# AI filter in Explore Source: https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/ai-filter · Last updated: 2026-10-27 Describe the test cases you want in plain English, and the Qualflare AI filter turns it into Explore filters for state, priority, test type and automation. To filter test cases in plain English in Qualflare, switch the **Explore** filter bar to AI mode and describe the cases you want; you need the Editor role in the project, and each filter uses one Quo message. ## Before you begin * Generating a filter: (requires the Editor role or higher in the project). * **Enable AI Features** must be on for the project, in **Project Settings** > **AI Features**. Changing it: (requires the Editor role or higher in the workspace). * Each filter Qualflare generates uses one Quo message from the workspace's daily and monthly allowance, and only when filters come back. Starter has 10 messages per day; every plan is on [AI Features settings and limits](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/limits). * The AI filter works on **Explore** only. The filter bar's own syntax is on [Search, filters and shortcuts](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/get-started/search-and-filters). ## Switch to AI mode ### Step 1: Open Explore Click **Explore** in the project sidebar. ### Step 2: Click the Quo icon in the filter bar Click the **Quo** icon at the right end of the filter bar, or press / while the bar is empty. ### Step 3: Check that AI mode is on The Quo icon moves to the start of the bar, and the input shows example prompts that type themselves out. Some example prompts mention suites, dates or a draft or review state, which Explore can't filter. Use the requests in [Write a request](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/ai-filter#writing-a-query) instead. *Figure: Click the Quo icon, or press slash in the empty bar, to describe cases in plain English.* ## Write a request Type your request in plain English and press Enter. For example: ``` Active high-priority manual cases ``` ``` Automated API tests with login in the name ``` ``` Critical manual smoke tests ``` ``` All regression tests marked as critical priority ``` Qualflare maps your request to the filters Explore supports and applies them to the case table: * **State**: Active. The **State** filter also lists Pending, Inactive and Archived, but no case has those states, so they match nothing. To filter Draft, Review or Outdated cases, use a suite's **Test Cases** tab ([Test suites](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/test-management/test-suites)). * **Priority**: Critical, High, Medium or Low * **Test Type**: for example Unit, Regression, Integration, E2E, API or Smoke * **Automation**: Automated or Manual * **Search**: a word or phrase matched against case names Explore can't filter by suite, by date, or by a run result such as failed. Qualflare drops those parts of your request or turns them into a **Search** term, so check the filters it applied. Tip: be specific about what Explore can filter: the active state, a priority (critical, high, medium, low), a test type (for example regression, API or E2E), automated or manual, and a word from the case name. *Figure: In AI mode the Quo icon moves to the start of the bar; press Enter to generate.* ## Check the applied filters You should see the bar back in standard mode with the filters as text, for example `priority:critical testType:regression`, and the matching cases below it. Edit that text like any other filter. To leave AI mode without generating filters, press Esc or click the **X** button. Filters you already applied stay in effect. *Figure: The generated filters appear as editable text, and Save Query keeps them.* ## Troubleshoot The AI input shows no error of its own. A failed request shows a toast titled **Oops** with the server's message: | Symptom | Cause | Fix | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `You don't have permission to do this.` | You have the Viewer role in the project | Ask for the Editor role in the project | | `AI features are disabled for this project` | **Enable AI Features** is off. The Quo icon still shows on Explore | Turn on **Enable AI Features** ([Project AI settings](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/limits#project-ai-settings)) | | `You've used all of today's Quo messages. Your daily allowance resets tomorrow.` or `You've used all of this month's Quo messages. Upgrade your plan to keep going.` | The workspace used its Quo messages | Wait for the reset, or upgrade the plan ([AI usage limits](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/limits#quo-messages)) | | Part of the request is missing | Suites, dates and run results are dropped or become a **Search** term | Ask by state, priority, test type, automation or a word in the case name | | A State filter other than Active matches nothing | No case has the Pending, Inactive or Archived state | Filter by Active, or use a suite's **Test Cases** tab | ## Save the filters as a query After Qualflare applies the filters, click **Save Query** to save them as a named [saved query](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/reference/glossary#saved-query). You can reuse them without describing them again; see [Explore and saved queries](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/test-management/explore). ## Related * **Guides:** [Explore and saved queries](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/test-management/explore) · [Quo agent](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/quo) * **Reference:** [Search, filters and shortcuts](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/get-started/search-and-filters) · [AI Features settings and limits](https://docs.qualflare.com/docs/ai/limits) * **CLI and API:** none; the AI filter works only in the web app.