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Chapter 27 of 43 · The Admin Panel (Administrators)

Setting Up the AI Features

Version 6.1 adds AI that writes listing descriptions, understands plain-language searches, summarises reviews and drafts your content. Setup takes two minutes.

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Admin Panel › Directory Settings › Configuration Options › AI Features

The AI features work with any service that offers an OpenAI-compatible API. Three providers can be set up with one click: Groq (which has a free tier), OpenAI and DeepSeek.

What the AI does

SwitchFeature
Enable AI featuresThe master switch for everything below.
AI writing assistant in the listing formsWrites or improves listing descriptions on the website, in the user panel and in the admin panel.
Allow visitors who are not logged in to use the writing assistantWhen off, only logged-in users and administrators see the assistant.
AI smart search on the home pageAdds the AI Search tab next to the classic search.
AI review summary on the listing pagesA short summary of customer opinions, for listings with at least three reviews.
AI content tools in the admin panelDrafts news articles and pages, and generates SEO titles, meta descriptions and intro texts for categories, locations and listings.

Connecting a provider

  1. Create an API key with your provider: Groq at console.groq.com, OpenAI at platform.openai.com, or DeepSeek at platform.deepseek.com. OpenAI and DeepSeek need an account with credit.
  2. In Quick setup, click Groq, OpenAI or DeepSeek. This fills in the API base URL and a recommended Model: openai/gpt-oss-120b for Groq, gpt-4.1-mini for OpenAI and deepseek-chat for DeepSeek.
  3. Paste the key into API key and click Save All Settings.
  4. Click Test connection. A success message confirms that the key, URL and model work.

For another OpenAI-compatible provider, enter its API base URL (ending in /v1 in most cases) and a model name by hand.

The saved API key is never shown again in the page. To keep the current key while changing other settings, leave the field empty.

Cost control

  • Writing assistant: requests per user per hour limits how often one person can generate texts. Administrators are not limited. 0 means no limit.
  • AI search: searches per visitor per hour limits AI searches per visitor. After the limit, the classic keyword search is used automatically.
  • The page shows the number of AI requests in the last 24 hours and the last 30 days.
  • Review summaries are stored and only regenerated when new reviews arrive.

With typical traffic, a small directory uses a few hundred AI requests a month, which fits within Groq's free tier or costs a few cents with OpenAI or DeepSeek.

Where AI appears in the admin panel

  • Listing editor: the writing assistant, and Suggest SEO title & description.
  • News and Pages editors: an AI Writing Assistant box that drafts an article or page from a title and optional notes, in each language tab.
  • Category and Location Custom Titles: Generate with AI writes the page title, meta description and intro text. See SEO: URLs, Titles, Sitemap and Structured Data.

Always read AI texts before publishing. The AI is instructed not to invent facts, but you know your businesses and your city better.