--- source_url: "https://invisionmarketplace.com/item/52-advanced-topic-summaries/?utm_source=openai" title: Advanced Topic Summaries - Invision Marketplace mirrored_at: 2026-08-06T01:10:01.625Z host: invisionmarketplace.com cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/invisionmarketplace.com/item/52-advanced-topic-summaries/index__q__utm_source_openai" --- > **Original source:** https://invisionmarketplace.com/item/52-advanced-topic-summaries/?utm_source=openai ## **📋 Overview** **Advanced Topic Summaries** is a comprehensive IPS v5 application that automatically generates intelligent summaries of forum topics, combining AI-powered analysis with community-driven content curation. The application helps members quickly understand long discussions, identifies key posts, tracks topic health metrics, and encourages community participation through voting and highlighting systems. * * * ## **🎯 Core Features** ### **1\. Intelligent Summary Generation** #### **Three Summary Types:** - **AI-Powered Summaries**: Natural language summaries generated by AI that analyze the entire discussion - **Extracted Summaries**: Community-driven summaries based on key posts, statistics, and metrics - **Hybrid Summaries**: Combines AI-generated text with extracted key posts and statistics #### **Two AI Provider Options:** - **Google Gemini**: Support for Gemini 2.5 Flash, Gemini Pro, and other Gemini models - **OpenAI**: Support for GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-4o, GPT-3.5 Turbo, and GPT-5 models - Extended timeout support for GPT-5 reasoning models (up to 10 minutes) - Separate token limits for standard models vs. GPT-5/o1 models #### **Configurable AI Parameters:** - Custom system prompts for tailored summary generation - Temperature control (0.0 = focused, 1.0 = creative) - Max tokens for response length - Maximum posts to analyze (to avoid API limits) - Poll data integration (AI can mention poll trends) - Media metadata integration (AI can reference images/videos/attachments) #### **Summary Length Options:** - **Brief**: Short summary with key statistics only - **Standard**: Balanced summary with statistics and highlights - **Detailed**: Comprehensive summary with all available information (timeline, key posts, contributors, health scores) #### **Automatic Generation:** - Auto-generate summaries when topics reach minimum post count - Auto-regenerate when topics receive X new posts (configurable threshold) - Forum-specific enablement (choose which forums have summaries) - Minimum post requirement (default: 10 posts) * * * ### **2\. Key Posts Identification System** Automatically identifies and highlights the most important posts based on multiple criteria: - **Best Answer**: Posts marked as the solution to question-style topics - **Helpful Posts**: Posts manually marked as helpful by moderators/authors - **Staff Highlights**: Posts manually highlighted by moderators (with optional approval workflow) - **Community Votes**: Posts voted as important by community members - **High Reactions**: Posts with the most community reactions - **First Post**: Always included in AI summaries (guaranteed inclusion) #### **Key Posts Display:** - Configurable number of key posts to display (default: 5) - Two display styles: - **List View**: Compact list layout with content on left, actions on right - **Grid View**: column card grid layout - Post excerpts with configurable length (default: 200 characters) - Reason badges showing why each post was selected - Direct links to view full posts in context * * * ### **3\. Community Voting System** #### **Vote Types:** - **Vote to Include**: Members vote for posts they think should be in the summary - **Vote to Exclude**: Members vote to exclude posts from the summary (requires group permission) #### **Vote Features:** - Vote counts displayed on posts (optional) - Vote weight system (different groups can have different vote weights: 1.0x to 5.0x) - Vote weight badges (show members their vote multiplier) - Daily vote limits per member (configurable, 0 = unlimited) - Per-topic vote limits (configurable, 0 = unlimited) - Members can toggle their votes on/off - Votes automatically excluded from key posts if score is negative - Highlighted posts cannot be voted on (staff curation takes precedence) - First post cannot be voted on (guaranteed inclusion) #### **Vote Statistics:** - Total voters count - Total votes cast - Top voted post with score - Vote history tracking in member profiles #### **Vote Management:** - **ACP Management**: View, and remove all votes - **ModCP Integration**: Moderators can manage votes from ModCP - **Member Management**: Members can view and remove their own votes * * * ### **4\. Staff Highlights System** #### **Highlight Features:** - Manual post highlighting by moderators/staff (group permissions) - Optional approval workflow for highlights - Auto-approve for trusted groups (group permissions) - Priority levels (1-10) for highlight importance - Custom reason/notes for each highlight - Highlight badges on posts (optional) - Priority display in badge tooltips (optional) - Daily highlight limits per member (configurable) - Per-topic highlight limits (configurable) #### **Highlight Management:** - **ACP Management**: View, approve, and remove all highlights - **ModCP Integration**: Moderators can manage highlights from ModCP - **Member Management**: Members can view and remove their own highlights (requires group permission) - **Notifications**: Members receive notifications when their posts are highlighted * * * ### **5\. Topic Health Scores & Analytics** #### **Three Health Metrics:** - **Overall Health Score**: Composite score (0-100%) based on engagement and quality - **Engagement Score**: Measures activity, participation, and interaction patterns - **Quality Score**: Evaluates content quality based on reactions, helpful posts, and best answers #### **Engagement Scoring:** - **New Topics** (< threshold age): Scored based on posts per day (rewards active discussions) - **Old Topics** (> threshold age): Scored based on total posts (rewards comprehensive guides) - **Evergreen Bonus**: Topics that continue receiving views long after creation get bonus points - Configurable thresholds: - Old topic threshold (default: 365 days) - Comprehensive posts target (default: 100 posts) - Evergreen age requirement (default: 90 days) - Evergreen views per month (default: 10) #### **Quality Scoring:** - Post length analysis (longer, detailed posts score higher) - Reaction counts (community appreciation) - Best answers and helpful posts - Featured/pinned status - Community voting activity (optional) - Approved highlights count (optional) #### **Visual Display:** - Native IPS progress bars showing each metric - Percentage scores displayed prominently - Color-coded indicators (blue primary color) - Responsive design for all screen sizes * * * ### **6\. Statistics & Analytics** #### **Topic Statistics:** - Total posts count - Total views count - Topic age (days since creation) - Posts per day average - Reading time estimates: - Summary reading time - Full topic reading time - Time saved by reading summary #### **Voting Statistics:** - Total voters - Total votes cast - Top voted post with score and link #### **Activity Timeline:** - Visual timeline showing topic activity over time - Posts grouped by time periods - Identify when discussions were most active - Only shown in detailed summary length * * * ### **7\. Top Contributors** #### **Features:** - Identifies members who contributed most to the topic - Configurable number of contributors to display (default: 10) - Two display styles: - **Inline List**: Horizontal list with names and post counts - **Small Avatars**: Avatar grid with post count badges - Member preference for display style - Clickable member profiles * * * ### **8\. Display Options & Customization** #### **Three Display Locations:** - **Sidebar**: Compact widget in topic sidebar (similar to Clubs app) - **Topic Title Header**: Summary displayed in topic header - **Below Topic Action Buttons/Poll**: Summary displayed after topic action buttons/poll #### **Admin Controls:** - Enable/disable each display location - Set default display location - Set default collapsed state for guests and new members #### **Member Preferences:** - Choose preferred display location (from admin-enabled options) - Choose summary length (brief, standard, detailed) - Start summaries collapsed or expanded - Choose contributors display style - Choose key posts display style #### **Collapsible Summaries:** - IPS-style +/- toggle button (matches forum category toggles) - Smooth slide animations - Persistent collapsed state (saved per member) * * * ### **9\. Permissions & Group Settings** #### **Member Group Permissions:** - **Can highlight posts**: Allow group to highlight posts for summaries - **Highlights auto-approve**: Skip approval workflow for trusted groups - **Can remove own highlights**: Allow members to remove their highlights - **Highlight daily limit**: Max highlights per day (0 = unlimited) - **Highlight per-topic limit**: Max highlights per topic (0 = unlimited) - **Can vote on posts**: Allow group to vote on posts - **Can vote to exclude**: Allow voting to exclude posts from summaries - **Vote weight**: Multiplier for vote value (1.0 to 5.0) - **Show vote weight**: Display vote weight badge to members - **Can remove own votes**: Allow toggling votes on/off - **Voting daily limit**: Max votes per day (0 = unlimited) - **Voting per-topic limit**: Max votes per topic (0 = unlimited) #### **Moderator Permissions:** - **Can approve highlights**: Approve pending highlights - **Can remove any highlights**: Remove any member's highlights - **Can manage votes**: Manage/remove any member's votes - **Can regenerate summaries**: Manually regenerate summaries - **Can edit summaries**: Edit summary content - **Can delete summaries**: Delete summaries * * * ### **10\. Member Integration** #### **Account Settings Tabs:** - **Summaries Tab**: Configure display preferences, location, length, collapsed state, display styles - **Highlights Tab**: View and manage own highlights with filtering and sorting - **Votes Tab**: View and manage own votes with filtering and sorting #### **Member ACP Profile Blocks:** - **Summary Preferences**: View member's summary display settings - **Highlight History**: View all highlights created by or received by member - **Vote History**: View all votes cast by member - **Activity Log**: Track member's summary-related actions #### **Member Profile Tab:** - **Topics Highlighted**: Public tab showing topics where member has highlighted posts #### **Member History Tracking:** - Highlights created - Highlights received - Highlights removed - Votes cast (include/exclude) - Votes removed - Summaries regenerated - Full history with dates, actions, and context * * * ### **11\. Notifications System** #### **Notification Types:** - **Highlight Approved**: Notify when your post is highlighted by staff - **Highlight Pending**: Notify moderators when highlights need approval - **Summary Generated**: Notify topic author when summary is generated (optional) #### **Notification Channels:** - Inline notifications (in-app) - Email notifications (optional) - Push notifications (optional) * * * ### **12\. Dashboard & Statistics** #### **ACP Dashboard Widgets:** - **Summaries Overview**: Total summaries, AI vs. extracted breakdown, recent activity - **Most Highlighted Posts**: Topics with the most staff highlights - **Most Voted Posts**: Topics with the most community votes #### **Statistics Dashboard:** - Summary generation statistics - AI usage and cost tracking - Highlight statistics - Voting statistics - Health score distributions - Topic engagement metrics * * * ### **13\. ModCP Integration** #### **ModCP Tabs:** - **Highlights**: View and manage pending/approved highlights - **Votes**: View and manage community votes #### **Moderator Actions:** - Approve/reject highlights - Remove highlights - Remove votes - Regenerate summaries - View highlight/vote history * * * ### **14\. Admin Management** #### **ACP Controllers:** - **Manage Summaries**: View, edit, delete, and regenerate summaries - **Settings**: Comprehensive settings with multiple tabs - **Manage Highlights**: View, approve, and remove all highlights - **Manage Votes**: View and manage all votes - **Statistics Dashboard**: View application-wide statistics - **Activity Logs**: View all summary-related actions #### **Settings Tabs:** 1. **General Settings**: - Enable/disable summaries - Auto-generation settings - Minimum posts requirement - Forum selection - Auto-update threshold - Display location options - Default collapsed state - Enable user preferences 2. **Display Settings**: - Show/hide statistics - Show/hide timeline - Show/hide key posts - Key posts count - Max key posts - Show/hide top contributors - Contributors count - Max contributors - Show/hide health scores - Include best answers - Include helpful posts - Excerpt length 3. **Voting Settings**: - Enable/disable voting - Show vote counts - Voting groups 4. **Highlights Settings**: - Enable/disable highlights - Highlight groups - Show highlight badges - Show priority in badges 5. **AI Settings**: - Enable/disable AI - AI provider selection (Gemini or OpenAI) - Gemini API key - OpenAI API key - Model selection (provider-specific) - Temperature control - Max tokens (standard models) - Max completion tokens (GPT-5/o1 models) - Custom system prompt - Max posts to analyze - Include poll data - Include media metadata 6. **Health Score Settings**: - Old topic threshold (days) - Comprehensive posts target - Evergreen age requirement (days) - Evergreen views per month - Include voting in quality score - Include highlights in quality score 7. **History Settings**: - Enable/disable version history - Number of versions to keep (0 = unlimited) 8. **Performance Settings**: - Cache TTL (time-to-live in seconds) * * * ### **15\. Version History** - Keep history of summary versions - Track changes over time - Configurable retention (number of versions to keep) - View previous versions - Compare versions * * * ### **16\. Background Processing** - **Queue System**: Summary generation runs in background queues - **Batch Processing**: Efficient handling of multiple summaries - **Timeout Protection**: Long-running AI requests handled gracefully - **Error Recovery**: Automatic fallback to extracted summaries on AI failures - **Logging**: Comprehensive error logging for debugging * * * ## **💡 Use Cases** - **Support Forums**: Help members quickly understand support topics and find solutions - **Discussion Forums**: Summarize long debates and highlight key arguments - **Community Engagement**: Encourage participation through voting and highlighting - **Content Curation**: Staff can highlight the best content for new members - **Time Savings**: Members can quickly scan summaries instead of reading hundreds of posts - **Quality Control**: Health scores help identify high-quality discussions - **Knowledge Base**: Evergreen content identification for reference material - **Moderation**: Moderators can quickly assess topic quality and importance * * * ## **📋 Requirements** - **IPS Community Suite**: v5.0.0 or higher - **AI Provider** (choose one): - Google Gemini API key, OR - OpenAI API key * * * ## **🎉 Why Choose Advanced Topic Summaries?** This application transforms how your community interacts with long topics by: ✅ **Saving Time**: Members can quickly understand discussions without reading every post ✅ **Encouraging Quality**: Health scores and voting systems reward high-quality content ✅ **Empowering Community**: Members participate in content curation through voting ✅ **Supporting Moderators**: Tools to highlight important content and manage summaries ✅ **Leveraging AI**: Optional AI integration for natural language summaries ✅ **Providing Flexibility**: Extensive customization options for admins and members ✅ **Maintaining Performance**: Background processing and caching for optimal speed ✅ **Ensuring Compatibility**: Native IPS v5 integration with no core modifications Transform your forum into an intelligent, community-driven knowledge platform! 🚀