Setting up AI
What AI does in Scrumptious, why you use your own key, and which option to pick.
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AI in Scrumptious is optional. Everything works without it; AI makes Paste & Parse much better at reading messy recipe text.
Bring your own key
Scrumptious doesn’t sell AI credits or meter your use. You connect your own account with an AI provider and pay the provider directly, at their normal prices.
- Recipes and keys never pass through ScrumptiousWP. Requests go straight from your site to your provider.
- There’s no Scrumptious usage limit.
- A typical recipe costs well under one US cent with the model picked for you. See AI models and cost.
What AI does in Scrumptious
- Paste & Parse — turns pasted recipe text into a filled-in recipe, including course, cuisine and diet.
- Import from a link (Scrumptious Pro) — reads pages without recipe data, and fills in a course, cuisine or diet the page left out.
- Suggest with AI — suggests course, cuisine and diet for any recipe.
Where to set it up
Recipes → Settings, then scroll down to AI (bring your own key).
Which option should I choose?
| Option | Best for | Set-up |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter (recommended) | Most people. One account gives you models from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and others. | One click: Connect OpenRouter. No key to copy. Guide |
| Google Gemini | You already use Google AI Studio. Gemini has a free tier with limits. | Paste a key. Guide |
| OpenAI | You already have an OpenAI API account. | Paste a key. Guide |
| Anthropic (Claude) | You already have an Anthropic API account. | Paste a key. Guide |
| WordPress AI | Your site already has an AI provider connected under Settings → Connectors (WordPress 7.0+). | Nothing to set up. Guide |
| No AI | You’re happy with the built-in parser. | — |
Note: A ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro or Gemini app subscription is not an API account. API access is billed separately by each provider.
The settings, top to bottom
- Connect OpenRouter / Reconnect OpenRouter — one-click connection. See OpenRouter.
- Use — which provider Scrumptious uses. A provider with a saved key shows — key saved (sk-or…1234).
- … API key fields — one per provider. Keys are never shown again after saving; the box says Saved — paste a new key to replace it. Tick Remove to delete a saved key. Each has a Get a … key → link to the provider’s key page.
- Model — leave empty for the automatic choice, or type to pick any model your key can use. See AI models and cost.
- Save AI settings — saves this section (it has its own button, separate from the main settings).
- Test the connection — appears once AI is set up. Sends a tiny request and reports It works! … answered using … or the error.
