IDEA89 — AI Shopping Assistant for Magento 2

Turn your Magento storefront into a conversion machine. IDEA89 adds an AI-powered shopping assistant that answers product questions, recommends what to buy, and surfaces promotions — in your brand voice.

5-minute install. No theme changes. No dev work.

What it does

How it works

1. Install the module via Composer
2. Enter your API key from the IDEA89 dashboard
3. The widget appears on your storefront immediately
4. Products sync automatically — the assistant is ready to sell

Your catalogue is indexed with AI embeddings for semantic search. When a shopper asks a question, the assistant searches your products, checks stock, and responds with relevant recommendations — complete with product cards, prices, and add-to-cart buttons.

Requirements

• Magento 2.4.6 or later (Open Source or Commerce)
• PHP 8.2 or 8.3
• An IDEA89 account — start your free trial

Installation

composer require idea89/magento2-assistant
bin/magento module:enable Idea89_Assistant
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento cache:flush

That's it. No layout XML changes, no theme overrides, no frontend build step.

Configuration

Navigate to Stores > Configuration > IDEA89 > AI Shopping Assistant in Magento Admin.

General

Widget Appearance

Content Sync

Choose what gets synced to IDEA89:

• Products — names, descriptions, prices, images, attributes, variants, stock, reviews
• Categories — so the assistant knows your catalogue structure
• CMS Pages — About Us, FAQs, policies — the assistant can answer "what's your return policy?"
• Store Info — store name and context description

Advanced

How syncing works

All syncs are idempotent — sending the same product twice is safe and expected.

The widget

The assistant appears as a floating chat widget on your storefront. It includes:

• Conversational AI that understands your products
• Product cards with images, prices, ratings, and add-to-cart buttons
• Promotional banners for active cart price rules
• Quick-reply chips for common questions
• Mobile-responsive design
• Dark/light theme support
• No impact on your Magento theme or page speed (loaded asynchronously)

The widget is served from the IDEA89 CDN — no static content is added to your Magento deployment.

Pricing

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Start your free trial — no credit card required.

Uninstalling

bin/magento module:disable Idea89_Assistant
bin/magento setup:upgrade
composer remove idea89/magento2-assistant
bin/magento cache:flush

No database tables are created in your Magento instance. All data is stored on the IDEA89 platform.

Support

• Documentation: idea89.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Dashboard: app.idea89.com

License

This module is licensed under the Open Software License 3.0 (OSL-3.0).

Copyright 2026 4K Technologies Ltd.

Built by 4K Technologies in the UK.

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog,
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[1.0.0] - 2026-05-21

Added

• AI shopping assistant widget (floating chat, mobile-responsive)
• Full product catalogue sync with variants, attributes, and stock
• Real-time sync via observers (product save, stock update, price rule save)
• Nightly full catalogue re-sync cron
• Minute-by-minute queue drain cron
• Promotion sync (active cart price rules)
• CMS page and category content sync
• Admin configuration panel (Stores > Configuration > IDEA89)
• Test Connection button in admin
• Sync Now button in admin
• Configurable widget position (bottom-left / bottom-right)
• Configurable brand colour
• Configurable assistant name and store context
• API URL override for self-hosted deployments
• CSP whitelist for IDEA89 API domain
• Encrypted API key storage