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  "type": "tutorial",
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  "title": "Playground Guide",
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  "url": "https://library.datagrout.ai/playground-guide",
  "summary": "**Interactive tool discovery and workflow execution**",
  "content_markdown": "# Using the Playground\n\n**Interactive tool discovery and workflow execution**\n\nThe Playground is a two-panel interface for testing your integrations. The left panel is a conversation where you describe goals in natural language and the system discovers, plans, and executes tool calls. The right panel is a live MCP Inspector showing every raw tool call and response.\n\n---\n\n## Interface\n\n### Mode Tabs\n\n- **Explore** (default) -- Describe what you want. The system discovers tools, builds plans, and asks you to confirm before executing.\n- **Guide** -- Step-by-step workflow builder. Start with a goal, select from options at each step, and compile the result into a reusable skill.\n\nSee [Guide Mode](guide-mode) for a full walkthrough of that mode.\n\n### Conversation Area (Explore)\n\nType a goal in the input bar at the bottom:\n\n```\nSync my qualified Salesforce leads to QuickBooks\n```\n\nThe system responds with a plan, estimated cost, and an option to approve or modify. Click approve and the steps execute in sequence. Results appear inline.\n\n### Input Bar\n\n- **Text area**: Describe your goal. Minimum 3 characters to send.\n- **Send button**: Submit your message.\n- **Clear button** (trash icon): Reset the conversation.\n\n### MCP Inspector Panel (Right)\n\nEvery tool call the Playground makes appears in the right panel. Each card shows:\n\n- The tool name and integration\n- A type badge (Call, Found, or MCP)\n- Expandable sections for input schema, output schema, request, and response\n- A relevance score for discovered tools\n- Copy and play buttons to reuse discovered tools\n\nToggle between **Enabled Only** and **Coverage Gaps** to see tools you have versus tools you're missing.\n\n---\n\n## Explore Mode\n\n### Basic Query\n\n```\nYou: Show me my Salesforce leads\n\nSystem: Found a plan:\n  1. salesforce@1/get_leads@1\n  Estimated: 4 credits\n\n  [Approve] [Modify]\n```\n\nClick **Approve** to execute. Results appear in the conversation and the raw request/response appears in the Inspector panel.\n\n### Multi-Step Workflow\n\n```\nYou: Create invoices in QuickBooks for qualified Salesforce leads\n\nSystem: Found a plan:\n  1. salesforce@1/get_leads@1 (filter: Qualified)\n  2. data-grout@1/prism.focus@1 (lead -> customer)\n  3. quickbooks@1/create_invoice@1\n  Estimated: 6 credits\n\n  [Approve]\n```\n\nThe system chains the steps, inserts type adapters where needed, and executes sequentially.\n\n### Tool Call Confirmation\n\nWhen executing a tool, a confirmation modal appears with:\n\n- Pre-filled arguments from the plan\n- Required parameters you need to fill\n- Optional parameters you can modify\n- **Confirm & Run** to execute\n\n---\n\n## Guide Mode\n\n1. Switch to the **Guide** tab\n2. Enter a goal (e.g. \"Export invoices as PDF\")\n3. Click **Start Guide**\n4. Select from options at each step\n5. Click **Back** to revise previous choices\n6. When the workflow is complete, execute it or save it as a skill\n\nThe completed workflow shows the path taken, total credits used, and the result. You can save it as a skill with a CTC for reuse.\n\nSee [Guide Mode](guide-mode) for details.\n\n---\n\n## Tips\n\n- Watch the Inspector panel to understand what the system is doing under the hood\n- Use Coverage Gaps mode to identify integrations you might want to add\n- After a successful workflow, save it as a skill so you can run it again without re-planning\n\n---\n\n## Related\n\n- [Guide Mode](guide-mode) -- Full guide mode documentation\n- [Sandbox](sandbox) -- Test individual tools without the discovery layer\n- [Discovery Tools](discovery-tools) -- The tools the Playground uses internally\n"
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