs a signed-in account — as a guest you’ll get “I couldn’t find projects matching that.” General Q&A, wildlife-crime data and Guidance Mode work either way.

1 First message & the help menu

On the very first reply of a new chat, gAIa should end with a short “here’s what I can help with” menu.

TryHi, who are you?

Good: a one-line intro, then a short menu — partners across the planet · add a solution · plan a project · wildlife-crime incidents (on request). Not on every later reply — only the first.

2 General Q&A with inline sources

Answers that use fetched data should carry inline numbered citations [1] [2] right after the claim, with a matching list at the bottom — not a dump of links at the end.

TryWhat is EarthTeam and how does project verification work?

TryWhat are Earth Credits and how do I earn them?

Good: concise answer; when it draws on fetched data, a tappable [1] appears next to the specific claim it backs, and tapping it (or the bottom source) opens the link. Not a wall of sources only at the bottom. (A purely general answer may cite nothing — that’s fine; the test is that when sources are used, they’re inline.)

3 Projects vs wildlife crime

“projects / solutions / posts” mean member projects — never wildlife-crime incidents. Ambiguous asks should offer a choice as tappable chips.

Try — clearList all projects in the USA.

Good: member projects only. Not wildlife-crime incidents, and no “I’ll search…/let me search specifically…” preamble.

Try — ambiguousWhat’s happening in Kenya?

Good: gAIa asks which you mean and shows tappable chips — usually EarthTeam member projects / Wildlife-crime incidents (labels sometimes include the place, or add a third “something else”). Tapping one continues with that choice. Same for “what’s happening in Africa / the USA”, etc. If you see a line like [[CHIPS: …] as plain text instead of buttons, you’re on an old build — report it.

4 Wildlife crime is opt-in

Incident data appears only when you explicitly ask for it.

TryShow me wildlife crime incidents reported in Southeast Asia.

Good: now it surfaces wildlife-crime incidents, with sources. (A plain “projects in Southeast Asia” earlier should not have.)

5 Guidance Mode — plan a project

When you describe starting/scoping a project, gAIa should offer to plan it (a “Plan this project with me” chip), then walk six parts: feasibility · resources · regulatory · timeline · risks · budget. Estimates are allowed but must be labelled with assumptions.

Try — KenyaI want to start a habitat rehabilitation through regenerative agriculture about 40 km west of Nairobi, Kenya. The area is around 500 ha.

Try — IndiaI’d like to plan a regenerative-agriculture habitat restoration near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, roughly 500 ha of degraded farmland.

Try — ThailandHelp me plan a habitat rehabilitation project about 200 km northwest of Pattaya, Thailand, around 500 hectares, mixing regenerative agriculture and native replanting.

Good: gAIa first offers guidance (chip), doesn’t silently switch; on accept it produces the six clearly-headed parts, cites a real EarthTeam project as an exemplar where useful, and labels any cost/timeline figure as an estimate with its assumptions. It asks for missing specifics rather than inventing them. Not fabricated permit numbers, budgets, or outcomes stated as fact.

ThenGreat — turn this into a project entry for me.

Good: hands off toward “Add a Project,” writing only confirmed facts; estimates/plans are never written as facts; reminds you nothing is saved until you save it.

6 Voice mode

Tap the mic. Voice should be concise and controllable.

SayWhat regenerative agriculture projects are EarthTeam partners running?

Good: gAIa gets straight to the answer — no spoken “let me search / I’m accessing our data / hold on.”
Stop button: while it’s speaking, a Stop button is visible; tapping it halts audio but keeps the text in the chat.
Leave the screen: while it’s speaking, tap another tab (Home/Explore) → audio stops immediately; the transcript stays in the chat.

7 Staying on topic

TryWho won the football world cup?

Good: a one-line soft decline that points back to conservation / the app. No lecture, no moralising.