Building Your First AI Chatbot

Overview

SmartlyQ's AI Chatbot builder lets you create intelligent, conversational chatbots that can answer questions, assist customers, and automate support — all without writing code.

Key Capabilities

  • No-code builder — create chatbots through a visual interface
  • AI-powered conversations — bots understand natural language and provide contextual responses
  • Knowledge training — train your bot on your own content, FAQs, and documentation
  • Website embedding — add the chatbot to any website with a simple embed code
  • Live agent handoff — seamlessly transfer conversations to human agents when needed
  • Multi-bot support — create different bots for different purposes or websites
  • Templates — start from pre-built chatbot templates

How to Access

Navigate to Automate > Chatbot from the sidebar.

Creating a Chatbot

  1. Click Create Chatbot (or start from a template)
  2. Name your bot and set its personality/instructions
  3. Train your bot — add knowledge sources (more on this in the Training article)
  4. Customise appearance — set colours, avatar, and welcome message
  5. Test — chat with your bot in the preview to verify responses
  6. Deploy — get the embed code and add it to your website

Bot Configuration

  • Name & avatar — give your bot a personality
  • Welcome message — the first message visitors see
  • Instructions — tell the bot how to behave (tone, topics to cover, topics to avoid)
  • Fallback behaviour — what happens when the bot can't answer a question

Tip: Start simple. Create a bot trained on your FAQ page, test it thoroughly, then gradually expand its knowledge base.