> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sitespeak.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Train Your Chatbot

> Learn how to train your AI chatbot using websites, documents, and app integrations.

Training your chatbot is how you teach it to answer questions about your business, products, and services. SiteSpeakAI supports multiple content sources so you can build a comprehensive knowledge base for your AI agent.

## How Training Works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add sources">
    Connect your content sources like websites, documents, or app integrations.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select content">
    Choose which pages, files, or data you want your chatbot to learn from.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Train">
    SiteSpeakAI processes your content and builds a searchable knowledge base.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Test & refine">
    Ask your chatbot questions and fine-tune responses as needed.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Supported Source Types

When you click **+ Add Sources**, you can choose from the following source types:

### Website

Add a website URL and SiteSpeakAI will crawl it to extract text content. This may take a minute or two depending on the size of the website. [Learn more](/training-your-chatbot/website-and-links)

### Links

Add individual page URLs to train on specific pages rather than an entire website. [Learn more](/training-your-chatbot/website-and-links)

### Sitemap

Provide a sitemap URL to automatically discover and crawl all pages on your site.

### Text

Upload plain text files or paste text content directly.

### PDF

Upload PDF documents like product manuals, guides, and policies. [Learn more](/training-your-chatbot/pdfs)

### Audio

Upload audio files to be transcribed and used for training. [Learn more](/training-your-chatbot/audio)

### Video

Upload video files to extract and train on the audio content.

### Apps

Connect third-party platforms to train on their content. [Learn more](/training-your-chatbot/app-integrations)

Available integrations:

* **Notion**: Connect your Notion workspace
* **[BookStack](/training-your-chatbot/bookstack)**: Wiki and knowledge base content
* **OneNote**: Connect your Microsoft OneNote notebooks
* **Google Drive**: Connect your Google Drive documents
* **SharePoint**: Connect your SharePoint document libraries and site pages
* **Discord**: Select Discord channels to train on

Intercom and Google Docs integrations are coming soon.

***

## Accessing Training Sources

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to Training & Content">
    In your chatbot dashboard, click **Training & Content** in the sidebar.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Sources">
    Click on **Sources** to view and manage your training content.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add new sources">
    Click **+ Add Sources** to connect new content.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/espressodev/8rU1VEaup98ibNvl/images/training-your-chatbot/sources-list.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=8rU1VEaup98ibNvl&q=85&s=0423de587778777248f6ba3a99a84d23" alt="Training sources list" width="3436" height="1916" data-path="images/training-your-chatbot/sources-list.png" />
</Frame>

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## Managing Your Sources

### Source Status

Each source shows its current status:

| Status              | Meaning                        |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| **Trained** (green) | Content is processed and ready |
| **Training**        | Currently being processed      |
| **Pending**         | Queued for training            |
| **Error**           | Something went wrong           |

### Source Information

For each source you can see:

* **Name**: The page title or file name
* **URL**: Source location (if applicable)
* **Type**: The source type (link icon for URLs, etc.)
* **Size**: Amount of content (e.g., 3.6 KB, 7.2 KB)
* **Status**: Training status (Trained, Training, Pending, Error)
* **Auto**: Whether auto-sync is enabled
* **Last Trained**: When it was last processed (e.g., 18 hours ago, 4 months ago)

### Managing Sources

Select one or more sources using the checkboxes to reveal action buttons:

* **Delete**: Remove selected sources from training
* **Retrain**: Re-fetch content and retrain selected sources
* **Auto Sync**: Enable automatic syncing for selected sources

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## Best Practices

### Quality Over Quantity

* Focus on accurate, well-written content
* Remove outdated or duplicate information
* Organize content clearly with headings

### Keep Content Updated

* Enable auto-sync for dynamic sources
* Regularly review and refresh static content
* Remove sources that are no longer relevant

### Test Thoroughly

* Ask your chatbot common customer questions
* Check that answers cite the correct sources
* Use [fine-tuning](/training-your-chatbot/fine-tuning) to correct mistakes

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## Source Guides

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Website & Links" icon="globe" href="/training-your-chatbot/website-and-links">
    Train on your website content and specific page URLs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="BookStack Wiki" icon="book-open" href="/training-your-chatbot/bookstack">
    Connect your BookStack knowledge base.
  </Card>

  <Card title="PDFs & Files" icon="file-text" href="/training-your-chatbot/pdfs">
    Upload PDFs, CSVs, and text files.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Audio" icon="audio-lines" href="/training-your-chatbot/audio">
    Upload and transcribe audio files.
  </Card>

  <Card title="App Integrations" icon="plug" href="/training-your-chatbot/app-integrations">
    Connect Notion, OneNote, Google Drive, and more.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Fine-Tuning" icon="sliders-horizontal" href="/training-your-chatbot/fine-tuning">
    Improve your chatbot's responses.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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