---
title: "Roles and Daily Use"
manual: "AI Foundation"
version: "1.2"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/nitsan/ns-t3af:usage@1.2"
source: "UserGuide/RolesAndDailyUse/Index.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T06:30:06+00:00"
---

# Roles and Daily Use

Practical guidance for editors, administrators, and stakeholders using
**AI Foundation** (`EXT:ns_t3af`) in daily workflows.

## For administrators

Daily responsibilities:

-   Keep provider API keys valid in **AI Foundation > AI Providers**.
-   Maintain the default provider and model selections.
-   Monitor usage statistics across all configured AI providers in
    **AI Foundation > AI Usage** and the Dashboard.
-   Keep credentials and access permissions under control.

### Admin checklist

1.  Confirm a default provider is enabled in **AI Providers**.
1.  Run **Test connection** on critical provider rows.
1.  Test extension-dependent AI features in your connected modules.
1.  Review provider usage statistics regularly (requests, tokens, and
    consumption) for cost and rate control.

## For editors

Editors usually do not configure providers directly. They interact with
features built by other extensions that depend on AI Foundation.

When AI features fail in a backend module:

-   Retry once.
-   Capture exact error text.
-   Inform the administrator with module and page context.

## For non-technical stakeholders

AI Foundation helps organizations by:

-   Reducing duplicated AI integration work across extensions.
-   Centralizing provider and model governance.
-   Improving consistency of AI capabilities across teams.

## What to expect operationally

-   Some providers have rate limits and temporary outages.
-   Model behavior can differ between providers and versions.
-   Usage statistics cover configured AI providers from a centralized view
    and may be cached (not always real-time).

## Known boundaries

-   No standalone frontend plugin is provided by this extension.
-   This package is a service layer; UI features come from dependent extensions.