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alias: user-guide-ai-index
description: "Learn what Generative AI features are available in Critical Manufacturing MES and how to access the related setup and usage guidance"
---

# AI

:lock: AI.**AskAI**

:lock: AI.**Compare**

:lock: AI.**ViewSummary**

## Overview

**AI** provides generative AI capabilities inside Critical Manufacturing MES. You can use these features to ask questions about entity-related content, generate summaries, and compare different versions of the same entity or document.

The main AI actions are:

* [[user-guide-ai|AI]] - start a conversation with an available **AI Agent**.
* **Ask AI** - ask questions about the selected entity, document, or attachment.
* **Compare** - compare two versions of the same entity or document.
* **View Summary** - generate a summary of the selected document or attachment.

This section is organized as follows:

* [[user-guide-ai|AI]] - explains how to start and manage conversations with available **AI Agents**.
* [[user-guide-available-ai-agents|Available AI Agents]] - describes the standard AI Agents and the tasks for which to use each one.
* [[user-guide-ai-security-features|Security Features]] - explains the security features that control access to AI actions.
* [[user-guide-using-ai|Using AI]] - shows where the AI buttons appear and how the actions behave.
* [[user-guide-ai-prompt-configuration|Prompt Configuration]] - explains how to configure prompts, models, agents, and MCP servers.
* [[user-guide-ai-supported-sources|Supported Sources]] - explains what content AI can use as input.
* [[user-guide-azure-openai|Azure OpenAI]] - explains how to prepare the Azure AI Foundry side of the integration.

## Preconditions

* The **Generative AI Infrastructure** must be deployed and configured in your Critical Manufacturing MES environment.

!!! info
    To deploy the Generative AI Infrastructure, follow the steps in the [[installation-guide-installation#ai|AI section of the Installation guide]].

* A valid email address must be configured for the **User** who will use **AI**.
* A large language model (LLM) is configured in the system.
* The **Attachment Types** that can be processed by the LLM are configured.

## Basic Configuration

### Add an Email Address

1. Go to **Administration > Security > Users**.
2. Select the **User** who will use **AI**.
3. Verify that the **Email Address** field is defined.

    ![User profile showing the Email Address field.](../images/user_profile_email_highlight.png)

### Enable Generative AI for Attachments

1. Go to **Administration > Tables > Generic Tables**.
2. Open the [[attachmenttype-gt]] Generic Table.
3. Enable the column **Enable Generative AI** for each Entity Type and Attachment Type that you want **AI** to process.

    ![Attachment Type Generic Table with Enable Generative AI enabled.](../images/ai_attachment_table_enable.png)

For prompt-related configuration, see [[user-guide-ai-prompt-configuration|Prompt Configuration]].