# AI suggestions

> When you save something, your AI provider writes a title, a summary and keywords for it, and suggests spaces.

- Page: https://resurf.so/guides/ai-suggestions
- Section: AI
- Works on: Mac, iPhone, iPad
- Last checked against the app: 2026-10-17
- Setting: Suggest as you capture
- Needs: A provider and a model

## What you get

Turn on **Suggest as you capture** in **Settings → AI**, on Mac or on iPhone and iPad. Connecting your first provider turns it on for you. Each new capture then gets:

- **A title**, used only when the capture has no title of its own. Your own title always wins.
- **A summary**, usually a few bullets.
- **Keywords**, up to five. They show and are searchable, but they aren't tags unless you add them.
- **Spaces**, up to two of the spaces you already have. Nothing is filed until you pick one.
- **A price**, for shop pages.

The title, summary and keywords appear without asking. Only spaces, and turning keywords into tags, wait for you.

## Where they show

On Mac:

1. Open a capture's inspector.
2. A capture with no title of its own goes by the AI title, marked with a sparkle. Click it to edit, and press `Return` to keep it as your own.
3. If the capture has a title, start editing it. The AI title appears as a pill below; click it to use it.
4. Suggested spaces sit after your own under **Space**, as outline chips. Click one to file the capture there.
5. AI keywords show under your tags, without a #. The summary is in the **Summary** section.

On iPhone and iPad:

1. Open a capture's info sheet.
2. **AI keywords** lists the keywords. Tap **Add keywords to tags** to make them tags.
3. **AI summary** shows the summary.
4. Tap **Space**. Suggested spaces are in the **Suggested** section.

![A capture’s inspector showing a suggested space, tags, and an AI summary.](https://resurf.so/guides/shots/ai-suggestions@2x.webp)

## Missing or failed suggestions

Suggestions are written once, for new captures. Turning them on doesn't go back over older ones.

On Mac:

1. In the inspector, the line under **Tags** says what happened, for example **Couldn't get keywords** or **AI isn't set up**.
2. Click **Retry**, or **Generate keywords** if it never ran.
3. For several captures, select them, open the menu in the bottom bar that counts your selection, and choose **Generate AI suggestions**.
4. For your whole library, use [Reprocess library…](https://resurf.so/guides/ai-model#reprocess) in **Settings → AI**.

On iPhone and iPad:

1. In the capture's info sheet, the **AI suggestions** row shows its state. Tap **Generate** or **Retry**.
2. Or open the capture, tap **More**, then **Suggest tags and summary**.
3. For older items, tap **Generate missing suggestions** in **Settings → AI**. It covers items saved on this device and leaves existing suggestions as they are.

## Questions

### Why does my capture have a title I didn't type?

It had no title of its own, so the AI title stands in. Type your own title to replace it.

### Are keywords the same as tags?

No. Keywords are shown and searchable, but they become tags only when you add them: on iPhone and iPad with Add keywords to tags, or on Mac by adding them yourself.

### It says AI isn't set up, but I connected a provider.

Check that AI features and Suggest as you capture are on in Settings → AI, and that a model is picked.

## More guides

- Previous: [AI providers](https://resurf.so/guides/ai-providers.md)
- Next: [Model and instructions](https://resurf.so/guides/ai-model.md)
- [AI providers](https://resurf.so/guides/ai-providers.md): Connect your own AI provider with your own key. Resurf's AI features stay off until you do.
- [Model and instructions](https://resurf.so/guides/ai-model.md): Pick the model that writes your suggestions, give it your own instructions, and run it again over your library.
- [Assistant](https://resurf.so/guides/ask-ai.md): Ask questions about your library in a chat pane on Mac, and get answers that cite the captures they used.
- [Voice notes and AI](https://resurf.so/guides/voice-ai.md): Transcribe voice notes on your device or with OpenAI, and let your model title them, tidy the transcript and write notes.
- [What AI sends](https://resurf.so/guides/ai-privacy.md): What each AI feature sends to your provider, and when nothing is sent at all.
- [Every guide](https://resurf.so/llms.txt)