Smoak Knowledge

Claude-powered knowledge engine for WordPress. Visitor chatbot + admin "Ask Your Content" tool. Cites real sources, refuses to hallucinate.

Description

Smoak Knowledge turns your WordPress site into a Claude-powered knowledge base.

Two jobs, one plugin:

• Visitor chatbot — scoped to your public content (posts, pages), answers questions with inline citations linking back to source posts. Refuses to answer when grounding fails.
• Admin "Ask Your Content" tool — a panel inside wp-admin to query your own archive: "What posts have I written about X?", "Summarize my Q3 case studies", and more.

Built for Claude. Smoak Knowledge is Claude-first: it uses Anthropic's Claude API with prompt caching enabled by default (90% read discount). You bring your own Anthropic API key — your content never leaves your server unless you send it via the Anthropic API.

Built for your hosting. The free tier ships a self-contained local vector store — no Pinecone account, no Supabase, no third-party SaaS required. Works on any WordPress host.

Built to be trusted. Three-step setup wizard with Demo Mode (try it without an API key for the first 5 minutes). Hard cost cap with auto-pause. Real-time spend dashboard with prompt-cache savings visible.

External Services

This plugin connects to Anthropic's Claude API (api.anthropic.com) to generate responses and embeddings. Your indexed content and chat messages are sent to Anthropic when chat queries are processed. No data is sent to Anthropic unless you have configured an API key.

• Anthropic Claude API
  • Data sent: indexed content chunks, chat queries, system prompts.
  • When: each time a user (visitor or admin) sends a chat message.
  • Terms of Service: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms
  • Privacy Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy

Installation

1. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ or install via the WordPress Plugins screen.
2. Activate the plugin.
3. The setup wizard opens automatically. Pick your use case, paste your Anthropic API key (or use Demo Mode), and choose what content to index.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need an Anthropic API key?

Yes for production use. You can try the plugin without one via Demo Mode for the first 5 minutes after activation.

Does my content get sent to a third party?

Only to Anthropic, and only when a chat query is processed. Your content stays on your WordPress server otherwise. We do not run a SaaS backend or proxy server.

Will it work on shared hosting?

Yes. The free tier uses a self-contained local vector store in your WordPress database. No external vector DB account required.

Does it support Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) or Custom Post Types?

CPT and ACF indexing are available in the Solo Pro tier ($39 one-time).

Screenshots

1. Setup wizard — three steps to a working chatbot.
2. Admin "Ask Your Content" panel with citations.
3. Visitor chat widget with inline citation chips.
4. Cost dashboard with prompt-cache savings.

Changelog

1.0.0

• Initial release.

Upgrade Notice

1.0.0

Initial release of Smoak Knowledge.

Source Code

Source code is available at: https://github.com/palmerbd/smoak-knowledge