Gillian-AI User Guide

Getting Started

Gillian-AI is a Church of God custom generative AI app powered by a Large Language Model (LLM). The home screen provides four starter conversations. Choose the starter that matches the task, then provide the text, transcript, notes, question, or uploaded material needed for the request.

take-notes

What It Does

take-notes provides a focused workspace for sermon notes, Bible-study notes, teaching notes, Scripture references, and related material.

Start

Start take-notes mode with:

start --

Gillian-AI confirms that take-notes mode has started. Notes, transcript material, and Scripture references can then be entered.

Reserved Prefix

The double dash is the reserved prefix for take-notes operation:

--

When entered by itself, the prefix produces no commentary.

Request a Summary

After supplying notes, enter:

summary

A summary brings the supplied notes and Scripture references together into a concise result.

Scripture

Scripture can be requested while working with the notes by entering show followed by the Bible reference.

show Mat 20:18-22

Gillian-AI returns the requested Scripture passage with the conventional Bible citation.

Exit

End take-notes mode with:

exit --

Gillian-AI confirms that take-notes mode has exited.

Good Uses

• Sermon notes
• Bible studies
• Teaching notes
• Scripture references
• Notes that need a later summary

vosk-process

What is Vosk?

Vosk is speech-recognition software that converts spoken audio into text. Gillian-AI's vosk-process works with the vosk output transcript text, cleaning punctuation, organizing paragraph breaks, and formatting Bible Scripture references for easier reading.

What It Does

vosk-process cleans up speech-to-text transcript material for reading and further work. It corrects punctuation, creates appropriate paragraph breaks, and formats Bible Scripture references in conventional citation form.

The workflow preserves the transcript material while improving its presentation. Use it when raw transcription output contains missing punctuation, continuous blocks of text, weak paragraph boundaries, or inconsistently formatted Scripture references.

Start

Enter:

Run vosk-process

Then provide the transcript:

Run vosk-process
[paste the vosk raw output text transcript]

What It Handles

• Punctuation
• Paragraph breaks
• Speech-to-text transcript cleanup
• Bible Scripture citation formatting
• Long continuous transcript text

Example Use

Run vosk-process
[paste raw sermon transcript]

The result is a cleaner, structured transcript suitable for reading, notes, editing, or later processing.

Good Uses

• Sermon transcripts
• Bible-study transcripts
• Teaching transcripts
• Speech-to-text output
• Text with missing punctuation
• Text needing paragraph organization
• Scripture references needing conventional citation formatting

researcher

What It Does

researcher provides a focused starting point for research questions and source-based investigation.

Start

Activate researcher

Then state the research subject:

Activate researcher
Research: [subject or question]

Research from Supplied Material

Source material can be pasted or uploaded before asking the research question.

Activate researcher
Using the supplied material, research this question:
[question]

Good Uses

Use researcher when the goal involves investigating a subject, answering a research question, or working through supplied source material.

Distiller-15

What It Does

Use Distiller-15 when the source itself should govern the vocabulary and the goal is distillation rather than ordinary rewriting.

Distiller-15 compresses the source into its own structural backbone. It does not summarize, interpret, or add outside wording. It uses the transcript as the vocabulary source and extracts recurring language, bridge language, return language, clustered language, load-bearing sentences, a minimum sufficient transcript subset, and a fifteen-minute-or-less narrative.

Start

Activate Distiller-15

For a targeted distillation:

Active-Distiller 15

Active-Distiller 15 runs Distiller-15 with a defined output length or time target. Use it when a user wants a fixed-length distillation, a focused extraction set, or a constrained narrative from supplied text.

This mode keeps the source in control. It does not summarize, interpret, or add outside wording. The supplied text governs the vocabulary, and the requested word count or time target controls the size of the output.

Command Format

Active-Distiller 15 (232 words) | {text}

Pasted Text

Active-Distiller 15 (232 words) | [paste source text]

Uploaded Text

Active-Distiller 15 (232 words) | {file.upload}

Choose a Length

Active-Distiller 15 (100 words) | {text}

Active-Distiller 15 (500 words) | {text}

Active-Distiller 15 (1500 words max) | {text}

Active-Distiller 15 (15 minutes) | {text}

Use the complete name Active-Distiller 15 when requesting this workflow.

Standard Summaries

For an ordinary summary, state the desired length and provide the material.

Summarize this sermon in 232 words.
[paste sermon]

For an uploaded document:

Summarize the uploaded sermon in 232 words.

Use Distiller-15 instead when the vocabulary must remain within the supplied text.

Working with Uploaded Material

Upload the document and state the desired task.

Summarize the uploaded sermon.

Active-Distiller 15 (232 words) | {file.upload}

Run vosk-process on the uploaded transcript.

start --

Use the uploaded material for take-notes.

Activate researcher and use the uploaded material for this question:

[question]

Editing Text

Provide the text and describe the desired edit.

Edit this paragraph for clarity:

[paste paragraph]

Other useful requests include:

Make this more concise.

Correct the grammar and punctuation.

Improve the paragraph flow.

Be specific about the desired result when a particular length, tone, or format matters.

Quick Reference

Choosing a Workflow

Use take-notes for notes, Scripture references, sermon material, and Bible-study notes.

Use vosk-process for transcript punctuation, paragraph organization, and Scripture citation formatting.

Use researcher when the task centers on a research question or investigation.

Use Distiller-15 when supplied text should govern the vocabulary of the condensed result.

Use a standard summary when a concise explanation of supplied material is the goal.

Use editing when existing text needs correction, refinement, or clearer presentation.

Basic Usage Pattern

Choose the workflow, provide the material, and state the desired result.

start --
[type text or paste notes]

Active-Distiller 15 (232 words) | {file.upload}

Run vosk-process
[paste raw vosk text transcript]

Activate researcher
Research: [question]

Clear instructions and complete source material help Gillian-AI produce the requested result.