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Live chat for your website - with optional smart auto-replies.

Add a chat widget to your site in one line. Turn on smart auto-reply to answer visitor questions 24/7 from your own knowledge base, and have it hand off to a human the moment you reply.

Why teams pick this

Always-on customer answers

Smart auto-reply covers nights, weekends, and overflow. Answers come from your own knowledge base - no off-topic replies, no hallucinated pricing.

Knowledge base built in

Add URLs, write notes, or upload PDFs and DOCX files. The auto-reply uses all of them as context. Auto-bootstraps from your front page on signup so it starts smart.

Seamless human handoff

The moment you send a manual reply, auto-reply pauses for that conversation automatically. Set a max-interactions cap so unresolved chats always reach a human.

Per-visitor instructions

Use webhooks to fetch personalized instructions for each visitor based on plan, account ID, or any client-side data - premium customers get the premium-tier voice.

Bring your own AI key

Plug in your own AI API key so usage stays on your bill, transparent and capped. No surprise vendor markup. (See the docs for which providers are supported.)

How it works

1

Enable smart auto-reply

Open Chat → AI Agent and toggle it on. Paste your AI API key (provider list in the docs).

2

Build your knowledge base

Open Live Chat → Knowledge. Add URLs (auto-refreshed daily), write short notes, or upload PDF/DOCX/TXT/MD files (up to 5 MB).

3

Set the voice

Write a short system prompt - your tone of voice, what to do when stuck - and you're live.

Built for these use cases

24/7 customer support

Use case 1

24/7 customer support

Cover nights and weekends without hiring more agents. Smart auto-reply handles 70-80% of common questions on its own.

Lead qualification

Use case 2

Lead qualification

Let auto-reply ask qualifying questions, collect contact info, and hand off only the high-intent leads to your team.

Onboarding assistant

Use case 3

Onboarding assistant

Help new users find features and answer integration questions during their trial without overwhelming your team.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need my own AI API key?

Yes. You bring an API key from your preferred provider so usage costs stay transparent and capped on your side. The full provider list is on the AI Auto-Reply docs page.

How does it learn about my product?

Use the Knowledge Base - three item types in one list: URLs (auto-refreshed daily), free-text notes, and uploaded files (PDF, DOCX, TXT, MD up to 5 MB). New accounts get 3-5 starter notes auto-generated from your front page on signup.

Will the auto-reply hallucinate?

It's instructed to answer only from the provided knowledge and to say "I'm not sure, let me get a teammate" when it doesn't know - so off-topic and made-up replies are rare.

Can I limit the number of auto-replies per conversation?

Yes. Set a max-interactions cap so auto-reply hands off after N exchanges if the visitor still needs human help.

Does the chat widget work without auto-reply?

Absolutely. Smart auto-reply is opt-in - leave it off and you get a clean live-chat widget for your team to staff manually.

Can the AI auto-reply work on Shopify, WordPress, or Webflow without an OpenAI account?

Yes. The widget itself is a one-line <script> tag that runs on Shopify, WordPress, Webflow, Wix, Squarespace, Ghost, Next.js, and plain HTML. For the AI brain you bring an API key from any supported provider — Google Gemini, OpenAI, or Anthropic — so you're not locked into one vendor and your usage costs stay transparent on your own bill.

Can I target the AI auto-reply by URL, country, device, or schedule?

Yes. AI auto-reply inherits FloatMessage's full targeting layer: enable it only on /pricing pages, only for visitors from specific countries (geo-IP at the edge), only on mobile, only outside business hours, or any combination. Outside the targeting window the chat widget falls back to manual mode.

Will the auto-reply respect GDPR and PII rules?

Yes. Knowledge-base content stays scoped to your account, no third-party training, and you can pair the widget with our cookie-consent banner so chat only initializes after the visitor opts in. PII fields collected via chat (email, phone) are stored alongside the conversation and exportable on request.

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