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title: AI-Kit Overview
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description: Privacy-first AI tools for WordPress — on-device (Chrome Built-in AI) with optional AWS backend fallback (SAR template).
tags: [ai-kit, wordpress, chrome, ai, seo]
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## AI-Kit Overview

**AI-Kit** adds practical AI helpers to WordPress while keeping privacy first:

- **Free (local-only):** uses **Chrome’s built-in on-device AI** when available.
- **Pro (optional):** can also call **your own AWS backend** (deployed with the *WP Suite AI-Kit Backend* SAR template) for fallback and advanced features.

:::tip Privacy by default
When on-device AI is available, content stays in the browser — no server round-trip.
:::

## Where AI-Kit shows up in WordPress

### Gutenberg editor

- **AI-Kit Sidebar:** generate **post SEO metadata** (title/excerpt/etc.), write content with an *Apply/Insert* workflow.
- **Inline tools:** Proofread / Rewrite / Translate in a compact toolbar group for editable text selections.
- **Image blocks:** a dedicated **SEO Metadata** panel for image-like blocks (core/image, core/cover, core/media-text).

### Media Library

Generate image SEO metadata (**alt text, title, caption, description**) from:

- List and Grid views
- Attachment details panel
- Attachment edit screen
- Bulk generation + preview + accept flows

### Frontend (Pro)

- **AI‑Kit Chatbot**
- **AI‑Kit Feature block**
- **AI‑Kit Doc Search block**
- **`[smartcloud-ai-kit-feature]` shortcode**
- **`[smartcloud-ai-kit-doc-search]` shortcode**

These surfaces let visitors run AI actions (summarize / write / rewrite / translate / proofread) on selected content with a configurable UI, while the chatbot answers questions through a Knowledge Base–powered Amazon Bedrock conversation so responses stay grounded in your own documents.

## What this documentation covers

This section focuses on **how to use** AI‑Kit inside WordPress, plus a few **developer reference** pages:

- **[Editor tools](./editor-tools)** — Sidebar, inline selection tools, image SEO panels
- **[Media Library](./media-library)** — image SEO metadata generation for attachments
- **[Blocks](./blocks)** — Feature + Doc Search Gutenberg blocks (Pro)
- **[Shortcode](./shortcodes)** — Feature + Doc Search shortcodes (Pro)
- **[Chatbot](./chatbot)** — configure the site chatbot from **Chatbot Settings** (admin UI)
- **[Theming (CSS variables)](./css-variables)** — customize `--ai-kit-*` design tokens
- **[Capabilities & Modes](./capabilities)** — on-device vs backend, capability decisions, fallback rules
- **[JavaScript API](./javascript-api)** — the public runtime surface for developers (`features.*`, `renderFeature`, readiness helpers)
- **[Backend API](./backend-api)** — REST endpoints (OpenAPI)

> For setup and deployment guides (SAR template, AWS configuration, security hardening), see your project docs outside of this reference section.