Chatbots - SiteGPT Docs

Chatbots are the central SiteGPT resource. Most knowledge, settings, conversations, members, and lead commands need a chatbot ID.

List chatbots

sitegpt chatbots list
sitegpt chatbots list --json

Use JSON when you need the chatbot ID for follow-up commands:

CHATBOT_ID=$(sitegpt chatbots list --json | jq -r '.data.chatbots[0].id')

Get one chatbot

sitegpt chatbots get <chatbot-id>
sitegpt chatbots get <chatbot-id> --json

Create a chatbot

sitegpt chatbots create "Support Bot"
sitegpt chatbots create "Support Bot" --description "Answers customer support questions"
sitegpt chatbots create --title "Support Bot" --description "Answers customer support questions" --json

The title can be positional or passed as --title.

Update a chatbot

sitegpt chatbots update <chatbot-id> --title "New chatbot name"
sitegpt chatbots update <chatbot-id> --description "New description"
sitegpt chatbots update <chatbot-id> --title "New name" --description "New description"

Delete a chatbot

sitegpt chatbots delete <chatbot-id> --yes

--yes is required because deletion is destructive.

Transfer a chatbot

Reassign a chatbot’s ownership to another user in the same brand. If the recipient does not have a SiteGPT account yet, one is provisioned for them.

# Hand-off: ownership moves and the previous owner is removed from the chatbot
sitegpt chatbots transfer <chatbot-id> --email new-owner@example.com

# Reassign within a team: the previous owner stays on as a member at this role
sitegpt chatbots transfer <chatbot-id> --email teammate@example.com --keep-source-as ADMIN

# By user id instead of email
sitegpt chatbots transfer <chatbot-id> --user-id <user-id> --json

By default the previous owner is removed from the chatbot. Pass --keep-source-as <AGENT|MANAGER|ADMIN|SUPER_ADMIN> to keep them as a member instead (ownership reassignment within a team). Only a chatbot super admin can transfer it — the creator/owner is always a super admin.

Dashboard summary

Use dashboard to fetch an operational summary for one chatbot:

sitegpt dashboard --chatbot <chatbot-id>
sitegpt dashboard show --chatbot <chatbot-id>
sitegpt dashboard get --chatbot <chatbot-id> --json

The response includes:

Training state
Total, trained, pending, and failed document counts
Link, file, custom response, and page counts
Conversation feedback summary
Chat URL
Widget script URL

Installation snippet

Get safe installation metadata and the embeddable script snippet:

sitegpt installation snippet --chatbot <chatbot-id>
sitegpt installation snippet --chatbot <chatbot-id> --json

The command returns:

Chat URL
Widget script URL
Embed code

Upload chatbot icons

Icon commands upload local image files. Download remote assets first, then upload the local file path.

sitegpt icons upload --chatbot <chatbot-id> bot ./bot.png
sitegpt icons upload --chatbot <chatbot-id> person ./person.png
sitegpt icons upload --chatbot <chatbot-id> agent ./agent.png
sitegpt icons upload --chatbot <chatbot-id> watermark ./watermark.png
sitegpt icons upload --chatbot <chatbot-id> chat-bubble ./bubble.png

Supported icon types:

Type	Use
`bot`	Avatar for AI messages.
`person`	Fallback visitor/user avatar.
`agent`	Fallback human-agent avatar.
`watermark`	Watermark image when enabled.
`chat-bubble`	Launcher bubble image.

Supported image files:

png, jpg, jpeg, webp, gif, avif, svg

Delete chatbot icons

sitegpt icons delete --chatbot <chatbot-id> bot --yes
sitegpt icons remove --chatbot <chatbot-id> chat-bubble --yes

remove is an alias for delete.

Recommended setup order

For a new chatbot, use this order:

Create the chatbot

sitegpt chatbots create "Brand Support" --description "Answers questions about Brand." --json

Add knowledge

Prefer sitemap, then website crawl, then selected links.

Configure persona and instructions

Use sitegpt personas and sitegpt instructions.

Apply appearance, starters, and followups

Use sitegpt settings appearance, sitegpt icons, sitegpt starters, and sitegpt followups.

Verify

sitegpt dashboard --chatbot <chatbot-id>
sitegpt messages send --chatbot <chatbot-id> "What can you help with?"

​List chatbots

​Get one chatbot

​Create a chatbot

​Update a chatbot

​Delete a chatbot

​Transfer a chatbot

​Dashboard summary

​Installation snippet

​Upload chatbot icons

​Delete chatbot icons

​Recommended setup order

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