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Aurius 4.0 · AI Service for Acelle Beta

Bring generative AI to every Acelle screen — without managing a single API key.

Aurius is the managed AI service powering the acelle/ai plugin: an agent chatbox on every page, one-click sparkle rewrite on every rich-text field, KB-grounded coach personas, and full admin observability. Activate the plugin, sign in to Aurius, and your team is using AI before lunch.

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Aurius 4.0 plugin dashboard inside AcelleMail showing the violet Acelle AI hero card with status, audit tables, engines, and tools — plus the six admin AI surfaces grid.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Four AI surfaces, one plugin, one bill.

Aurius doesn't bolt on a single chatbox. It threads AI through the parts of Acelle you use every day — the campaign builder, the segment editor, the support panel, the admin dashboards.

Sparkle rewrite

A ✨ button next to every rich-text input. One click rewrites, expands, simplifies, fixes grammar, or generates a CTA — with tone presets like Formal, Casual, Playful, Persuasive.

  • Improve · Shorten · Expand · Simplify
  • Fix grammar · CTA-ify · Rewrite
  • Tone & length presets, plus custom instructions

Agent chatbox

A persistent bottom-right launcher. In support mode it answers questions grounded in the AcelleMail knowledge base; with tools enabled it acts — creates lists, builds automations, configures sending servers.

  • KB-grounded answers (no hallucinated docs)
  • Multi-turn conversation, per-page context
  • Opt-in agent loop with tool-call audit log

Coach personas

Four domain-aware copilots, scoped to the screen you're on: Deliverability, Segments, Campaigns, Forms. Each one understands its terrain — not a generic chatbot wearing a different hat.

  • Deliverability — SPF / DKIM / DMARC + warm-up advice
  • Segment — natural language → filter rules
  • Campaign — subject A/B variants, preheader, CTA tuning
  • Form — field recommendations + GDPR copy

Admin observability

Every AI request lands in an audit substrate — per-task usage, tool-call forensics, multi-turn conversation browser, thumbs-up/down feedback, and a self-improve loop that surfaces KB gaps automatically.

  • Per-task runs, success rate, P95 latency, cost
  • Tool-call audit — status, permission, screen
  • Feedback & sentiment by KB cluster

SEE IT IN PLACE

A short tour of the surfaces.

All screenshots are from a live AcelleMail install with the Aurius plugin enabled.

The Aurius chatbox open inside AcelleMail. The agent is mid-answer with 'Reaching the engine', 'Running tools', 'Sanitising URLs', 'Composing reply' steps streaming, and a KB-grounded response in progress.
Chatbox in action. Live agent loop with visible reasoning steps and per-message audit hooks.
AI Usage Dashboard showing total runs, success rate, average duration, and per-task breakdown — Task runs, Agent actions, Feedback, By customer / by user rollups.
Usage dashboard. Per-task runs, P95 latency, cost rollup — read straight from the audit substrate.
AI Settings Feature Flags panel — Support chatbox, Agent chat, Interactive message types, Admin AI dashboard sidebar entry. Toggles with default ON / OFF and 'Learn more' links.
Feature flags. Ship each AI surface to users individually — no redeploy needed.
AI Feedback page — sentiment breakdown across 5 admin failure modes (KB gap, Hallucination, Wrong tool, Latency, Other), sentiment health, KB hot zones, worst-rated tasks.
Feedback & self-improve. 👍/👎 ratings cluster into failure modes — KB-gap drafts auto-generated.
AI Subject A/B Generator with base subject 'New Welcome Series: what you need to know', selected angles Curiosity, Benefit, Urgency, and generated variant cards with explanations and 'Apply to A/B test' actions.
Subject A/B generator. Pick 2–5 angles, generate variants, push straight into an A/B test.
The ✨ sparkle rewrite popover on a campaign-setup screen, showing Quick Actions (Improve, Shorten, Expand, Simplify, Fix grammar, CTA-ify, Rewrite), Tone presets, Length presets, and a Custom Instruction box.
Sparkle rewrite. Click the ✨ on any rich-text input — rewrite in seconds, accept or try again inline.

Pricing — pay only for what you use

Start free with Pay-as-you-go. Upgrade when usage settles.

Every plan includes all four surfaces — chatbox, sparkle rewrite, coach personas, and observability. The difference is included monthly credits and bulk-rate economics.

Pay-as-you-go

No monthly commitment. Top up when you need to.

$0 /month base
  • Metered, billed by usage
  • All four AI surfaces unlocked
  • Top-up credits as needed
  • Best for trials & spiky usage
Start with PAYG

Essential

A modest monthly bucket for solo senders.

$6 /month
  • Monthly credit bucket
  • All four AI surfaces unlocked
  • Email support
  • Overage at PAYG rate
Choose Essential
Most popular

Professional

For teams running campaigns weekly.

$15 /month
  • Larger monthly credit bucket
  • Priority engine routing
  • Brand voice presets (tone + forbidden words)
  • Email + chat support
Choose Professional

Max

For agencies and high-volume senders.

$20 /month
  • Largest included credit bucket
  • Bulk-rate overage pricing
  • Multi-tenant team management
  • Priority support
Choose Max

BYO key. Already have OpenAI, Anthropic, or a local Ollama install? You can also point the plugin at your own engine — Aurius then runs in self-managed mode at zero subscription cost. Talk to us →

HOW IT WORKS

From install to first prompt in four steps.

1

Install the plugin

Drop the acelle/ai folder into your Acelle install, register, activate. Migrations + assets publish automatically.

2

Connect Aurius

Paste your Aurius API key (or BYO OpenAI / Anthropic / Ollama key). Test connection → green check → set as default.

3

Flip feature flags

Toggle which surfaces ship to users — chatbox, agent tool-use, sparkle, coaches, admin AI dashboards. Independent toggles, no redeploy.

4

Watch the dashboards

Usage, audit, conversations, feedback — every AI call lands in the observability substrate. Spot KB gaps; let self-improve close them.

Common questions

Is Aurius the same thing as the acelle/ai plugin?

The acelle/ai plugin is the UI — chatbox, sparkle, coaches, admin dashboards. Aurius 4.0 is the managed AI service the plugin can call into. If you already have an OpenAI or Anthropic key, the plugin works fine on its own; Aurius is the alternative for teams that don't want to manage keys or balances.

Can I bring my own AI engine?

Yes. The plugin supports OpenAI, Anthropic, and self-hosted Ollama natively. Add the engine, test the connection, set it as default — that engine handles every chatbox, sparkle, and coach call. Aurius isn't a lock-in.

What does “a credit” mean?

Aurius bills by usage. A short chatbox turn or one sparkle rewrite is a small amount of credit; a long agent loop that fans out to multiple tools costs more. Every plan publishes the per-task averages so you can predict where you'll land — and the admin Usage dashboard shows real-time spend.

Where does my data go?

Every prompt, response, tool call, and feedback rating lives in your Acelle database — eight audit tables prefixed ai_*. Aurius itself sees only the request payload needed to generate the response; nothing is used for training. See our privacy policy for details.

Can I disable AI for individual users or screens?

Yes. Aurius exposes a per-feature flag matrix (Support chatbox, Agent tool-use, Sparkle rewrite, Coach personas, Admin AI dashboards) and a Permissions matrix — admin only, all users, none. Flip it from AI Settings and the UI surfaces hide instantly.

Does Aurius work with the Extended (SaaS) license?

Yes. Multi-tenant Acelle installs running the Extended license can run Aurius across all tenants from a single key, and the included Permissions matrix gates which subscription tiers see which AI surfaces.

Bring AI to your AcelleMail install — without managing keys.

Try Aurius free with Pay-as-you-go, or talk to us about Essential / Professional / Max. Every plan unlocks all four AI surfaces.

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