Create a chatbot from a website URL
Enter a website URL, let OrhanAI crawl working same site pages, run setup analysis, ask targeted questions, and create the draft chatbot.
Website
Start from a website
Open /dashboard/chatbots/new, enter the public website URL, and let the app create a draft chatbot while the crawler fetches working same site pages within operational safety caps. AI uses the indexed content to prepare the business summary and setup questions.
URL
When a website URL works best
Fields
Setup fields
Website URL
Enter the public website the chatbot should crawl and learn from.
Generated business summary
Review the AI summary of services, products, audience, tone, lead needs, contact details, location context, and missing details.
Setup questions
Answer yes or no, single select, multiple select, and text questions so the generated settings match the business.
Generated settings
Confirm name, goal, tone, fallback, instructions, lead capture, handoff, suggested questions, and domain rules before testing.
Playground test
Ask real visitor questions about Q&A, leads, contact details, directions, products, services, and fallback behavior.
Publish and embed
Publish after readiness checks pass, then copy the widget script for the approved website domain.
Credits
Credit requirements
Creating a chatbot requires admin level workspace access. AI setup analysis, improvement proposals, replies, and embeddings spend workspace credits.
Next
After creation
- 1Draft assistantThe chatbot, widget theme, setup record, and runtime defaults are created together.
- 2Review setupCheck crawl progress, review the business summary, and answer the generated questions.
- 3Test answersUse Playground to verify retrieval, fallback behavior, and AI improvement proposals.
- 4Publish widgetCopy the embed snippet after readiness checks pass.