JetSearch is Crocoblock's AJAX live-search widget for Elementor. It runs a WP_Query against the post types you configure, formats hits through a custom listing template, and shows them under the search input as the visitor types. It works well as long as the visitor knows the exact product or article name, but it is still a search engine: a ranked list of links, with no synthesis and no follow-up.

SleekAI uses the same underlying data: wp_posts, wp_postmeta, and any JetEngine CPTs you have JetSearch indexing. When a visitor types a question into the chat instead of the search bar, the bot runs a comparable query, reads the top matches, and answers in plain language with links to the relevant entries. It respects JetSearch's post type whitelist, JetEngine meta_query rules, and any custom JetSearch templates already in place. The result is the same retrieval pipeline, with a conversational layer on top.

Generic chatbots cannot do this. They either hard-code a small set of FAQs into the system prompt or rely on a static vector index built once and forgotten. When you add a new CPT entry, edit a product description, or change a JetEngine field, a generic bot is stale until you re-index. SleekAI reads live WordPress data on every message, so a product price change at 10 a.m. shows up in chat answers at 10:01.

Live search is great when the visitor already knows the title of what they want. It struggles when the question is comparative, conditional, or compound, the kind of question that ends with under 12 km, with a good view, that's open in October. JetSearch has no way to answer that.

It returns a ranked list and asks the visitor to click through, read, and compare. On a directory of 1,800 trails or 5,000 products, that is a lot of work to push onto the visitor. SleekAI answers those questions directly.

It reads the same WP_Query JetSearch would run, pulls the top matches, and synthesizes a short reply that references the specific fields the visitor cared about. The retrieval pipeline is unchanged, which means no separate index to maintain, no stale embeddings to refresh, and no second access control layer to keep in sync with JetEngine. For Crocoblock-heavy sites, that consistency matters.

JetSearch already enforces post type whitelists, JetEngine field visibility, and per-role access. SleekAI inherits all of it and adds a conversational layer on top. Cost is usually a small fraction of what a hosted SaaS chatbot would charge, because the inference is billed directly to your own API key.

Most directory and catalog sites land in the $5 to $30 per month range on a cost-efficient model, with the WordPress queries themselves adding almost nothing to hosting cost.