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title: How to Configure the External AI Summary
description: "The **External Summary Buttons** feature allows visitors to summarize your content using popular AI platforms such as **ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI, Grok,** and **Perplexity**. When a visitor clicks an AI button, the selected AI service opens in a new…"
url: "https://www.apselo.com/docs/kb/how-to-configure-the-external-summary/"
updated: "2026-07-17"
category: Sumtics / AI Summary
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# How to Configure the External AI Summary

The **External Summary Buttons** feature allows visitors to summarize your content using popular AI platforms such as **ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI, Grok,** and **Perplexity**.

When a visitor clicks an AI button, the selected AI service opens in a new tab with a pre-filled prompt based on your configured prompt template.

To configure the External Summary Buttons, navigate to: **Sumtics → External Summary**

### Choose the Display Locations

First, select where you want the AI summary buttons to appear.

Available options include:

- **Posts**
- **Pages**
- **Archives**
- **Home**

You can enable one or multiple locations depending on where you want visitors to access the AI summary buttons.

![](https://www.apselo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sumtics_external_button.png)

### Automatic Insertion Position

Choose where the AI summary buttons should appear on your content.

- **Disabled** – Disable automatic placement and display the buttons manually using the `[sumtics_ai_summarize]` shortcode.
- **Before the Content** – Display the buttons above the content.
- **After the Content** – Display the buttons below the content.
- **Before and After** – Display the buttons both above and below the content.

You can also customize the **Heading Text** displayed above the buttons (default: **Summarize with AI**) and enable **No Follow Links** to add the `rel="nofollow"` attribute to all AI model links.

### Select AI Models

Choose which AI services you want to display as summary buttons on your website.

Currently supported AI services include:

- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Claude
- Google AI
- Grok
- Perplexity

![](https://www.apselo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sumtics_external_aimodel.png)

Only the selected AI models will appear as buttons on the frontend. After configuring the External Summary Buttons, click **Save Changes** to apply your settings.

Visitors will now be able to open their preferred AI service and generate a summary of your content with a single click.

### Front-end view:

![](https://www.apselo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sumtics_external_front.png)

### FAQs

**Q1. Which AI platforms are supported by the External Summary Buttons?**
**A:** Sumtics currently supports **ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI, Grok,** and **Perplexity**. You can choose which AI services to display as summary buttons.

**Q2. Can I control where the AI summary buttons appear?**
**A:** Yes. You can display the buttons on **Posts, Pages, Archives,** and the **Home** page. You can also choose to place them **Before the Content**, **After the Content**, **Before and After**, or disable automatic placement and use the **`[sumtics_ai_summarize]`** shortcode.

**Q3. What happens when a visitor clicks an AI summary button?**
**A:** The selected AI platform opens in a new browser tab with a pre-filled prompt based on your configured prompt template, allowing visitors to generate a summary of your content instantly.