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

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# AiClient::setEventDispatcher( WordPressAiClientDependenciesPsrEventDispatcherEventDispatcherInterface|null $dispatcher ): void

## In this article

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

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Sets the event dispatcher for prompt lifecycle events.

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

The event dispatcher will be used to dispatch BeforeGenerateResultEvent and AfterGenerateResultEvent
during prompt generation.

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

 `$dispatcher`WordPressAiClientDependenciesPsrEventDispatcherEventDispatcherInterface
|nullrequired

The event dispatcher, or null to disable.

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

 void

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

    ```php
    public static function setEventDispatcher(?EventDispatcherInterface $dispatcher): void
    {
        self::$eventDispatcher = $dispatcher;
    }
    ```

[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#L125)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/php-ai-client/src/AiClient.php#L125-L128)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [0.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/0.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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