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T3AI Foundation overview: MCP-first TYPO3 backend with AI providers, brand context, MCP tools, AI prompts and permissions

Overview

AI Foundation connects your TYPO3 website to an AI service such as OpenAI (ChatGPT), Claude or Gemini. All T3Planet AI extensions – for example AI Chatbot and AI Search – use this one connection. You set up the AI once, and every AI extension can use it. Editors usually don’t work in AI Foundation directly. They use the AI extensions. Administrators set up AI Foundation in AI Universe → AI Foundation. AI Foundation is free and open source (GPL-2.0-or-later). Activate it with a free license key in T3Planet Shop > AI Universe > AI Foundation > Start.

Key capabilities

  • AI Providers – connect your AI service. Your API keys (passwords for the AI service) are stored encrypted.
  • T3Planet Credits – optional: use AI without your own AI account.
  • AI Context – describe your brand voice once, so all AI texts sound like you.
  • AI Prompts & Features – ready-made instructions for the AI, and a choice of AI service per feature.
  • Usage & Logs – see how much AI was used and what it cost.
  • AI Permissions – decide which editors may use which AI features.
  • MCP Server – optional: let AI assistants such as Cursor or Claude Desktop work with TYPO3.
  • Quick Setup – a guided setup for the first start.

All AI Foundation modules

You find these in the TYPO3 backend under AI Universe → AI Foundation, in this order:
AI Chatbot and AI Search build on AI Foundation. They use its providers, AI Features cards, permissions and logs.

Video Tutorials

Short interactive demos. Watch one, then read the matching page for details. Best practised on a test copy of your website.

Dashboard overview

Start here for a high-level tour of the AI Foundation Dashboard. Next: Dashboard

Install and Quick Setup

Learn how to activate AI Foundation and complete first-time setup. Next: Installation

Configure AI providers

Connect vendors, save credentials, and verify provider health. Next: AI Providers

MCP Server

Connect Cursor and other MCP clients to your TYPO3 instance. Next: MCP Server

AI Permissions

Control usergroup access, modules, features, and credit limits. Next: AI Permissions

Usage and cost control

Review tokens, spend trends, and request history. Next: AI Usage & Logs

Credits

This extension is developed and maintained by: T3Planet project by NITSAN: https://nitsantech.de/typo3-agentur Developed with modern AI tooling by the NITSAN/T3Planet team — following TYPO3 coding standards, reviewed by certified TYPO3 developers, and tested across TYPO3 v12, v13 and v14.