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Quick Start Guide

Use this guide to create a basic AI chatbot agent, add training data, customize its appearance, test it, and deploy it on a website.

Step 1: Create Your First AI Agent​

From the dashboard, click Create New AI Agent. You can start from the main dashboard action or from the left sidebar.

Create a new AI agent from the dashboard

Choose the agent type available on your plan. For a standard website chatbot, create an AI Chatbot Agent.

Step 2: Name the Agent​

Give the agent a clear name that matches its purpose, such as customer support, product recommendations, or hotel concierge.

Name the new AI agent

Select the agent role during setup. The role helps Chatislav prepare the agent for the right type of conversation.

Step 3: Add Training Data​

Open the agent's Training page. This page lets you upload documents, audio files, image files, and add website or YouTube URLs.

Training data page for an AI chatbot agent

Use the upload area to drag a file into Chatislav or click browse files. You can also paste a website or YouTube URL into the URL field.

Training upload area with file upload and URL input

Choose the file you want to use as training data.

Select a file from the computer for training

After the file is selected, confirm the data language and click Start training.

Selected training file ready to start training

The lower table shows uploaded files and links, their status, whether they are enabled, and whether they can be cited as a source.

Uploaded files and links table

While Chatislav processes the file, its status is in progress.

Training file status in progress

When processing is finished, the status changes to trained.

Training file status trained

Open a document's settings to enable or disable it, control source citation, or set an activity window.

Document settings general tab

Use Data explorer to inspect how Chatislav split the document into searchable chunks.

Document settings data explorer tab

Step 4: Customize the Agent Appearance​

Open Appearance to change the agent logo, accent color, widget icon, title, and other visual settings. Use the preview on the right to check how the chat widget will look before saving.

AI chatbot appearance settings with widget preview

Step 5: Test and Deploy the Agent​

Use the chat widget preview to ask test questions and confirm the agent answers from the training data.

Testing the AI chatbot agent in the widget preview

When the agent is ready, open Deploy from the left sidebar. Copy the JavaScript snippet or choose another available integration method.

Deploy page with agent token and JavaScript embed code

Add the copied code to your website, usually before the closing </body> tag. After publishing the website, open the page as a visitor and confirm that the Chatislav widget appears and answers correctly.