Discourse AI - Summarize

[Discourse]

This topic covers the configuration of the Summarize feature of the Discourse AI plugin.

Required user level: Administrator

Summarize topics and chat channels for a quick recap. Use it in mega topics and large discussions to figure out what’s happening.

Features

• Summarize topics from topic map (top and bottom of topic)
• Summarize Chat channels for specific duration of time (up to 7 days)
• Cached summaries in prior generated topics
• Regenerate older summaries
• View summary date and AI model used

Enabling Summarize

Prerequisites

You must configure at least one Large Language Model (LLM) from a provider.

To get started you can configure them through the Discourse AI - Large Language Model (LLM) settings page.

• OpenAI
• Anthropic
• Azure OpenAI
• AWS Bedrock with Anthropic access
• Google Gemini
• Self-Hosting an OpenSource LLM

Configuration

1. Go to Admin → Plugins → AI → Features and make sure the plugin is enabled (discourse ai enabled)
2. Select the AI Agent to use for summarization through ai summarization agent (a default Summarizer agent is pre-configured)
3. Checkmark ai summarization enabled to enable Summarize
4. Configure which groups of users can generate and view summaries by editing the allowed groups on the Summarizer agent (under Admin → Plugins → AI → Agents)
5. (Optional) Enable private message (PM) summaries for specific user groups through ai pm summarization allowed groups

Technical FAQ

Does Summarize cache results?

• Summarize does caches results and even makes them available for all users outside of selected user groups.

Caveats

• Summarize outputs may not be 100% accurate, so make sure to check any output carefully
• LLM calls can be expensive. We recommend enabling Summarize for specific user groups to help control costs

Last edited by @Saif 2024-11-04T23:37:34Z

Last checked by @hugh 2024-08-06T05:45:39Z

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