How to Set Up Your AI Chatbot

Learn how to craft a chatbot with Reply AI Chat tailored to your brand and seamlessly embed it into your website

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Written by Reply Team
Updated over a week ago

Reply AI Chat offers a seamless solution for engaging website visitors and facilitating meaningful interactions with leads. By leveraging the advanced capabilities of ChatGPT technology and Reply's customization options, you can create a chatbot that reflects your brand identity and aligns with your business goals.

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In this article, we'll guide you through the setup process, empowering you to create your own AI chatbot with Reply AI Chat and elevate your online presence effortlessly.

Steps to Create & Launch Your AI Chatbot

To create your AI chatbot with Reply AI Chat, follow these instructions:

  1. Log In: Access Reply AI Chat by logging in. New users should follow the sign-up instructions provided. Learn more about sign-up and sign-in processes.

  2. Navigation: Go to the AI chat section through the left-side menu and start the creation process by clicking 'Create AI chatbot'.

3. Customization: You're introduced to the AI chatbot builder, featuring tabs for content, styling, AI avatar, goals, knowledge base, and embedding options, alongside a dynamic chatbot preview for immediate testing.

Within the chatbot builder, you'll find tabs for different settings.

📌 Each tab title below contains a link to a detailed guide for customizing that specific aspect of your chatbot.

  • Content: This tab allows you to define the chatbot's voice and personality. Customize the chatbot name, welcome message, and more to craft an inviting digital presence that resonates with your audience.

  • Styling: Adjust the visual elements of your chatbot, including the company logo, chatbot avatar, and chat interface colors, to align with your brand identity. This section also allows you to optimize the chat widget's position and visibility on your website.

  • AI avatar: Boost engagement on your website by adding an AI-driven avatar through Heygen. With audio-visual capabilities, the AI avatar enriches the user experience and fosters interaction. Simply create your AI avatar in Heygen, then enter your Heygen API key into this tab. From there, you can customize all appearance settings and test your AI avatar in real-time.

  • Goals: Define clear objectives for your chatbot, such as gathering contact information, encouraging trial sign-ups, or facilitating demo bookings. This customization ensures your chatbot actively contributes to achieving your business goals.

  • Knowledge base: Enhance your chatbot’s response capabilities by integrating a knowledge base. This feature allows your chatbot to deliver in-depth responses based on the documents, links, and FAQs you provide.

  • <> Embed: Once your chatbot is fully customized, embed it into your website with a unique code generated by Reply. This ensures seamless integration and functionality within your website's ecosystem.

Each tab in the chatbot builder is designed to fine-tune your chatbot’s capabilities, ensuring it meets your needs and enhances user engagement. By navigating through these tabs, you can create a chatbot that looks and talks like a part of your brand and smartly achieves your business goals through AI-driven interactions.

Additionally, the builder includes a dynamic chatbot preview on the right side, allowing you to see real-time updates of your configurations and test the chatbot immediately after making changes.

Happy AI chatbot customizing!

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