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Changelog entry for JSON support in nr-assistant

src/changelog/2024/07/flowfuse-assistant-json.md

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+title: FlowFuse Assistant Writes JSON 
+description: "The FlowFuse Assistant gets more helpful."
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+date: 2024-07-16 13:00:00.0
+
+authors: ["stephen-mclaughlin"]
+tags:
+    - changelog
+---
+
+The FlowFuse Assistant can now assist you by generating JSON.
+
+Wherever you edit JSON in the Rich Monaco Editor you will see the "Ask the FlowFuse Assistant 🪄" code lens.
+That includes the Inject Node, the Template Node and any contrib node that uses the built-in editor for writing JSON.
+
+We think you will find this to be a great time saver and a good helper when you are unsure of the syntax.
+
+Just ask for what you want and it does a decent job of figuring it out.
+
+Here are some examples:
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+
+### Asking the Assistant to generate JSON from within the `template` node
+
+![Prompting from within the Template Node](./images/ask-assistant-json-1a.png)
+![Resulting JSON](./images/ask-assistant-json-1b.png)
+
+### Asking the Assistant to generate JSON from within the `inject` node for the `payload` value 
+
+![Prompting from within the Inject Nodes Typed Input](./images/ask-assistant-json-2a.png)
+![Resulting JSON](./images/ask-assistant-json-2b.png)
+
+This is just the beginning of the FlowFuse Assistant's capabilities. Stay tuned!
+
+
+#### Updating the Assistant to get these new features
+If you are running Node-RED v4.x, head over to the Palette Manager, update the plugin and restart your instance.
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+
+![Updating assistant on Node-RED 4](./images/assistant-update-nr4.png)
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+If you are still running Node-RED v3.x, you can update the plugin by adding `@flowfuse/nr-assistant` to the instance settings then restart it.
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+![Updating assistant on Node-RED 3](./images/assistant-update-nr3.png)
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