Create Guides

Use Algolia Guides to generate guides for your website.

Before you begin

To create guides, you need the Generative AI feature in your Algolia plan, and an index containing the product data you want to use for the guides.

Create guides with the dashboard

1. Go to the Algolia dashboard and select your Algolia application.

2. On the left sidebar, select Generative AI.

3. Click Create index now to set up a new index for the guides.

4. To create a new guide, click New Guide.

5. Choose the type of guide you want to create:

   • Shopping Guide: a general guide for a category.
   • Category Guide: a guide for a specific category, focusing on specific factors.
   • Comparison Guide: compare multiple products side by side.
   

6. Specify the products you want to include in your guides by providing the product IDs or the category’s facet value, depending on the type of guide you decided to create.

   

7. Choose the tone for the guide:

   • Natural. A natural tone which makes complex topics easier to understand.
   • Friendly. An amiable tone which builds a rapport with the reader.
   • Professional. A professional and serious tone to lend credibility to the information.
   

8. Choose a language which matches the content language of your source index:

   • English
   • French
   • German
   • Portugese
   • Spanish

9. Add optional customizations, such as keywords to highlight in the generated guide, or a custom prompt.

   

10. A title and description will be generated for each guide. Select which of these guides you want to create and click Generate. You can edit these guides, including their titles and descriptions, later.

    

Edit the guide

Once the guides have been generated, you can edit their content directly in the guide detail page.

Next step

If you’re satisfied with your guides, integrate them into your site.

Before integrating, decide where the guide will be displayed on your website. Since integrating the guides requires coding, you may need to collaborate with your engineering team. To streamline the process, see the implementation guides and use the UI components.

After integrating the guides into your website, you can manage and modify guides without coding. You only need to write code if you want to show the guides in other parts of your website.