Setting Up AI Auto-Replies

Configure AI to automatically respond to common visitor questions.

What this does

AI auto-replies use your knowledge base to automatically answer visitor questions. When the AI can't answer, the conversation is handed to a human agent.

When to use it

Enable AI replies to handle common questions outside business hours or to reduce your team's workload.

Step by step

  1. Go to Chat > Settings > AI
  2. Enable AI Auto-Reply
  3. Configure behaviour:
    • Confidence Threshold — how sure the AI must be before replying (recommended: 70%)
    • Handoff Message — what to say when transferring to a human
    • Active Hours — always on, or only outside business hours
  4. Build your knowledge base with answers to common questions
  5. Click Save
  6. Test by asking questions through the widget

Tips

  • The AI improves as you add more knowledge base articles
  • Review AI conversations regularly to spot gaps in your knowledge base
  • Start with a high confidence threshold and lower it as your content improves
  • Visitors can always request a human agent