Error when trying to create an ECA model via AI

I've now added many type checks and added safety checks with messages all over the place. Creating ECA models should now work properly, or meaningful messages should be printed.

Please test and review with the lastest dev release.

Tried a few prompts and I did not get any more fatal errors.

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