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Everything you need to build, train and embed your ChatNest chatbot. Pick a topic below.

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Getting started

From signup to a live chatbot in about 2 minutes.

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Customising

Name, avatar, colours, welcome message and behaviour.

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Training

Text, FAQs, rules and website crawling.

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Embedding

Install the widget on any website.

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Inbox & takeover

Conversations, human replies, closing and deleting.

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Plans & limits

What each plan includes and how upgrades work.

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Troubleshooting

Bot not answering, embed not showing, wrong answers.

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Contact us

Reach a human when the bot can't help.

🚀 Getting started

How do I create my first chatbot?

Create a free account, click "New chatbot" in the dashboard, give it a name and agent name, choose an avatar and brand colour, then click create. You'll be taken straight to the training page.

How long does it take to go live?

Most people have a working chatbot on their website within about 2 minutes: create it, paste some business information, copy the embed code and add it to your site.

Do I need to write any code?

No. Everything is configured from the dashboard. The embed is one line of code you copy and paste — no development skills needed.

Do I need an API key or technical setup?

No. The AI is provided by the platform. You only need to train the chatbot and paste the embed code.

🎨 Customising your chatbot

What can I customise?

The chatbot name (internal), the agent name visitors see, an emoji avatar, the welcome message, brand colour, suggested questions shown when the chat opens, and behaviour rules.

How do I change the welcome message or colour?

Open the chatbot from your dashboard and click Edit. Changes apply instantly — visitors see them on the next page load, no need to re-embed.

What are suggested questions?

Clickable question chips shown to visitors when the chat window opens. Enter them one per line in the chatbot settings. If you leave it empty, we use up to three of your FAQs.

Can I pause my chatbot?

Yes. Set its status to "Paused" in the settings. The widget still shows, but visitors get an offline message instead of AI answers.

📚 Training the knowledge base

What are the four ways to train?

1) Paste business information as text (address, hours, products, policies). 2) Add FAQ question-and-answer pairs. 3) Set behaviour rules the AI must always follow. 4) Enter your website URL and we crawl it automatically.

How does website crawling work?

Enter your site URL on the training page and we fetch the pages, strip navigation and styling, and save the readable content as knowledge items — up to 8 pages per crawl, same domain only, with duplicate content removed. Each page is capped at 6,000 characters and tagged with its source URL.

How much can I store?

Knowledge base limits depend on your plan: 10,000 characters on Free, 30,000 on Professional, 60,000 on Enterprise. The training page shows a meter so you can see how much is used.

The bot gives a wrong answer. What do I do?

Update the knowledge base — fix the business information or FAQ, or add a behaviour rule covering the topic. The chatbot retrains instantly, so changes take effect on the next question. The bot only answers from what you provide.

Can the bot answer questions it wasn't trained on?

No. It is instructed to answer only from your knowledge base and to say it's not sure otherwise, offering to connect the visitor with a human. This prevents it from making things up about your business.

🔗 Embedding the widget

How do I install it on my website?

Open the chatbot in your dashboard and click Embed. Copy the one-line script and paste it just before the closing </body> tag of your site. The chatbot button appears bottom-right.

Which platforms does it work on?

Any website that can load a script tag: plain HTML, WordPress, Shopify, React, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace — all of them.

Do I need to re-embed after editing the chatbot?

No. Changes to the name, colour, knowledge base or instructions go live instantly. The embed code never changes.

How do I preview it before going live?

Use the "Live preview" button on the Embed page — it shows the widget exactly as your visitors will see it on a demo page.

📥 Inbox & human takeover

Where do visitor conversations go?

Every conversation appears in your Inbox in real time, grouped by chatbot, with unread counts shown on the sidebar.

How do I reply as a human?

Open the conversation, type your reply and send it. Replying automatically takes over the conversation — the visitor sees your message in the same thread and the AI stops answering.

Can I hand the conversation back to the AI?

Yes. Click "Resume AI" in the conversation and the bot will answer future messages again.

How do I close or delete a conversation?

Use the Close button to mark it finished, or Delete to remove the conversation and all its messages permanently. Delete asks for confirmation first.

💳 Plans & limits

What are the plans?

Free: £0/month — 1 chatbot, 100 messages/day, 10,000 knowledge-base characters. Professional: £29/month — 5 chatbots, 1,000 messages/day, 30,000 knowledge-base characters. Enterprise: £99/month — 25 chatbots, 2,500 messages/day, 60,000 knowledge-base characters.

How do upgrades work?

Choose a plan on the pricing page or from your account. The order is submitted and confirmed by the site admin before your plan changes — you'll keep your current plan until then.

What happens when I hit the daily message limit?

Visitors see a friendly notice and the conversation pauses until the next day. The limit resets daily.

Can I change plans later?

Yes. Upgrade or downgrade any time from your Account page. Your chatbots and knowledge base are always kept.

🛠️ Troubleshooting

My chatbot isn't answering.

Check: is the chatbot set to Active (not Paused)? Has your account reached the daily message limit? Was the question sent too quickly after the previous one (there's a short delay between messages)? If a human has taken over the conversation, the AI stays silent by design.

The widget isn't showing on my site.

Check the embed code is before the closing </body> tag, not inside the <head>. Clear your site's cache (WordPress caching plugins, CDNs). If you're testing on localhost, make sure the script URL is reachable. Use the Live preview to confirm the widget itself works.

The website crawler didn't get anything.

Make sure the URL is public and starts with https://. Sites behind logins, paywalls, or aggressive bot protection (Cloudflare challenge pages) can't be read. We only crawl pages on the same domain, and pages with little readable text are skipped.

Why is the AI answer different from my FAQ text?

The AI summarises rather than quoting word-for-word. For answers that must be exact (prices, policies), add them as FAQ pairs — the bot prefers those exact answers.

Is my data private?

Yes. Conversations and knowledge base content are used only to provide the service, are never sold, and are deleted when you delete your account. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

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