Knowledge Base

Your Knowledge Base is everything your AI knows about your business. The more you teach it, the better it can help your customers.

Think of it as a reference library your AI agent searches whenever someone asks a question. "What's your return policy?" "How do I track my order?" "Are you open on weekends?" If the answer is in your Knowledge Base, your AI can find it.

What can you add?

• Text — Policies, procedures, product info, anything written
• PDFs — Documents, manuals, guides
• Web links — Pull content from your website or docs

Why it matters

When your Knowledge Base is solid, your AI can:

• Answer questions about your products and services accurately
• Explain your policies correctly
• Help customers without needing a human
• Give relevant, contextual responses instead of generic ones

Opening the Knowledge Base

Go to Intelligence → Knowledge Base from your dashboard. You'll see everything you've added, plus options to create more.

Adding content

Text

Good for: Policies, procedures, product descriptions, general info

1. Click Add Knowledge
2. Choose Text
3. Give it a title and paste or type your content
4. Save it

PDF documents

Good for: Manuals, guides, detailed documentation

1. Click Add Knowledge
2. Choose PDF
3. Upload your file and give it a title
4. Save it

The PDF is processed and indexed — give it a moment to finish.

Web links

Good for: Pulling in content from your existing website or docs

1. Click Add Knowledge
2. Choose Web Link
3. Paste the URL
4. Give it a title and save

Cloodot extracts the content from the page and adds it to your Knowledge Base.

Auto-crawl for changes

Web link entries can re-crawl their source URL on a schedule so your knowledge stays in sync with the page. Turn it on for content that changes regularly — pricing, hours, product details, docs, policies.

Turn it on

You can enable auto-crawl in two places:

• While adding a Web Link — On the Web Link step of the Add Knowledge dialog, flip the Auto-crawl for changes switch and pick how often to re-crawl.
• From any existing Web Link entry — Open the entry, then toggle the switch in the auto-crawl panel at the top.

Pick an interval

Choose how often Cloodot re-crawls the URL. The minimum is 1 hour and you can pick hours or days, up to a year.

Some starting points:

• 1 day for pricing pages, hours, and policies
• 6–12 hours for fast-moving content like product availability or stock
• 1 week for stable documentation that rarely changes

Changing the interval after the fact takes one click — adjust the value, then hit Save.

What each crawl does

On each scheduled run, Cloodot fetches the URL and compares it to what's stored. You'll see one of these statuses in the panel:

• Content updated — The page changed and the entry was refreshed
• No changes — Nothing changed; the entry is already current
• Crawl failed — The page couldn't be reached or read
• Waiting for first crawl — Auto-crawl is on but the first scheduled run hasn't happened yet

The panel also shows the last crawl time and when the next one is due.

Run a crawl right now

Don't want to wait for the next scheduled crawl? Click Crawl now in the panel header. The entry will refresh in a moment, and the schedule continues from there.

When crawls keep failing

After several failed attempts in a row, Cloodot pauses auto-crawl so it stops hitting an unreachable page. The panel shows the last error and gives you two options:

• Try now — Trigger a one-off crawl to see if the issue is fixed
• Resume auto-crawl — Restart the schedule

Common reasons a crawl fails:

• The URL is behind a login or paywall
• The page has been moved or removed
• The site is temporarily down or rate-limiting requests
• The URL returns a non-HTML response

Spotting auto-crawl in the list

In the Knowledge Base list, web link entries with auto-crawl turned on show a small eye icon next to the WEBLINK type badge. Hover the icon to see the current interval.

Managing entries

Finding entries

Use the search bar to find specific entries, or browse the list. Each entry shows its type and processing status.

Editing

Click on any entry to view it, then hit the edit (pencil) icon to make changes. Save when you're done.

Deleting

Open an entry and click the delete icon. You'll be asked to confirm — once it's gone, your AI no longer has access to that information.

Processing status

After you add something, it needs to be processed before your AI can use it:

• Queued — Waiting in line
• Training — Being processed now
• Trained — Ready to use
• Failed — Something went wrong (check the entry for details)

How your AI uses the Knowledge Base

When a customer asks a question, your AI:

1. Figures out what they're asking
2. Searches your Knowledge Base for relevant info
3. Pulls out the useful bits
4. Crafts a response

Search is semantic, not keyword-based — it understands meaning. So "refund policy" and "how do I get my money back" find the same content.

Tips for better results

Make content easy to find

• Use clear, descriptive titles
• Write in natural language (the way customers would ask)
• Be specific and detailed

Keep it fresh

• Update entries when things change
• Delete outdated info
• Review periodically
• For web links, turn on auto-crawl so pages stay in sync automatically

Choose the right format

• Text — Quickest for policies and procedures
• PDFs — Good for existing documentation
• Web links — Great for pulling in website content

Troubleshooting

AI isn't finding the info

Check that the entry status is "Trained". Then:

• Make sure the content is relevant to the questions being asked
• Add more detail if the info is too sparse

Processing failed

For PDFs: verify the file is a valid PDF and not corrupted.

For web links: check that the URL is accessible and not behind a login.

If things still aren't working, re-upload or reach out to support.

Outdated answers

Find the relevant Knowledge Base entry and update it. You can also delete outdated entries entirely. For web links, auto-crawl can keep them current without manual updates.

Auto-crawl is paused

Cloodot pauses auto-crawl after several failed attempts in a row. Open the entry to see the last error. Check that the URL still works in a browser, then click Try now to retest. If it succeeds, click Resume auto-crawl to restart the schedule.

Going deeper

• AI Agent Configuration — Control how your agent uses knowledge
• Skill Sets — Skills can reference your Knowledge Base
• Documents — Additional file storage
• MCP Servers — Connect external knowledge sources

What's next?

1. Create FAQs — Quick answers for common questions
2. Configure your AI Agent — Put the knowledge to use
3. Test in the playground to see how your AI responds
4. Watch real conversations to spot knowledge gaps

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