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Module name/project name: AI Auto-reference
Brief history How old: created in June 2023 by Scott Euser (scott_euser) or Soapbox Versions available: 1.0.0-rc4
Maintainership Actively maintained Security coverage - opted in, needs stable release Test coverage Number of open issues: 4 open issues, 1 of which is a bug
Usage stats: 19 sites
Module features and usage AI Auto-reference works with any reference fields, so it could find suitable taxonomy terms, nodes, etc It does that by rendering a specified view mode, so it should with any kind of complex layout approach you may have implemented on your site It will also automatically shorten your content to fit within your AI model's token window, which you can also configure The module extends Drupal's main AI module, which means you can select which model to use, and probably means you can also use guardrails, and all the other powerful features that come with that ecosystem Ai Auto-reference comes with default prompts, but you can also edit those if you really want to make sure you're squeezing out every drop of relevance You can also choose for which fields in each content type you want to generate suggestions, as well as whether you want the suggestions should be automatically applied, or whether you want them manually reviewed As mentioned on the project page, you can already have AI suggest things like tags using the AI module without this project, but this may be a better choice if you want to make sure the recommendations stick to an existing set
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