Forerunner® AI Tools Suite

Forerunner® is the software we build for our own agency work and make available to others. Every tool in the suite came from a need across our client sites, which means each one is tested daily in real use before it reaches you.

Pricing from
£7 a month
Paid plans start at £7 a month for the Review Widget. Free versions of the Live Chat and Review Widget plugins are available today, and the WordPress AI Assistant is £850 as a one-off lifetime licence.
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Forerunner® Wordpress OpenAI ChatKit Agent Builder Plugin
Overview

We manage a portfolio of WordPress sites, and building our own tooling gave us exactly what we needed at a price that works at scale. Once each tool proved itself in daily use we made it available to other businesses and agencies facing the same requirements.

Here is the full range, ordered by what customers buy most, with pricing and a link to each product page:

  • Forerunner® ChatKit for OpenAI, from £45 a year. Our most popular plugin. Deploy Agent Builder workflows to WordPress with a shortcode or floating widget. £45 covers one site, £85 covers three and £179 covers up to fifteen.
  • Forerunner® Review Widget, free to start. Google and Etsy reviews with AI summaries and schema markup for star ratings in search. Free for one widget, Pro at £7 a month for five, and Agency at £12 a month for unlimited client widgets.
  • Forerunner® AI Live Chat Pro, £125 a year. Secure webhook routing, human escalation, analytics and a real-time voice add-on. The free version is on WordPress.org if you would rather start there.
  • Forerunner® WordPress AI Assistant and Multi-Site Manager, £850 one-off. Manage an entire network through natural language, built on MCP and WP-CLI. The licence is lifetime and covers unlimited client sites.
  • Forerunner® SEO. Weekly on-page optimisation alongside Yoast or Rank Math, included within our SEO packages from £185 a month.

You are welcome to buy any of them and run them yourself, which is what most of our customers do. Where you would like a tool configured properly against your systems and content, that is available as a separate service and each product page sets out what it involves.

What’s included
01

Forerunner® ChatKit for OpenAI

Our best selling plugin. Build agents in OpenAI's Agent Builder and deploy them to WordPress through a shortcode or floating widget, with full ChatKit theming. £45 a year for one site, £85 for three, £179 for up to fifteen.

02

Forerunner® Review Widget

Google and Etsy reviews with AI-generated summaries and automatic schema markup for star ratings in search. Free to start, £7 a month for five widgets, £12 a month for unlimited agency use.

03

Forerunner® AI Live Chat Pro

AI chat with secure webhook routing, human agent escalation, analytics and a real-time voice add-on. £125 a year, with a free version available on WordPress.org.

04

Forerunner® WordPress AI Assistant

Manage sites and multi-site networks through natural language, built on MCP and WP-CLI. Executes across unlimited sites in parallel, with WooCommerce and ACF support. £850 one-off, including a lifetime licence and all future updates.

05

Forerunner® SEO

Weekly on-page optimisation working alongside Yoast or Rank Math, covering alt tags, meta rewrites and product copy. Included within our SEO packages from £185 a month.

How we deliver

Our Forerunner® AI Tools Suite Process

01

Step 1: Try It on Your Site

Every product has a free tier or a trial route, so you can see how it works on your own site before spending anything.

02

Step 2: Buy and Install

Buy the licence and install it yourself. The documentation covers setup, and the free versions share the same codebase as the paid ones.

03

Step 3: Configure It, or Ask Us

Where you would like it configured against your own systems, content and tone of voice, we offer that as a service through the relevant service page.

04

Step 4: Updates as We Develop

Licences include updates as we develop each tool, so your installation keeps pace as new capabilities arrive.

Client work

In use from Suffolk to the United States

Forerunner® AI Live Chat has been downloaded thousands of times from WordPress.org and runs on client sites including Ivy Cruz, Dr Azoo, Greens Removals and JS Global. We have also developed a Forerunner® chatbot for SIAA, the largest independent insurance agency network in the United States, covering 49 regional master agencies and over $18 billion in written premium. Deployments at that end of the scale are where the tooling gets properly tested, and the improvements find their way back into the plugins everyone else uses.

SIAA, Ivy Cruz, Dr Azoo, Greens Removals and JS Global
Pricing from
£7 a month
Paid plans start at £7 a month for the Review Widget. Free versions of the Live Chat and Review Widget plugins are available today, and the WordPress AI Assistant is £850 as a one-off lifetime licence.
Still have questions? Use our live chat or call 01284 245 170, Mon–Fri 9am–5pm.
Questions

Forerunner® AI Tools Suite FAQs

What do the Forerunner® tools cost?

Paid plans start at £7 a month for the Review Widget. Forerunner® AI Live Chat Pro is £125 a year, ChatKit runs from £45 a year for a single site up to £179 for fifteen, and the WordPress AI Assistant is £850 as a one-off lifetime licence. Forerunner® SEO is included within our SEO packages from £185 a month.

Is there a free version we can try?

Yes. Forerunner® AI Live Chat has a free version on WordPress.org that gives you AI chat on your site straight away, and the Review Widget has a free tier covering one widget. Both are the same codebase as the paid versions rather than cut-down demos.

Do we need you to use them?

Not at all. They are ordinary WordPress plugins with documentation, and most customers install and run them independently. Configuration against your own systems is available as a service where you would find it useful.

Are these actually in use?

Yes, every one of them. Forerunner® AI Live Chat alone has been downloaded thousands of times and runs on client sites including Ivy Cruz, Dr Azoo, Greens Removals and JS Global, alongside our own. That daily use is how we know they hold up.

Which one should we start with?

The free Live Chat plugin is the easiest place to begin, because it costs nothing and shows you quickly how the approach works on your site. Where you manage a number of WordPress installations, the AI Assistant delivers the most time back, and agencies tend to start with the ChatKit or Review Widget agency tiers.

Are these subscriptions or one-off purchases?

The WordPress AI Assistant is a one-off £850 with a lifetime licence and free updates. The others are annual or monthly subscriptions, and the plugins continue working after a subscription ends, with updates and new features requiring renewal.

Still have questions? Use our live chat or call our team on 01284 245 170, Mon–Fri 9am–5pm.
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Claude Academy certified

Claude Academy training supporting our AI services.

We have completed all 19 certifications currently available, covering practical AI use, automation, development, data integrations and training. This helps us apply Claude more effectively across client projects.

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AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations
Covers a structured approach to planning tasks, working with AI and reviewing the results.
AI Capabilities and Limitations
Covers where AI can be useful, where its limitations apply and how its output should be checked.
Claude 101
Covers the main features of Claude and how they can be used effectively in day-to-day work.
Claude Platform 101
Provides an overview of the Claude platform and the tools available for different types of work.
Building with the Claude API
Supports our work building custom AI automations, integrations and workflows using the Claude API.
Claude Code 101
Covers the use of Claude Code for development, technical tasks and maintaining digital systems.
Claude Code in Action
Develops the practical use of Claude Code across real development workflows and projects.
Introduction to Model Context Protocol
Covers how Claude can connect with business systems and data through Model Context Protocol.
Model Context Protocol: Advanced Topics
Covers more advanced MCP integrations, including access controls and reliable system design.
Introduction to Claude Cowork
Covers the use of Claude Cowork for shared workflows, planning and collaborative tasks.
Claude with Amazon Bedrock
Covers how Claude can be deployed and managed through Amazon Bedrock within AWS.
Claude with Google Cloud's Vertex AI
Covers how Claude can be deployed and managed through Vertex AI within Google Cloud.
AI Fluency for Builders
Focuses on using AI to support the design and development of practical tools and products.
AI Fluency for Small Businesses
Looks at practical ways small businesses can introduce AI into their everyday operations.
AI Fluency for Nonprofits
Covers the practical use of AI within charities, nonprofits and resource-conscious teams.
AI Fluency for Educators
Covers how AI can be introduced and explained clearly within learning and training environments.
AI Fluency for pK–12 Educators
Covers appropriate and responsible AI use within schools and education settings.
AI Fluency for Students
Provides a foundation in using AI effectively, responsibly and with an understanding of its limitations.
Teaching AI Fluency
Supports our ability to provide structured AI training and guidance for client teams.
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