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Making your AI give the best answers

This guide walks you through simple, practical steps to improve your AI agent’s performance. These methods ensure your AI gives accurate, helpful, and consistent responses while escalating complex queries when needed.

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1. Keep Your Data Sources Clean and Updated

Your AI is only as good as the data it learns from.

What to do:

  • Go to AI Agent → Configure → Data Sources

  • Open each link and check:

    • Does the page still exist?

    • Is the information still accurate?

If something is outdated:

  • Delete that link from your data sources

  • The AI will automatically retrain using the updated dataset

Why this matters:

Outdated links = wrong answers.
For example, if a product is removed from your store but still exists in training data, your AI may recommend something customers can’t buy.


2. Add Missing Data (Don’t Leave Gaps)

Even if your existing data is clean, your AI may still lack important context.

What to do:

  • Visit your website manually

  • Look for:

    • New products

    • New collections

    • Policy pages

  • If anything is missing:

    • Add the link manually OR

    • Use the crawl feature to auto-fetch all pages

Bonus:

You can also:

  • Upload files (PDFs, docs)

  • Add custom text

  • Create Q&A manually

Why this matters:

If the AI doesn’t know something exists, it can’t answer questions about it.


3. Control AI Behavior Using Settings (Set Boundaries)

Not every query should be handled by AI—and that’s a good thing.

What to do:

  • Go to Settings → Constraints

  • Add rules like:

    • “If user asks about sizing → escalate to human”

    • “If query is complex → don’t answer”

Example:

“Whenever someone talks about size, redirect to human.”

Why this matters:

  • Prevents wrong or risky answers

  • Improves customer trust

  • Keeps AI focused on what it does best


4. Improve Answers Using Real Conversations

This is the most powerful step.

What to do:

  • Go to Shared Inbox → AI Agent

  • Open real conversations

  • Look for:

    • Weak answers

    • Generic responses

    • Missed opportunities

Then:

  • Click “Improve Answer”

  • Rewrite the response properly

  • Save it

What happens next:

  • A Q&A entry is automatically created

  • The AI learns from it

  • Future responses improve instantly

Example improvement:

Instead of:

“We can help with exchanges. Please provide more details.”

You can define:

“We currently don’t support exchanges. Please refer to our policy here: [link]”

Why this matters:

You are directly training the AI with real-world scenarios.


5. Understand Escalation (AI Doesn’t Need to Do Everything)

Even a great AI shouldn’t aim for 100% resolution.

Best practice:

  • Let AI handle simple, repetitive queries

  • Use escalation to human for:

    • Edge cases

    • Emotional conversations

    • Complex issues

Target:

  • ~60–70% AI resolution is healthy and realistic


6. Check Your Channels

Make sure your AI is actually deployed where your users are.

Go to: Channels section

Verify:

  • Website → Connected

  • WhatsApp → Connected

  • Instagram → (connect if needed)

Why this matters:

Your AI is useless if it’s not active where customers are messaging.

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