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Customize Your Bot's Greetings & Messaging

Easily control the tone and flow of chatbot conversations across your site!

In This Article

📖 To access messaging settings, select the bot you'd like to customize within the Bots tab and select the Configuration section at the top. You'll see sections for customizing greetings, rating messages, & custom journeys.

Greeting Messages

This section controls what users see before and during their first interaction with the chatbot:

  • Avatar Greeting: The message shown before the user opens the chatbot.

  • Chat Greeting: The first message users see when the chatbot opens.

  • Fallback Message: Displayed when the chatbot can’t find a suitable answer.

Chat Greeting Buttons

Put FAQs & other content front and center using Chat Greeting Buttons:

  • These clickable options appear beneath the chat greeting

  • Users can tap a button to instantly view a predefined answer

  • You can add buttons manually or pull in questions from an existing dataset:

    1. Click Add from Dataset

    2. Choose a trained question

    3. The question will appear as a greeting button in the chatbot

Show Recommendations toggle

Toggle this setting to control whether suggested questions appear while users are typing. These real-time prompts guide users to relevant content.

Rating Messages

Customize the feedback experience:

  • Thumbs Up Message: Message shown when a user gives a positive rating

  • Thumbs Down Message: Message shown when a user gives a negative rating

These messages help reinforce helpful responses and gather insight when the chatbot misses the mark.

Custom Journeys

Checkout this article for a full rundown of how to personalize chatbot messaging for specific pages using Custom Journeys.

💡 Custom Journeys are ideal for tailoring the chatbot to content like pricing pages, product launches, or campaign-specific landers.