How do I use Explain JSON to understand my data?
Features & Capabilities
The Explain JSON action in AI Copilot goes beyond structure — AI writes a human-readable description for every field, explaining its purpose, expected values, and how it relates to sibling and parent fields. Ideal for onboarding, documentation, and code reviews.
What You Get
- AI-written description for every field explaining its purpose and meaning
- Type information and current value shown alongside each description
- Relationships between fields are explained so you understand the full context
- Clickable properties — click any field to highlight it in the editor and mind map
When to Use It
- Onboarding: Understand a new API or data format without reading source code or documentation
- Documentation: Generate field-level documentation from a sample payload
- Code reviews: Quickly grasp what each field represents in a complex JSON structure
- Debugging: See what every field means when investigating unexpected data
How to Use
- 1 Paste or type your JSON in the Input or Output tab
- 2 Click AI Copilot in the left sidebar
- 3 Select Explain JSON from the actions list
- 4 Click Explain and wait for the AI to process your data
- 5 Browse the result — click any property to jump to it in the editor and mind map
Good to Know
- Mind map sync: Click a property in the result to focus the matching node on the mind map and highlight the JSON in the Output tab — and vice versa.
- History: Results are saved in your AI Copilot history. You can close the panel while processing — the result will appear in history when it finishes.
- Related actions: Use Flatten JSON to convert nested structures into flat key-value pairs, or JSON Schema to generate a schema from your data.
Note: AI features require an account and use credits. New accounts receive 1,000 free credits. See Credits & Pricing for details.
Still Have Questions?
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