Tiptap Inline Suggestion

A Tiptap extension that provides AI-powered inline suggestions with debounced API calls and tab-to-complete functionality.

Note: This package is a fork of @sereneinserenade/tiptap-inline-suggestion with significant improvements including debouncing, better TypeScript support, and enhanced suggestion handling.

Video Demo

demo.mp4

Installation

npm install @merin-ai/tiptap-inline-suggestion

Usage

Add InlineSuggestion extension to your list of extension for tiptap. Add a fetchAutocompletion function to the configuration object. This function should return a string. This string will be shown as a suggestion to the user.

Add styles to show the suggestion that gets stored in the attribute data-inline-suggestion. Below are styles I used for the demo, adjust it to your liking.

import { Editor } from "@tiptap/core";
import StarterKit from "@tiptap/starter-kit";
import InlineSuggestion from "@merin-ai/tiptap-inline-suggestion";

const editor = new Editor({
  extensions: [
    StarterKit,
    // add InlineSuggestions to the array of tiptap extensions
    InlineSuggestion.configure({
      fetchAutocompletion: async (query) => {
        // make request to your API or something else
        const res = await fetch(`YOUR_API_ENDPOINT?query=${query}`);

        const stringRes = res.suggestion; // or whatever your API returns

        return stringRes; // return value should always be a string
      },
      debounceTime: 250, // optional: debounce API calls (default: 250ms)
    }),
  ],
});

[data-inline-suggestion]::after {
  content: attr(data-inline-suggestion);
  color: #999;
}

Configuration Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
fetchAutocompletion	(query: string) => Promise<string>	Required	Function that fetches suggestions from your API
debounceTime	number	250	Milliseconds to wait before making API calls (prevents excessive requests while typing)

How It Works

1. User types text → Normal editing experience
2. User presses Space/Enter → Triggers suggestion fetching (debounced)
3. Suggestion appears → Gray text displayed after cursor
4. User presses Tab → Accepts and inserts the suggestion
5. User continues typing → Suggestion is cleared

The debouncing prevents excessive API calls when users type quickly, saving costs and improving performance.

Features

• ✅ Debounced API calls - Configurable debounce time (default 250ms)
• ✅ Tab to complete - Intuitive suggestion acceptance
• ✅ TypeScript support - Full type safety and IntelliSense
• ✅ Framework agnostic - Works with React, Vue, or vanilla JS

Credits

This package is forked from @sereneinserenade/tiptap-inline-suggestion by Jeet Mandaliya.

Enhancements in this fork:

• Added configurable debouncing for API calls
• Improved TypeScript support and type safety
• Better error handling and null checks
• Enhanced documentation

License

MIT © Merin AI