Setting up an Algolia agent

To use Algolia for a chatbot, you need to set up an agent in the Algolia dashboard. The agent needs the following components:

• An index of your website
  See Setting up an index
• An LLM subscription of your choice, for example OpenAI or Gemini.
• An agent prompt. Algolia provides prompt templates in the Agent Studio.

note

You can use the template chatbot as a starting point. It is an advanced prototype, with room for further customisation and optimising token consumption.

Creating a new agent

To create and enable a new agent, you need to complete the steps in the creator in Algolia's Agent Studio.

To do so, use Algolia's Quick start guide.

tip

The agent creation wizard contains detailed descriptions of each step. Currently, we don't have the established best practice for chabot creation, so it's best to read the docs and experiment a bit with the settings as you go.