Title: CAIDEL: Agentic Commerce Intelligence for WooCommerce
Author: Mostafa Hadadian
Published: <strong>May 26, 2026</strong>
Last modified: October 30, 2026

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# CAIDEL: Agentic Commerce Intelligence for WooCommerce

 By [Mostafa Hadadian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hadadian/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/caidel.2.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/caidel/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/caidel/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/caidel/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/caidel/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/caidel/)

## Description

#### Agentic selling for WooCommerce

**Sell to customers who shop with AI.**

CAIDEL represents your store to your customers and the AI agents they shop with,
helping them find, choose, and buy your products, and brings the customer data back
to you.

**CAIDEL in one minute**

**Every feature in five minutes**

**[See it on a live demo shop](https://demo.caidel.com?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin)**

#### 1. Found

Your customers increasingly ask ChatGPT and other AI assistants to research and 
compare products for them. CAIDEL gives those assistants a direct line to your shop,
so they work from your live prices, stock, reviews and policies instead of guessing
from your web pages:

 * **An MCP server and an API** that let agents search your catalogue, read any 
   product by ID or SKU, and ask for advice.
 * **Easy for agents to find.** CAIDEL points AI agents to that direct line from
   your own site. Shoppers never see it, and your pages look the same.

Customers on your own site get search that understands the question. “A gentle cleanser
that won’t make my skin red” returns the products that fit, in your own theme, with
your prices and add-to-cart buttons.

#### 2. Chosen

Being found puts your products on the shortlist. Being chosen depends on how precisely
they match everything the customer asked for, such as “fragrance-free, for sensitive
skin, in stock”.

When an AI agent or a customer asks, CAIDEL answers from your own catalogue and 
pages with the products that fit and the reason each one fits. Agents also get the
product text behind each reason, so every claim can be checked.

 * **A shop assistant**, as a sidebar or popup. It answers from your catalogue and
   your own pages about delivery, returns and product care, and knows which product
   the shopper is looking at. If a shopper says an ingredient gives them a rash,
   it warns them before recommending anything that contains it.
 * **A Product Finder block** for any page: shoppers describe what they need and
   get a short list, with one line on why each product suits them.
 * **Your terms, even with a machine.** Instructions on how to talk about your products,
   policies the answers must follow, and preferences for what comes first, such 
   as bundles or products in stock. Preferences only reorder products that genuinely
   fit, and agents are told when they were applied, so your answers stay worth trusting.

#### 3. Learned

AI agents keep what your customers asked them. CAIDEL brings it back to you, so 
you can see why products were chosen and how to improve.

 * **A Dashboard** of what people and AI agents asked for, what they were shown,
   and which answers led to a click, a basket or an order.
 * **Suggestions.** Customers and agents often use words your product pages don’t.
   CAIDEL notices and drafts updated product copy. You accept it, edit it or turn
   it down.
 * **No cookies and no consent banner.** CAIDEL counts answers, not people, and 
   never recognises a shopper.

#### Running your shop

**An AI Operator.** Tell it what you want in plain words, such as “fix the spelling
in my skincare descriptions”. It shows you every change before making it and waits
for your approval. You can undo most changes later. It will never issue refunds,
delete anything, or touch users or settings.

**Automations.** Let CAIDEL check new reviews and hold back spam, flag suspicious
orders, or send you a daily report on products that are running out. You decide 
which of them act on their own and which wait for you.

**Everything inside WordPress.** Install the plugin, press “Connect this shop” and
your free trial starts: no form, no setup call, no separate account. Ask for help
under `CAIDEL > Support` and follow the conversation there.

#### Technical details

 * **Search** replaces WooCommerce’s product search results inside your theme. If
   CAIDEL can’t be reached, WooCommerce’s own search answers instead.
 * **Agent access** runs on your own site, through an MCP server and an API for 
   searching the catalogue, reading products and asking for advice. It can be switched
   off under `CAIDEL > Settings`.
 * **Sync:** products, pages and reviews are sent to CAIDEL when you connect and
   again whenever they change.
 * **Privacy:** requests go from your server to CAIDEL, signed with a key unique
   to your shop. Shoppers’ browsers never contact CAIDEL, and no cookies are set.
 * **Hosting:** the CAIDEL service and its AI models run on Microsoft Azure in Sweden,
   in the EU.
 * **Your data:** “Disconnect and erase” removes your shop’s content from CAIDEL
   at any time.
 * **Requirements:** WordPress 6.0 or later, WooCommerce, PHP 7.4 or later.

#### Free trial

Connect your shop and the trial starts straight away. It runs until 15 January 2027,
and for at least 30 days from the day you connect. No setup fee and no credit card.

#### About CAIDEL

CAIDEL is the reasoning layer that lets WooCommerce merchants sell to AI shopping
agents like ChatGPT, not just be found by them.

CAIDEL comes from the University of Groningen and is incubated at UtrechtInc, in
the EU.

### External services

This plugin connects to the CAIDEL service at `https://woo.caidel.com` for AI search,
the shop assistant, recommendations, the AI Operator, automations, suggestions and
support.

Service provider:
 CAIDEL [CAIDEL Website](https://caidel.com?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin)

Nothing is sent until you press “Connect this shop” under `CAIDEL > Settings`. After
that, the plugin sends data to CAIDEL when:

 * You connect. It sends your shop’s address, the site name, the WordPress admin
   email, the name of the person connecting, and the plugin, WordPress, WooCommerce
   and PHP versions, so CAIDEL can identify your account and support it. The Connect
   button says so before you press it.
 * You connect, and later whenever products, pages or reviews change. It sends your
   product catalogue and page text so answers can be built from it. Each sync also
   sends the site name and the same versions.
 * A shopper or an AI agent searches or asks the assistant a question. It sends 
   the question so it can be answered.
 * You switch on “Send to CAIDEL” under Measurement. It sends what was asked, which
   products were shown, added to the basket and ordered, and the value of those 
   order lines.
 * You switch on the AI Operator. It sends a dedicated access key for your shop 
   so the Operator can act once you approve.
 * You send a support request or a reply under `CAIDEL > Support`. It sends your
   message, your name and the email address you give, and, unless you untick it,
   diagnostics: the versions above, the active theme, the permalink setting, a summary
   of CAIDEL’s settings and the sync state. You see exactly what is included before
   sending. Keys and passwords are never included.

CAIDEL never receives shoppers’ names, email addresses, customer records or IP addresses.
The plugin sets no cookies for shoppers. Requests go from your shop’s server to 
CAIDEL; shoppers’ browsers never contact CAIDEL.

The CAIDEL service and its database run on Microsoft Azure in Sweden (EU). AI answers
are written by Microsoft Azure OpenAI models, also within the EU. The words shoppers
use, grouped by meaning and with nothing that identifies your shop, are added to
a shared vocabulary that helps CAIDEL understand shoppers in your product category.

“Disconnect and erase” under Settings, and deleting the plugin, delete your catalogue,
the questions asked, your measurements, the AI Operator’s data and your vocabulary
from CAIDEL. Kept: your account, subscription and usage; your shop’s web address
and trial dates, so each address gets one free trial; your support conversations;
and the shared vocabulary, which contains nothing about your shop.

Privacy Policy:
 [CAIDEL Privacy Policy](https://caidel.com/privacy-policy?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin)

Terms and Conditions:
 [CAIDEL Terms and Conditions](https://caidel.com/terms-and-conditions?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin)

## Screenshots

[⌊The shop assistant on a product page. A shopper with redness-prone skin and a 
coconut allergy gets one cleanser, the reason it fits, and the pages the answer 
came from.⌉⌊The shop assistant on a product page. A shopper with redness-prone skin
and a coconut allergy gets one cleanser, the reason it fits, and the pages the answer
came from.⌉[

The shop assistant on a product page. A shopper with redness-prone skin and a coconut
allergy gets one cleanser, the reason it fits, and the pages the answer came from.

[⌊Search that understands the question: "something gentle for skin that turns red"
returns the products that fit, in the shop's own theme.⌉⌊Search that understands
the question: "something gentle for skin that turns red" returns the products that
fit, in the shop's own theme.⌉[

Search that understands the question: “something gentle for skin that turns red”
returns the products that fit, in the shop’s own theme.

[⌊The Agents screen: instructions, private policies and ranking preferences that
shape what the assistant and outside AI agents are told.⌉⌊The Agents screen: instructions,
private policies and ranking preferences that shape what the assistant and outside
AI agents are told.⌉[

The Agents screen: instructions, private policies and ranking preferences that shape
what the assistant and outside AI agents are told.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   CAIDEL Product Finder A search box that answers in plain language. Shoppers
   describe what they need and get products with a reason for each, on the same 
   page.

## Installation

 1. Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active.
 2. Install CAIDEL from the Plugins screen, or upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/
    plugins/`, then activate it.
 3. Go to `CAIDEL > Settings` and press “Connect this shop”. Your free trial starts
    straight away.
 4. Switch on AI search. If you want the shop assistant, choose sidebar or popup.
 5. If you like, add the “CAIDEL Product Finder” block to a page.
 6. Check `CAIDEL > Dashboard` once shoppers have started searching.

## FAQ

### How do AI agents like ChatGPT find my products?

CAIDEL adds signposts to your site in the places AI agents look for them. Shoppers
don’t see them and your pages look the same. You can switch this off under `CAIDEL
> Settings > AI Agent Discovery`.

### Do AI agents buy from shops already?

Today they mostly research, compare and shortlist products, and your customer buys.
That is the moment CAIDEL works on: making sure your products are on the shortlist
and are the ones chosen. Everything CAIDEL does for the customers on your own site
works today, whatever agents do next.

### How do I get started?

Install the plugin, go to `CAIDEL > Settings` and press “Connect this shop”. That’s
it. The trial starts right away.

### Do I need to go to a separate CAIDEL website to manage it?

No. Settings, reports, the AI Operator and everything else are in the CAIDEL menu
in your WordPress admin.

### Does it need WooCommerce?

Yes. CAIDEL works with your WooCommerce products and orders.

### Are the answers generic?

No. Every answer comes from your own catalogue and your own pages, and follows the
instructions and priorities you set. It never uses another shop’s content.

### Does CAIDEL use cookies or need a consent banner?

No. CAIDEL doesn’t set cookies or read anything from a shopper’s device. It records
what was asked and what happened next, never who asked, so no consent banner is 
needed. The assistant keeps the conversation in the open browser tab only and forgets
it when the tab closes.

### Can the AI Operator break my shop?

It can’t do anything you haven’t approved. Each change is shown to you first, and
it tells you when a change can’t be undone. Everything it did is listed under Activity,
with an undo button where possible. It never refunds, deletes, or touches users 
or settings, and you can revoke its access at any time.

### I used CAIDEL 1.0. What changes?

The old embedded assistant and its block are gone. Use the new shop assistant or
the Product Finder block instead. You also no longer need a Project ID or Provider
ID. Press “Connect this shop” and you’re set.

### How long is the free trial?

Until 15 January 2027, and at least 30 days from the day you connect, whichever 
is later. It includes a generous number of AI answers; searches don’t use them up.
Your remaining answers and days are shown under `CAIDEL > Settings`. Each shop address
gets one trial.

### What happens if I deactivate or delete the plugin?

Deactivating pauses CAIDEL: your shop uses WooCommerce’s own search, nothing is 
deleted, and reactivating picks up where you left off. Deleting the plugin removes
its settings and data from WordPress and asks CAIDEL to erase its copy of your shop,
as “Disconnect and erase” does. Your account, subscription and usage are kept, so
if you install CAIDEL again and connect, you continue where you were, with the same
trial or plan.

### Is there a setup fee?

No.

### Do I need a credit card to start?

No. The free trial doesn’t need one.

### When do I pay?

Only if you decide to keep using CAIDEL after the trial. If you don’t, there is 
no charge. When the trial ends, your shop goes back to normal WooCommerce search.

### Where is my data hosted?

On Microsoft Azure in Sweden, in the EU. The AI models that write answers also run
on Azure within the EU. See our [Privacy Policy](https://caidel.com/privacy-policy?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin)
for details.

### Which countries can use CAIDEL?

All of them. CAIDEL is a European company serving shops worldwide.

### Where can I get help?

Once your shop is connected, open `CAIDEL > Support` and press “New request”. You
follow the conversation there, and a badge on the Support menu item shows when we
have replied. It still works after your trial ends. Before you connect, visit the
[CAIDEL website](https://caidel.com?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin) or [contact us](https://caidel.com/contact?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=plugin).

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## Contributors & Developers

“CAIDEL: Agentic Commerce Intelligence for WooCommerce” is open source software.
The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mostafa Hadadian ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hadadian/)

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### Interested in development?

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the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/caidel/), or subscribe to
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## Changelog

#### 2.0.0

 * New: everything is managed inside WordPress, from a CAIDEL menu with Dashboard,
   AI Operator, Vocabulary, Suggestions, Agents, Support and Settings. The Plugins
   screen links to the Dashboard rather than an external site.
 * New: connect with one button and your free trial starts. Project and Provider
   IDs are no longer needed.
 * New: the Connect button says what connecting sends to CAIDEL (site name, admin
   email and versions) and links the privacy policy and terms.
 * New: Support screen. Send CAIDEL a question or a bug report from wp-admin, with
   optional diagnostics you can read before sending, and follow the replies there.
   The menu shows a badge when a reply is waiting. Works after the trial ends.
 * Changed: the default CAIDEL server is now woo.caidel.com. Shops left on Auto 
   move with it; a custom server address is kept.
 * Removed: the separate Server port setting. A custom server address carries its
   own port; a port saved by an earlier version is moved into the address.
 * New: AI search, shown in your own theme. Falls back to WooCommerce search if 
   CAIDEL can’t be reached.
 * New: shop assistant as a sidebar or popup. Answers from your products and pages
   and warns shoppers about ingredients they need to avoid.
 * New: if CAIDEL can’t answer, the shop assistant shows matching products from 
   your shop’s own search instead of an error.
 * New: Product Finder block for any page.
 * New: Dashboard showing what was asked, what was shown, and which answers led 
   to clicks, baskets and orders.
 * New: measurement without cookies. No consent banner needed.
 * New: AI Operator that makes changes to your shop only after you approve them,
   with undo.
 * New: automations for review moderation, order checks and daily stock reports.
 * New: Suggestions for product copy based on the words shoppers actually use.
 * New: Vocabulary, a place to link the words shoppers use to your own terms.
 * New: instructions, private policies and ranking preferences for the assistant.
 * New: AI shopping agents can find and read your live products, reviews and shop
   policies. Can be switched off.
 * New: products, pages and reviews stay in sync with CAIDEL automatically.
 * New: “Export knowledge” under Settings downloads everything public on your site
   as one ZIP.
 * New: “Disconnect and erase” removes your shop’s data from CAIDEL. Your account,
   subscription, usage, trial dates and support conversations are kept. Deleting
   the plugin does the same.
 * Removed: the hosted assistant embed and its block, and the AI Only, Hybrid and
   Rescue search modes.

#### 1.0.1

 * Minor admin and readme updates.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.0**
 *  Last updated **2 weeks ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [agentic-commerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/agentic-commerce/)[ai agents](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai-agents/)
   [ai search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai-search/)[ai shopping assistant](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai-shopping-assistant/)
   [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
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## Contributors

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