Introduce an AI-powered chatbot into Kiali to help users troubleshoot, explore, and interact with the system more intuitively. The chatbot will leverage a fine-tuned language model trained on Istio and Kiali-specific documentation and be accessible via the Kiali UI.

Goals

• Offer intelligent, context-aware support for users navigating Kiali and Istio environments.

• Integrate a conversational UI directly into the Kiali frontend using PatternFly components.

• Build a flexible backend service capable of serving multiple models, starting with a fine-tuned Gemma-based model hosted on Hugging Face.