Build a Custom AI Chatbot for Your Business

Create a chatbot trained on your company's data using OpenAI's API and simple no-code tools.

At a Glance

~15s

No-code: Chatbase, CustomGPT, or Botpress. Low-code: OpenAI Assistants API. Full custom: OpenAI API with your own interface.

~15s

Gather FAQs, product docs, policies, and help articles. Clean the data: remove duplicates, fix errors, and organize by topic.

~15s

Write clear instructions for how the bot should behave: tone, topics to cover, things to avoid, and when to escalate to humans.

~15s

Try edge cases, misleading questions, and off-topic queries. Make sure the bot handles them gracefully and doesn't make things up.

~15s

Embed on your website via widget. Monitor conversations, track satisfaction, and continuously improve based on real user interactions.

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