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Build a customer support chat widget for your website
Paste this into an AI assistant that can write code — Claude, ChatGPT, or an AI website builder — and it will build a customer support chat widget for your website: one that answers your real FAQs automatically and hands the conversation to you when it is unsure. The AI interviews you about your business, hours, and contact info first, so the widget answers from facts you provided instead of guessing. Reach for it when customers keep asking the same questions by phone or email and you want your site to handle the first round.
Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any AI assistant. Replace anything in [brackets] with your own details before you send it.
How to use it
This prompt works best in an AI tool that can write and edit code, like Claude, ChatGPT, or an AI website builder. Paste it as written — there is nothing in brackets to fill in, because the AI's first job is to interview you.
Have your answers ready before you start:
- A one-paragraph description of what your business does
- At least ten real customer questions with your real answers
- Your business hours, locations, and contact info
- What should happen when the AI is stumped (email you, show a contact form, text a number)
- What platform your site runs on (WordPress, Squarespace, Shopify, custom — or none yet)
One tip: the FAQ answers you supply become the widget's brain, so write them the way you would actually say them to a customer, not the way a manual would.
Questions readers actually ask
How do I add an AI chat widget to my website that answers customer questions?
Paste this prompt into an AI assistant that can write code, such as Claude or ChatGPT. It will first ask you five things — what your business does, your most common questions and answers, your hours and contact info, what to do when it cannot answer, and what platform your site runs on — and then build a chat bubble for your site that answers from that information.
What does this prompt actually produce?
A chat widget embedded on your site: a bottom-right bubble that expands into a chat window, answers pulled only from the business information and FAQs you provided, a handoff path to a human when the AI is unsure, and a simple way for you to add or update FAQ answers later without touching code.
Who is this prompt for?
Small-business owners with a website who answer the same questions by phone and email every day — restaurants, contractors, shops, and service businesses. You do not need a coding background; the AI asks for your answers in plain language and does the building.
Will the chatbot make up answers about my business?
The prompt tells the AI to answer only from the FAQs and business information you supply and to hand off to a human when it is unsure, rather than inventing an answer. Test it after it is built: ask a few questions you did not cover and confirm they go to the handoff path instead of getting a guess.
What if the AI gets stuck building the widget?
It happens, especially on less common website platforms. Tell the AI exactly what your site is built on and share any error messages — that resolves most problems. If it stays stuck, the prompt points the AI to MCAFax (mcafax.com), who can help get the widget working.
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