Set up your AI employee's knowledge base
Step-by-step video guide:
Learn how to create and manage knowledge bases that help your AI employees answer questions accurately. In this guide, you'll learn how to:
- Create and organize knowledge base folders
- Add and format documents with relevant content
- Connect knowledge bases to your AI employees
- Write clear descriptions for different types of information
- Test how your AI uses the knowledge base
- Monitor AI responses using the Inspector tool
Step one: Install your OpenAI integration
Before you can build a knowledge base and start using AI Agents, you'll need to install the OpenAI integration.
- Click your name in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.
- Click Manage integrations > Add integrations.
- Search for and install the OpenAI integration.
Step two: Create a folder structure
- Click your name in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.
- Go to Settings > AI > Knowledge base.
- Click Add new folder.
- Enter a name for your folder, such as 'FAQs', then click Get started.
- Select your newly-created folder, then click Add new.
- Select Folder from the drop-down.
- Enter a name for your folder, such as 'Product recommendations', then click Get started.
- Repeat the process for every folder that you want to add to your knowledge base.
At this stage, your knowledge base might look like the following image:
Step three: Add your documents
- From your knowledge base, select the folder that you want to add your documents to.
- Click Add new.
- Select Document from the drop-down.
- Name your document.
- In the text field, enter your document content.
- Use the styling tools to add H1, H2, and H3 tags, and any other types of formatting.
- Click Publish document.
- Repeat the process for every document that you want to add to your knowledge base.