aystos Search
AI-Powered Search That Understands Questions
Replace keyword search with a conversational AI that finds answers in your content — and cites its sources.
The Problem With Site Search
Traditional search matches keywords. When a visitor searches "how to reset my password," it won't find your page titled "Account Security Settings." They leave your site frustrated — and ask ChatGPT instead. ChatGPT might send them to a competitor.
Site search hasn't kept up with how people actually ask questions. aystos Search has. And when paired with aystos Client, it drops into your CMS with zero backend work.
How aystos Search Works
Hybrid retrieval combining vector-based semantic search with full-text keyword matching. Semantic search understands meaning — it knows "reset password" and "account security" are related. Full-text search catches exact terms and product names. Results from both are fused, re-ranked across 15+ signals, and optionally synthesized into a direct AI answer with source citations.
Your visitors ask a question. They get an answer. With links to the exact section of the exact page it came from.
To optimize your website for AI systems, focus on three areas: structured data (JSON-LD markup for key entities), machine access (allow AI crawlers in robots.txt, provide llms.txt), and content clarity (semantic HTML, clear headings, unambiguous language).
Key Capabilities
- Streaming AI answers — users see the response being written in real time via Server-Sent Events
- Four-layer caching — query rewrite, embeddings, search results, and answer caching reduces costs 10–100x for repeated queries
- Five ranking presets — balanced, precision, comprehensive, classic, and catalog modes tuned for different content types
- Multi-provider LLM support — OpenAI, Gemini, and Ollama, including a fully self-hosted option
- Section-aware chunking — answers reference the right section of the right page, with breadcrumb preservation
- Click popularity learning — search results improve automatically as visitors use them
One Line of JavaScript
Integration is a single script tag. The search widget adapts to your site's colors, fonts, and branding. CORS protection ensures it only works on your approved domains. An analytics dashboard shows search volume, top queries, zero-result rates, and click-through patterns — so you always know what your visitors are looking for. These insights feed back into Cockpit audits, revealing content gaps you didn't know existed.
No backend work. No infrastructure to manage. Add AI search to your site in under five minutes.
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