diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a462320..456ddc6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ https://photos.sambecker.com
 
 Features
 -
+- Built-in auth
 - Photo upload with EXIF extraction
 - Organize photos by tag and camera model
 - Infinite scroll
-- Built-in auth
 - Light/dark mode
+- CMD-K menu with photo search
 - Automatic OG image generation
+- Experimental support for AI-generated descriptions
 - Support for Fujifilm simulations
 
 <img src="/readme/og-image-share.png" alt="OG Image Preview" width=600 />
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ Installation
 - `NEXT_PUBLIC_PRO_MODE = 1` enables higher quality image storage for jpgs (will result in increased storage usage)
 - `NEXT_PUBLIC_BLUR_DISABLED = 1` prevents image blur data being stored and displayed (potentially useful for limiting Postgres usage)
 - `NEXT_PUBLIC_GEO_PRIVACY = 1` disables collection/display of location-based data
+- `OPENAI_SECRET_KEY = [Your Key]` enables experimental support for AI-generated text descriptions
 - `NEXT_PUBLIC_IGNORE_PRIORITY_ORDER = 1` prevents `priority_order` field affecting photo order
 - `NEXT_PUBLIC_PUBLIC_API = 1` enables public API available at `/api`
 - `NEXT_PUBLIC_HIDE_REPO_LINK = 1` removes footer link to repo
diff --git a/src/app/admin/photos/[photoId]/edit/page.tsx b/src/app/admin/photos/[photoId]/edit/page.tsx
index 2a5c2d6c..767ba55b 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/photos/[photoId]/edit/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/photos/[photoId]/edit/page.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { redirect } from 'next/navigation';
 import { getPhotoNoStore, getUniqueTagsCached } from '@/photo/cache';
 import { PATH_ADMIN } from '@/site/paths';
 import PhotoEditPageClient from '@/photo/PhotoEditPageClient';
+import { AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED } from '@/site/config';
 
 export default async function PhotoEditPage({
   params: { photoId },
@@ -14,7 +15,13 @@ export default async function PhotoEditPage({
 
   const uniqueTags = await getUniqueTagsCached();
 
+  const aiTextGeneration = AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED;
+
   return (
-    <PhotoEditPageClient {...{ photo, uniqueTags }} />
+    <PhotoEditPageClient {...{
+      photo,
+      uniqueTags,
+      aiTextGeneration,
+    }} />
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/app/admin/uploads/[uploadPath]/page.tsx b/src/app/admin/uploads/[uploadPath]/page.tsx
index b59ccc45..d075631c 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/uploads/[uploadPath]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/uploads/[uploadPath]/page.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { extractExifDataFromBlobPath } from '@/photo/server';
 import { redirect } from 'next/navigation';
 import { getUniqueTagsCached } from '@/photo/cache';
 import UploadPageClient from '@/photo/UploadPageClient';
+import { AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED } from '@/site/config';
 
 interface Params {
   params: { uploadPath: string }
@@ -14,11 +15,18 @@ export default async function UploadPage({ params: { uploadPath } }: Params) {
     photoFormExif,
   } = await extractExifDataFromBlobPath(uploadPath);
 
-  const uniqueTags = await getUniqueTagsCached();
-
   if (!photoFormExif) { redirect(PATH_ADMIN); }
 
+  const uniqueTags = await getUniqueTagsCached();
+
+  const aiTextGeneration = AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED;
+
   return (
-    <UploadPageClient {...{ blobId, photoFormExif, uniqueTags }} />
+    <UploadPageClient {...{
+      blobId,
+      photoFormExif,
+      uniqueTags,
+      aiTextGeneration,
+    }} />
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/photo/PhotoEditPageClient.tsx b/src/photo/PhotoEditPageClient.tsx
index 6be696f5..a26c054d 100644
--- a/src/photo/PhotoEditPageClient.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/PhotoEditPageClient.tsx
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ import { useState } from 'react';
 export default function PhotoEditPageClient({
   photo,
   uniqueTags,
+  aiTextGeneration,
 }: {
   photo: Photo
-  uniqueTags?: Tags
+  uniqueTags: Tags
+  aiTextGeneration: boolean
 }) {
   const seedExifData = { url: photo.url };
 
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ export default function PhotoEditPageClient({
           ? updatedExifData
           : undefined}
         uniqueTags={uniqueTags}
+        aiTextGeneration={aiTextGeneration}
         onTitleChange={setUpdatedTitle}
         onFormStatusChange={setIsPending}
       />
diff --git a/src/photo/UploadPageClient.tsx b/src/photo/UploadPageClient.tsx
index b37a4d39..be755510 100644
--- a/src/photo/UploadPageClient.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/UploadPageClient.tsx
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ export default function UploadPageClient({
   blobId,
   photoFormExif,
   uniqueTags,
+  aiTextGeneration,
 }: {
   blobId?: string
   photoFormExif: Partial<PhotoFormData>
   uniqueTags: Tags
+  aiTextGeneration: boolean
 }) {
   const [pending, setIsPending] = useState(false);
   const [updatedTitle, setUpdatedTitle] = useState('');
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export default function UploadPageClient({
       <PhotoForm
         initialPhotoForm={photoFormExif}
         uniqueTags={uniqueTags}
+        aiTextGeneration={aiTextGeneration}
         onTitleChange={setUpdatedTitle}
         onFormStatusChange={setIsPending}
       />
diff --git a/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx b/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
index e7068c69..0ff11a6e 100644
--- a/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
   updatedExifData,
   type = 'create',
   uniqueTags,
+  aiTextGeneration,
   debugBlur,
   onTitleChange,
   onFormStatusChange,
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
   updatedExifData?: Partial<PhotoFormData>
   type?: 'create' | 'edit'
   uniqueTags?: Tags
+  aiTextGeneration?: boolean
   debugBlur?: boolean
   onTitleChange?: (updatedTitle: string) => void
   onFormStatusChange?: (pending: boolean) => void
@@ -322,7 +324,8 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
               value: tag,
               annotation: formatCount(count),
               annotationAria: formatCountDescriptive(count, 'tagged'),
-            }))
+            })),
+          aiTextGeneration,
         )
           .map(([key, {
             label,
diff --git a/src/photo/form/index.ts b/src/photo/form/index.ts
index 078e36c6..39ec8661 100644
--- a/src/photo/form/index.ts
+++ b/src/photo/form/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ import {
   MAKE_FUJIFILM,
 } from '@/vendors/fujifilm';
 import { FilmSimulation } from '@/simulation';
-import { BLUR_ENABLED, GEO_PRIVACY_ENABLED } from '@/site/config';
+import {
+  BLUR_ENABLED,
+  GEO_PRIVACY_ENABLED,
+} from '@/site/config';
 import { TAG_FAVS, doesTagsStringIncludeFavs } from '@/tag';
 
 type VirtualFields = 'favorite';
@@ -55,7 +58,8 @@ const STRING_MAX_LENGTH_SHORT = 255;
 const STRING_MAX_LENGTH_LONG  = 1000;
 
 const FORM_METADATA = (
-  tagOptions?: AnnotatedTag[]
+  tagOptions?: AnnotatedTag[],
+  aiTextGeneration?: boolean,
 ): Record<keyof PhotoFormData, FormMeta> => ({
   title: {
     label: 'title',
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ const FORM_METADATA = (
     label: 'semantic description',
     capitalize: true,
     validateStringMaxLength: STRING_MAX_LENGTH_LONG,
-    hide: true,
+    hide: !aiTextGeneration,
   },
   tags: {
     label: 'tags',
diff --git a/src/site/SiteChecklistClient.tsx b/src/site/SiteChecklistClient.tsx
index 7b08db87..0d8febec 100644
--- a/src/site/SiteChecklistClient.tsx
+++ b/src/site/SiteChecklistClient.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export default function SiteChecklistClient({
   isBlurEnabled,
   isGeoPrivacyEnabled,
   isPriorityOrderEnabled,
+  isAiTextGenerationEnabled,
   isPublicApiEnabled,
   isOgTextBottomAligned,
   gridAspectRatio,
@@ -92,10 +93,16 @@ export default function SiteChecklistClient({
       }}
     />;
 
-  const renderEnvVar = (variable: string) =>
+  const renderEnvVar = (
+    variable: string,
+    minimal?: boolean,
+  ) =>
     <div
       key={variable}
-      className="overflow-x-scroll overflow-y-hidden"
+      className={clsx(
+        'overflow-x-scroll overflow-y-hidden',
+        minimal && 'inline-flex',
+      )}
     >
       <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1">
         <span className={clsx(
@@ -105,13 +112,13 @@ export default function SiteChecklistClient({
         )}>
           `{variable}`
         </span>
-        {renderCopyButton(variable, variable, true)}
+        {!minimal && renderCopyButton(variable, variable, true)}
       </span>
     </div>;
 
   const renderEnvVars = (variables: string[]) =>
     <div className="py-1 space-y-1">
-      {variables.map(renderEnvVar)}
+      {variables.map(envVar => renderEnvVar(envVar))}
     </div>;
 
   const renderSubStatus = (
@@ -294,6 +301,17 @@ export default function SiteChecklistClient({
           collection/display of location-based data
           {renderEnvVars(['NEXT_PUBLIC_GEO_PRIVACY'])}
         </ChecklistRow>
+        <ChecklistRow
+          title="AI-generated Text"
+          status={isAiTextGenerationEnabled}
+          isPending={isPendingPage}
+          optional
+        >
+          Store your OpenAI secret key in order to add experimental support
+          for AI-generated text descriptions and enable an invisible field
+          called {'"Semantic Description"'} used to support CMD-K search
+          {renderEnvVars(['OPENAI_SECRET_KEY'])}
+        </ChecklistRow>
         <ChecklistRow
           title="Priority Order"
           status={isPriorityOrderEnabled}
diff --git a/src/site/config.ts b/src/site/config.ts
index c4997ce2..d2990cd8 100644
--- a/src/site/config.ts
+++ b/src/site/config.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ export const CURRENT_STORAGE: StorageType =
 export const PRO_MODE_ENABLED = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_PRO_MODE === '1';
 export const BLUR_ENABLED = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BLUR_DISABLED !== '1';
 export const GEO_PRIVACY_ENABLED = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_GEO_PRIVACY === '1';
+export const AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED =
+  Boolean(process.env.OPENAI_SECRET_KEY);
 export const PRIORITY_ORDER_ENABLED =
   process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_IGNORE_PRIORITY_ORDER !== '1';
 export const PUBLIC_API_ENABLED = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_PUBLIC_API === '1';
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ export const CONFIG_CHECKLIST_STATUS = {
   isProModeEnabled: PRO_MODE_ENABLED,
   isBlurEnabled: BLUR_ENABLED,
   isGeoPrivacyEnabled: GEO_PRIVACY_ENABLED,
+  isAiTextGenerationEnabled: AI_TEXT_GENERATION_ENABLED,
   isPriorityOrderEnabled: PRIORITY_ORDER_ENABLED,
   isPublicApiEnabled: PUBLIC_API_ENABLED,
   isOgTextBottomAligned: OG_TEXT_BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT,