Published-page features

The opt-in interactive features an app owner can switch on for a published page — ask-the-data chat, live read/write collections and their SSE stream, the comment board, reactions, threaded replies, polls, live presence, applause, follow-the-presenter, annotations, and the forms engine — each with its tuning environment variables.

Every published IntelliApps page is a static, sandboxed document by default. The features below are opt-in per app and, where they persist data, are backed by the app-data plane and streamed with lightweight polling/SSE. This page documents each feature and the environment variables that tune it. Core service, secrets, data planes, assets, theming, branding, the ask-the-data LLM, and the Identity Bridge live on Configuration.

How viewers are identified

Collaborative writes are attributed via the Identity Bridge — an authenticated IntelliAsk viewer is named automatically, otherwise a guest name is captured. Rate limits below are per client fingerprint per 60 seconds unless noted; 0 disables a limit.

Ask-the-data chat

A viewer can ask natural-language questions about the app's data; answers are grounded in the app's dataset (or page text when there's no dataset) and streamed back. The LLM wiring and limits live on Configuration → Ask-the-data LLM.

Live collections

Turns a published page into a real multi-user app with its own read/write tables (one PostgreSQL schema per app). Used for sign-up lists, submissions, trackers, and anything that must persist and be shared between viewers.

Name	Purpose	Default
`MAX_COLLECTIONS_PER_APP`	Collections (tables) an app may define	`25`
`MAX_FIELDS_PER_COLLECTION`	Fields per collection	`40`
`MAX_COLLECTION_ROW_BYTES`	Max serialized bytes of one row	`64000`
`MAX_ROWS_PER_COLLECTION`	Hard cap on rows in a collection	`100000`
`MAX_COLLECTION_ROWS_RETURNED`	Max rows returned by one read	`500`
`COLLECTION_INSERT_RATE_PER_MIN`	Inserts per viewer per minute	`60`
`COLLECTION_MAX_WRITE_RATE_PER_MIN`	Total writes per app per minute	`1200`

Live collection stream (SSE)

Pushes inserts/updates/deletes to viewers so lists update in near real time without a manual refresh.

Name	Purpose	Default
`COLLECTION_STREAM_ENABLED`	Enable the collection SSE stream	`true`
`COLLECTION_STREAM_POLL_MS`	Server poll interval feeding the stream	`150`
`COLLECTION_STREAM_MIN_POLL_MS`	Floor for the adaptive poll interval	`40`
`COLLECTION_STREAM_HEARTBEAT_SECONDS`	Heartbeat keeping the connection alive	`15`
`COLLECTION_STREAM_MAX_SECONDS`	Max lifetime of one stream connection before reconnect	`300`
`COLLECTION_STREAM_MAX_BATCH`	Max events delivered per flush	`200`

Comment board

A moderated feedback wall for a page.

Name	Purpose	Default
`FEEDBACK_MAX_MESSAGE_CHARS`	Max characters per message	`2000`
`FEEDBACK_MAX_NAME_CHARS`	Max characters for a poster's name	`60`
`FEEDBACK_RATE_PER_MIN`	Messages per viewer per minute	`5`
`FEEDBACK_MAX_LISTED`	Max messages returned/retained in the listing	`200`

Reactions, replies & polls

Shared collaboration primitives layered over comments and the page.

Name	Purpose	Default
`REACTION_EMOJIS`	Allowed reaction emojis (comma list)	`👍,❤️,🎉,😂,😮,😢`
`REPLIES_MAX_DEPTH`	Max nesting depth for threaded replies	`1`
`POLL_MAX_OPTIONS`	Max options in a poll	`8`
`POLL_QUESTION_MAX_CHARS`	Max characters in a poll question	`200`
`POLL_OPTION_MAX_CHARS`	Max characters per poll option	`80`

Live presence & applause

Ambient "who's here / react live" signals for shared viewing sessions.

Name	Purpose	Default
`PRESENCE_WINDOW_SECONDS`	Window a heartbeat counts as "present"	`20`
`APPLAUSE_WINDOW_SECONDS`	Window applause bursts are aggregated over	`10`
`APPLAUSE_RATE_PER_MIN`	Applause taps per viewer per minute	`60`

Follow the presenter

Lets one viewer drive the scroll/pointer position of everyone following, for guided walkthroughs and live demos. Followers can break away by scrolling manually.

Name	Purpose	Default
`FOLLOW_PRESENTER_STALE_SECONDS`	After this long with no presenter update, the session is considered idle	`12`
`PRESENTER_UPDATE_RATE_PER_MIN`	Presenter position updates accepted per minute	`1200`
`FOLLOW_PRESENTER_POLL_MS`	Follower poll interval when not on the push stream	`500`

Collaboration push stream (SSE)

The shared SSE channel that delivers comments, reactions, polls, presence, applause, and presenter updates. Presenter frames use a faster cadence and a short snapshot cache so many followers can be served cheaply.

Name	Purpose	Default
`COLLAB_STREAM_ENABLED`	Enable the collaboration SSE stream	`true`
`COLLAB_STREAM_POLL_MS`	Base server poll interval	`1000`
`COLLAB_STREAM_PRESENTER_POLL_MS`	Faster poll while a presenter is active	`200`
`COLLAB_SNAPSHOT_CACHE_MS`	Snapshot cache window shared across followers	`100`
`COLLAB_STREAM_HEARTBEAT_SECONDS`	Heartbeat keeping the connection alive	`15`
`COLLAB_STREAM_MAX_SECONDS`	Max lifetime of one stream connection before reconnect	`300`

Annotations

Viewers can drop point/ink annotations on the page for review and markup.

Name	Purpose	Default
`ANNOTATIONS_MAX_LISTED`	Max annotations returned/retained	`500`
`ANNOTATIONS_RATE_PER_MIN`	Annotation writes per viewer per minute	`120`
`ANNOTATIONS_MAX_POINTS`	Max points in one ink stroke	`400`
`ANNOTATIONS_MAX_TEXT_CHARS`	Max characters in an annotation label	`500`
`ANNOTATIONS_MAX_NAME_CHARS`	Max characters for the author name	`60`

Forms engine

Structured, validated forms with server-side submissions (surveys, applications, intake) stored in the app-data plane.

Name	Purpose	Default
`MAX_FORMS_PER_APP`	Forms an app may define	`100`
`FORMS_MAX_FIELDS`	Fields per form	`60`
`FORMS_TITLE_MAX_CHARS`	Max characters in a form title	`200`
`FORMS_DESCRIPTION_MAX_CHARS`	Max characters in a form description	`2000`
`FORMS_LABEL_MAX_CHARS`	Max characters in a field label	`300`
`FORMS_MAX_OPTIONS`	Max options in a choice field	`60`
`FORMS_OPTION_MAX_CHARS`	Max characters per option	`200`
`FORMS_ANSWER_MAX_CHARS`	Max characters in a single answer	`5000`
`FORMS_SUBMIT_RATE_PER_MIN`	Submissions per viewer per minute	`20`
`FORMS_SUBMISSIONS_PAGE_SIZE`	Default submissions page size	`50`
`FORMS_SUBMISSIONS_MAX_PAGE_SIZE`	Max submissions page size	`200`

Where data lives

Collections, form submissions, and datasets persist in the app-data plane (PostgreSQL). Comments, reactions, polls, presence, applause, presenter state, and annotations are collaboration data keyed to the app in the control plane. See Architecture.