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Custom Chatbots

Give your team and customers instant answers from your business knowledge. Custom chatbots trained on your data provide support without waiting for humans.

What Are Custom Chatbots?

Custom chatbots are AI assistants trained on your specific business data, policies, and procedures. Unlike generic AI tools, they understand your products, terminology, and processes, providing accurate answers based on your actual documentation.

These chatbots can answer employee questions about HR policies, help customers troubleshoot products, guide users through processes, or surface information from your knowledge base instantly. They work 24/7 without getting tired or needing breaks.

Modern chatbots go beyond simple FAQ matching. They understand context, handle complex questions, and can integrate with your business systems to look up real-time information or perform actions like creating tickets or scheduling appointments.

Why It Matters

Provide Instant Support

Answer questions immediately instead of making people wait for email responses or support tickets.

Reduce Support Workload

Deflect routine questions so your team can focus on complex issues that require human expertise.

Make Knowledge Accessible

Surface information buried in documents, wikis, and systems without forcing users to search and dig.

Improve Onboarding

Help new employees and customers get answers without feeling like they're bothering people with basic questions.

Ensure Consistent Answers

Everyone gets the same correct information based on your current policies, not outdated knowledge or individual interpretations.

Common Use Cases

HR & Benefits Assistant

Answer questions about policies, benefits, time off, and procedures without HR staff intervention.

Customer Support Bot

Handle product questions, troubleshooting, account issues, and order status inquiries.

IT Help Desk

Guide users through password resets, software issues, and common technical problems.

Sales Enablement

Help sales teams find product information, pricing, competitive intelligence, and sales materials.

Compliance Advisor

Provide guidance on regulatory requirements, compliance procedures, and audit preparation.

Process Guide

Walk users through complex procedures step-by-step with context-aware assistance.

Maturity Levels

Not Started / Planning

All questions handled by humans. Users search through documentation manually or wait for support responses.

In Progress / Partial

Basic chatbot deployed for one use case. Limited training data. Often needs to escalate to humans. User satisfaction mixed.

Mature / Complete

Multiple specialized chatbots covering different domains. Regularly updated with new information. High accuracy and user satisfaction. Integrated with business systems for real-time data access.

How to Get Started

  1. 1.
    Choose a High-Value Use Case: Start with an area where people ask the same questions repeatedly and answers exist in documentation.
  2. 2.
    Gather Training Data: Collect documentation, FAQs, policies, and examples of past questions and answers.
  3. 3.
    Select a Platform: Evaluate options like custom RAG implementations, Intercom, Zendesk AI, or enterprise solutions like Microsoft Copilot Studio.
  4. 4.
    Train and Test: Build the chatbot, test with real users, and refine based on their questions and feedback.
  5. 5.
    Plan Escalation: Define when the chatbot should hand off to a human and how that handoff happens smoothly.
  6. 6.
    Monitor and Improve: Track which questions get answered well, where the bot struggles, and continuously add training data.
  7. 7.
    Keep Content Fresh: Update the chatbot's knowledge base as policies change and new information becomes available.

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