Easy AI Assist

What's new?

Version 1.0.23: 3 November 2026

• Location questions with no Easy Directory listing are now answered from matching articles, with sources, and say when no exact address has been published.
• Location questions also search articles by the place or business name.
• Article excerpts centre on the asked name.
• Inline scripts and styles in article text are left out of excerpts.
• Fixed an error when the assistant has no tools enabled or uses a Claude model.

Version 1.0.22: 3 November 2026

• New "Extra stopwords" option (Options > Behaviour) for site-specific words; the site name is used too.
• Answers that mention a missing detail keep their sources.
• Tool results are sent to OpenAI-compatible providers in the standard tool message format.
• The chat placeholder reads "Type a question".

Version 1.0.21: 3 November 2026

• Replies in the visitor's language.
• Knowledge-base matching tolerates typos, inflections and missing diacritics.
• Location questions check Easy Directory first.
• Refusal and out-of-scope answers no longer show unrelated sources.
• Never states an address, phone, e-mail or opening hours that is not in the site sources.

Version 1.0.20: 20 October 2026

• Source plugins load on both Joomla 4.4 and Joomla 5/6 plugin constructors.

Version 1.0.19: 20 October 2026

• Download Key support on the update site (dlid).

Version 1.0.18: 19 October 2026

• Ship joomla.asset.json so com_easyaiassist.chat is registered.
• Stops the frontend 500 when the chat stylesheet is requested.

Version 1.0.17: 19 October 2026

• Register the component web assets when the site module loads without booting the component.
• Fixes UnknownAssetException for com_easyaiassist.chat on frontend pages.
• Print the chat stylesheet and script with the module so templates that write the head first still style the launcher.

Version 1.0.16: 19 October 2026

• Runs on Joomla 5 and 6 with the Behaviour Backward Compatibility plugins disabled
• Admin assets load through the web asset manager; site module uses a service provider namespace

Version 1.0.15: 29 September 2026

• New Stay within site sources setting: answers come only from the Knowledge Base, connectors and published pages.
• Official, municipal and administrative questions the site does not cover get a configurable referral to the relevant authority.
• Article search goes through the whole archive for a person, place, organisation or event, not only recent news.
• Follow-up questions such as "and earlier?" keep the subject of the previous question.
• Sources list only pages the answer actually uses, including Events pages.
• Message limit notice shows readable text instead of a language key.

Version 1.0.14: 26 September 2026

• Directory answers stay grounded in tool results (no invented listings).
• Multi-category Directory questions run a separate search per category.
• Croatian name inflection (for example Hallo Pizze) matches Directory titles.
• Latest / najnovije news prefers newer publish dates.
• Sources prefer Directory and Events pages named in the answer.
• Standalone full-page chat menu item (Easy AI Assist chat).
• GPT-5 family models use max_completion_tokens for reliable tool calls.

Version 1.0.4: 24 September 2026

• Staff get an email when a review is queued (thumbs-down or unsure).
• Approving a Knowledge Base answer closes matching open reviews.
• Not helpful records the answer next to the button.
• Directory and Events hide listings whose category the visitor cannot see.
• Chat HTML stays safe when a URL or photo contains a quote.
• Contact support keeps the inbox row even when the transcript mail fails.
• IP block list, transcript on or off, and clearer consent and send controls.

Version 1.0.3: 23 September 2026

• Directory, Events, and Smart Search results follow the visitor access level.
• Each weak answer can be reviewed. Removing a review keeps the chat.
• The thread screen shows the page link and photo.
• A message over the length limit is refused.
• The toolkit connection test requires a super user.

Version 1.0.2: 23 September 2026

• Move the chat button in from the side and up from the bottom.

Version 1.0.1: 23 September 2026

• Limit article search to chosen categories, and include page builder text plus DOCman, EDocman, and RSFiles titles.
• Consent checkbox before a message is sent, a Talk to us link, and a staff copy of emailed transcripts.
• Replies follow the current site language. Weak page matches are held for review.
• VirtueMart product and order lookup for the signed-in customer, and an in-page chat layout.
• Connectors screen to turn each plugin on or off from the component.
• Connectors for Easy Glossary, Easy FAQs, Easy Helpdesk, Easy Store Locator, Store Locator Pro, and Easy Team.

Version 1.0.0: 23 September 2026

• Visitor chat with a floating launcher, streaming replies, and a Knowledge Base.
• Sources-only answers, review inbox, and approval before a knowledge answer is published.
• Connectors for Easy Directory, Easy Events Calendar, Smart Search, and Searchly.
• Instruction starters, language filtering, and thread retention.