=== AltoSum — AI Summary & Key Takeaways ===
Contributors: reallyusefulappco
Tags: summary, tldr, ai, key takeaways, excerpt
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Add an AI TL;DR summary and key-takeaways box to your posts. No API key, no setup. Free for the first 25 summaries each month.

== Description ==

**No API key. No account. No setup.** Unlike almost every other AI summary plugin — which makes you sign up for OpenAI or Anthropic and paste in your own paid API key — AltoSum runs the AI on our hosted service. Activate the plugin and it just works, free for the first 25 summaries every month.

AltoSum reads your post and writes a short **TL;DR** plus a few **key-takeaway bullets**, then shows them in a tidy box at the top (or bottom) of the article — great for readers in a hurry and for the AI search engines that increasingly quote summaries.

The free plan covers 25 summaries per month; AltoSum Pro removes the monthly limit (subject to fair use) and can summarise automatically on publish.

* No API key or third-party account — the AI runs on our service.
* One click to generate a summary from the post editor.
* Show it via the `[altosum]` shortcode, or auto-insert it into single posts.
* Optional key-takeaway bullets.
* Privacy-friendly: automation is off until you switch it on, and only the post title and content (plus a non-identifying, hashed site ID) are ever sent.
* Pro: unlimited summaries (subject to fair use) and auto-summarise when you publish.

== External services ==

This plugin connects to the **Really Useful App Company API** to generate summaries. It is required
for the plugin's core feature.

* **What is sent and when:** when you click "Generate summary" (or, with auto-summarise on, when you
  publish a post), the plugin sends the **post title** and **post content** to the API. A
  non-identifying **site ID** (a hash of your site URL) is sent for usage counting.
* **Where it goes:** the API (default `https://api.thereallyusefulappcompany.com`), which uses **Anthropic** as an AI
  subprocessor to generate the text.
* **Terms / privacy:** https://www.thereallyusefulappcompany.com/altosum/terms , https://www.thereallyusefulappcompany.com/altosum/privacy ,
  https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy

No data is sent until you click generate or publish with auto-summarise enabled.

== Installation ==

1. Install and activate AltoSum.
2. Go to **Settings → AltoSum**, review the external-service notice, and choose how the box should display.
3. Edit a post and click **Generate summary** in the AltoSum box, or enable auto-insert / auto-summarise.
4. (Optional) Enter a AltoSum Pro licence key to remove the monthly limit.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Do I need an AI API key? =
No. The AI runs on our service.

= Where does the summary appear? =
Wherever you place the `[altosum]` shortcode, or automatically at the top/bottom of single posts if you enable that.

= Does it send my content anywhere? =
Only when you generate a summary, and only the title and content — see the External Services section.

== Screenshots ==

1. The AltoSum settings screen — set the box heading, choose where the summary appears, and (Pro) turn on auto-summarise. No API key or account needed.
2. The summary box on a published post: a short TL;DR plus key-takeaway bullets, in a tidy box at the top of the article.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release: one-click summaries, key-takeaway bullets, shortcode, auto-insert, and Pro auto-summarise.
