AI Search Overview

Learn how Cludo AI Chat and AI Summary endpoints deliver generative answers and summaries grounded in your search index, and how to enable them.

Why AI-powered search?

AI Search combines keyword matching with semantic search to understand query intent, not just exact words. This improves relevance when users phrase things differently than your indexed content.

Key benefits

• Semantic understanding: matches intent, not just keywords
• AI Chat: conversational answers with citations
• AI Summary: synthesizes search results into a concise summary

Setting up an AI engine

To enable AI Search on your engine:

1. Create or edit an engine in MyCludo

   Log in to MyCludo and go to Engines. Create a new engine or edit an existing one.

2. Enable AI Search

   Expand the Advanced options section and enable AI Search. This activates semantic search and enables access to AI Chat and AI Summary features.

3. Index your content

   Set up crawlers or push content. AI Search uses the same indexed content as standard search.

All AI features require an AI-enabled engine.

AI capabilities at a glance

Feature	Endpoint	What it does
AI Search	Search	Automatic keyword + semantic ranking on AI-enabled engines
AI Chat	AI Chat	Conversational answers with citations (standard and streaming)
AI Summary	AI Summary	Synthesize search results into a summary
AI Summary (streaming)	AI Summary	Real-time streamed summaries

Authentication

AI endpoints support the same authentication schemes as search:

Scheme	Use case
SiteKey	Client-side integration (safe to expose in browser)
Basic (API Key)	Server-side integration

See the Authentication guide for token format details.