Title: AiClient::message
Published: May 20, 2026

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# AiClient::message( string|null $text = null ): object

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Creates a new message builder for fluent API usage.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

This method will be implemented once MessageBuilder is available.
MessageBuilder
will provide a fluent interface for constructing complex messages with multiple 
parts, attachments, and metadata.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$text`string|nulloptional

Optional initial message text.

Default:`null`

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 object MessageBuilder instance (type will be updated when MessageBuilder is available).

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public static function message(?string $text = null)
    {
        throw new RuntimeException('MessageBuilder is not yet available. This method depends on builder infrastructure. ' . 'Use direct generation methods (generateTextResult, generateImageResult, etc.) for now.');
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/aiclient.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/AiClient.php#L351)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/AiClient.php#L351-L354)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wordpress-aiclient-aiclient/message/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [0.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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