Knowledge Base Chatbot: Answers From Your Own Docs
A knowledge base chatbot that answers customers from your own website, documents, FAQs and help articles - and hands off to your team when it can't. Free plan.
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Self-Service Knowledge Hub
Empower customers to find answers instantly with an AI-powered, searchable knowledge base integrated with your chatbot.
AI-Powered Article Generation
Write help articles in the editor or generate a draft from a prompt, a URL, pasted text or a file, then review and publish it through a draft, review and approval workflow.
Smart Category Organization
Organise articles into categories so customers can browse your help center as well as ask the chatbot.
Answers from your own sources
Connect your website, documents, text and Q&A pairs. The chatbot answers from that content and hands anything it cannot answer to your team.
Why Knowledge Base Matters
The best support teams deflect tickets before they're created. A great knowledge base is your first line of defense.
Fewer Repeat Questions
Let the chatbot answer the questions your team gets every day from content you already have.
24/7 Self-Service
Your knowledge base never sleeps. Customers get instant answers at any hour, in any timezone, without waiting for agents.
SEO Traffic
Publish a branded help center portal, choose whether search engines can index it, and set its meta title and description.
Lower Support Costs
Each question the bot answers from your content is one your team does not have to. Grow support without growing headcount at the same rate.
Faster Resolution
Customers get an answer in the chat window in seconds instead of waiting for an email reply.
Brand Consistency
Every customer gets the same answer, and a review workflow checks article changes before they go live.
How It Works
Launch a comprehensive knowledge base in minutes, not weeks.
Create & Organize Articles
Write articles using our rich editor or generate them with AI. Organize into categories with drag-and-drop simplicity.
Publish & Connect to Chatbot
Connect the knowledge base to your chatbot or AI agent, and optionally publish it as a branded help center portal.
Analyze & Improve
Review conversations the bot handed to your team, add the missing answers, and refresh articles flagged as stale.
Knowledge Base for Every Team
From product docs to developer portals - a knowledge base that serves every audience.
Product Documentation
Comprehensive product guides, tutorials, and feature documentation for your users
FAQ Hub
Centralized FAQ portal with smart search, categorized questions, and AI-powered suggestions
Policy Center
Company policies, terms of service, and compliance documentation in one location
Training Portal
Employee onboarding materials, training guides, SOPs, and internal knowledge sharing
Community Help Center
Public-facing help center with user feedback and article ratings
Developer Docs
API documentation, code samples, integration guides, and technical references
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What Is a Knowledge Base Chatbot?
A knowledge base chatbot is a chatbot that answers customer questions from your own content - help articles, website pages, documents and FAQs - instead of only from scripted replies. When a visitor asks something, the bot looks for the answer in what you gave it and replies in plain language, and when it cannot find one it says so or hands the chat to a person.
What you can feed a Conferbot knowledge base chatbot
- Your website: add a URL and Conferbot crawls the pages, with recrawls to pick up changes.
- Documents: upload files such as policies, manuals and product sheets.
- Text: paste anything that is not published anywhere yet.
- Q&A pairs: exact answers for the questions that must always be answered the same way.
- Help center articles: articles you write or generate in Conferbot's knowledge base.
The same content can power a public help center your customers browse, and the AI agent that answers them in chat.
Types of Knowledge Sources and When to Use Them
| Source | Best for | Keep in mind |
|---|---|---|
| Q&A pairs | Prices, policies and anything that must be worded exactly | Only covers the questions you wrote |
| Website pages | Broad coverage of what is already published | Recrawl after big site changes |
| Documents | Manuals, PDFs and internal guides | Keep one current version of each file |
| Help center articles | Answers you want customers to browse as well as ask about | Needs an owner to keep articles fresh |
| Live data via API | Order status, availability, balances | Use an API action or webhook - see chatbot API integration |
Most teams start with their website plus a short list of Q&A pairs for the questions that matter most, then add articles where the bot struggles.
How to Build a Knowledge Base Chatbot, Step by Step
- List the top questions your inbox already gets - shipping, pricing, returns, opening hours, account access.
- Add your sources: your website URL, key documents, and Q&A pairs for the exact answers.
- Fill the gaps with articles: write them, or generate a draft from a prompt, a URL, pasted text or a file and edit it.
- Organise into categories so the help center is easy to browse.
- Connect it to your chatbot or AI agent and test with real questions phrased the way customers write them.
- Publish the bot on your website and channels, and optionally publish the help center portal.
Content Strategy: What to Write and When
- Week one: answer the questions that arrive most often. They do the most work for the least writing.
- Next: cover the steps people get stuck on - setup, billing, returns - as step-by-step articles.
- Then: read the chatbot conversations that ended in a handover and turn the repeat questions into articles.
Write one question per article, put the answer in the first sentence, and use the words customers use rather than internal product names.
Help Center Portal: Let Customers Browse Too
Besides answering in chat, your knowledge base can be published as a help center portal:
- Your branding: logo, brand colour, headline and description.
- Your domain: serve it on a custom domain such as help.yourcompany.com.
- Search engines: choose whether the portal can be indexed, and set its meta title and description.
- Chat on every page: show your chat widget on the portal so a reader can ask a follow-up question.
- Language: set the portal locale.
Self-Service Metrics: Measuring Knowledge Base Success
- Questions answered by the bot versus handed to a person - the core measure of a knowledge base chatbot.
- Handover topics: what the bot could not answer; each one is a candidate article.
- Article engagement: views by device for each help center article.
- Stale articles: articles whose source page changed or disappeared and need a review.
Compare against your own previous month in analytics rather than generic industry benchmarks.
How the Knowledge Base and Chatbot Work Together
The knowledge base is what the bot knows; the flow and the AI agent decide how it talks.
- Scripted flows handle structured jobs like bookings and lead capture.
- The AI agent answers open questions from your knowledge sources, inside the topics and rules you set.
- Handover sends anything the knowledge base cannot answer to your team through live chat, with the transcript attached.
When a handover reveals a missing answer, add it to the knowledge base once and every channel - website, WhatsApp, Messenger and the rest - benefits.
Knowledge Base Maintenance: Keeping Content Fresh
- Recrawl your website after pricing, policy or product changes.
- Watch for stale articles: Conferbot flags articles whose source page changed or was removed.
- Use the review workflow: articles move through draft, in review, approved and published, so changes are checked before customers see them.
- Give each area an owner who reviews it on a regular schedule.
Knowledge Base Chatbot Best Practices
- Answer in the first sentence; detail comes after.
- Keep one source of truth per topic - conflicting documents produce conflicting answers.
- Use Q&A pairs for anything legal, financial or safety-related that must be worded exactly.
- Tell the bot what it must not discuss, and give it an honest fallback message.
- Always offer a route to a person.
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