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Learn more about how to handle the [Issues tab](/academy/actor-marketing-playbook/interact-with-users/issues-tab)

## Disputing Actor categories

If you believe your Actor is in the wrong category, contact Apify support. In a later phase, you will be able to see and dispute categories directly in the Actor publication settings.

## Resources

- Best practices on setting up [testing for your Actor](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/test)
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title: Apify AI
description: Apify AI is the conversational AI interface inside Apify Console for finding and running Actors using natural language, instead of keyword search.
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Apify AI is a conversational AI interface inside [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com) that lets you describe what you want in plain English and runs the right Actor for you. It uses the same search and execution backend as [Apify Store](https://apify.com/store) search and the [Apify MCP server](/platform/integrations/mcp).

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## Where to find Apify AI

Apify AI has two entry points in Apify Console:

- _Store search bar_ - long, intent-heavy queries are routed to Apify AI. Short keyword queries continue to use the regular Store search.
- _Dashboard widget_ - a chat widget on the Console dashboard.

## What you can do with Apify AI

Apify AI currently supports the core discovery and execution workflow:

- Search Apify Store for an Actor that matches your goal.
- View an Actor's details, including its input schema and pricing.
- Run an Actor with inputs that Apify AI fills in from your description.
- Fetch results from the Actor's default dataset.

## Out of current scope

Apify AI does not yet support the following operations. Use Apify Console directly for these:

- Creating or running [tasks](/platform/actors/running/tasks).
- Setting up [schedules](/platform/schedules).
- [Publishing](/platform/actors/publishing) Actors.
- Configuring external [integrations](/platform/integrations).

## Daily usage limit

Apify AI has a daily token limit per user:

- Free plan users get a lower daily allowance.
- Users on any paid plan share the same higher daily allowance.

The exact value is not published because it may change. If you hit the limit, wait until the next day or upgrade to a paid plan for the higher allowance.

## For Actor creators

Search ranking in Apify AI uses parameters similar to those evaluated by the [Actor quality score](/platform/actors/publishing/quality-score), the same as Apify Store search and the MCP server `search-actors` tool. The two are separate systems that correlate strongly: Actors with higher quality scores tend to rank higher in search. To improve your Actor's visibility, focus on improving its quality score.

## Related

- [Apify MCP server](/platform/integrations/mcp) - the programmatic interface to the same backend for external AI agents and CLIs.
- [Actor quality score](/platform/actors/publishing/quality-score) - the metric that correlates with search ranking across surfaces.
- [Apify Store](/console/store) - the Console view of the Store, including the search bar entry point.
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## Apify AI vs the MCP server

The Apify MCP server and [Apify AI](/console/apify-ai) share the same Actor search and execution backend, but they serve different audiences:

- _MCP server_ - a programmatic interface for external AI agents, IDEs, and CLIs. Use it when you build or operate your own agent.
- _Apify AI_ - the conversational interface inside [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com) for users who interact with Apify through a chat UI rather than their own agent.

Actor ranking on both surfaces uses parameters similar to those evaluated by the [Actor quality score](/platform/actors/publishing/quality-score), so Actors with higher quality scores tend to rank higher.

## Prerequisites

Before connecting your AI to Apify, you'll need three things:
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