Teaching the assistant: knowledge, open questions and testing

What the assistant already knows

Your business details, hours and team, price list, cancellation policy, deposits and booking page reach the assistant straight from Bookly. “What the assistant already knows” shows them exactly as the assistant gets them. To change something, change it on its own screen — the assistant updates right away.

Extra knowledge

What clients ask that isn’t in your business details — parking, what to bring, whether kids can come — add as a question and answer or as free text. You can start from “Questions clients often ask”. The assistant doesn’t make things up: whatever isn’t written here or in your business details comes to you.

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   Open the screen

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   Under “Extra knowledge”, click “Add a question” and write a question (optional) and the answer. Without a question it’s free text.

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   Click “Save”.

Open questions

A question the assistant couldn’t answer waits in “Open questions”, and the client is told you’ll get back to them. Write the answer as you’d give it yourself and choose: “Send to the client on WhatsApp” — the answer goes out now in your business’s name — and “Save to the assistant’s knowledge”, so next time it answers by itself. A question that needs no answer is cleared with “No need to answer”.

Testing it as a client

In the test chat on the assistant’s screen, write to the assistant as a client would on WhatsApp and see what it answers. Nothing is sent, and tests don’t count toward the replies quota (they have a daily limit of their own). The test answers from what’s saved — save your changes first. You can also open the chat link from your phone, like a new client.

The assistant’s screen also has “Client conversations”: what clients asked and what the assistant answered. A conversation it handed to you is marked — get back to the client and add the answer to the knowledge.