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Payload AI Plugin

Payload AI Plugin is a TypeScript extension for Payload CMS that adds AI-assisted content actions to text, rich-text and upload fields. Its documented capabilities include composing and translating text, beta proofreading and rephrasing, and image and voice generation through configured providers.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when building or maintaining a Payload CMS project and you want AI actions embedded in its content fields, rather than a separate writing tool.

Who it is for

  • Developers extending a Payload CMS installation with AI-assisted editorial actions.
  • Teams that want configurable text, translation, image or voice generation within CMS authoring workflows.

Documented uses

  • Compose text in Payload text or rich-text fields.
  • Translate field content for multilingual workflows.
  • Generate images or voice outputs through configured providers.
  • Customize AI instructions per field and restrict generation through Payload access controls.
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Requirements & limits

  • Provider credentials are supplied by the project through environment variables or plugin configuration.
  • The README identifies OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, MiniMax and ElevenLabs as supported provider keys.
  • Generation requires authentication and the access.generate permission; document, collection and field permissions also apply.
  • Reference images and extracted prompt attachments require an explicit server-side resolveReferenceImage callback.
  • The repository describes the plugin as actively evolving and reports testing with Payload v3.88.0.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Set up AI actions in a Payload rich-text field

Install the plugin, enable its Lexical editor feature and provide credentials for the AI providers you plan to use.

Before you start

  • A Payload CMS project with a collection and rich-text field.
  • pnpm and API credentials for the provider capabilities you want to enable.

Steps

  1. Install the package with pnpm add @ai-stack/payloadcms.

  2. Import payloadAiPlugin and add it to the plugins array in src/payload.config.ts, enabling the target collection.

  3. Import PayloadAiPluginLexicalEditorFeature and add it to the rich-text field's Lexical editor features.

  4. Set the relevant provider credentials in environment variables or pass them through plugin configuration, then restart the server.

Expected outcome

The configured rich-text field has the plugin's AI feature available within the Payload CMS project.

Guide limitations

  • Generation requires authentication and access.generate permission.
  • Only credentials for intended provider capabilities are needed; available actions depend on provider configuration.
  • The README labels proofreading and rephrasing as beta features.
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