How to build a chatbot Collection Builder Impressum

Build your own chatbot 🤖

You can make your own AI chatbot in a few minutes — no coding needed. Open the Builder: the first time, register with the code your admin gave you (just a username + password — no email). Then on your dashboard click + New chatbot and go through the tabs from left to right.

👋 1 · Your bot

Give it a name (shown in the directory and as the chat title). Set its purpose & goal — what the whole chat is for (e.g. convince people that cats beat dogs, or help someone imagine life in the Middle Ages) — pick a goal type and choose how hard it steers toward it. Add an avatar picture and your name as creator if you like. Write a greeting — the first thing it says — and a few starter questions that appear as buttons.

🎭 2 · Personality

Describe who your bot is: its role or character and how it behaves — e.g. "You are a friendly history tutor who loves the Romans." Choose who it's for (a 10-year-old? an expert?) and how it should sound using tone words (funny, empathetic, like Yoda) and the sliders.

💬 3 · Conversation

Optional. Teach by example: type a user message and the ideal reply. Or build a step-by-step flow (greeting → ask their name → ask about hobbies → …) so the bot leads the chat.

🛡️ 4 · Knowledge & rules

Give your bot knowledge: drag & drop files onto the upload box (or click to choose) — text, PDF, Word, PowerPoint or images. Images are read by AI and turned into text automatically. You can also paste a web-page link. The bot answers from this material. Set allowed topics (it politely refuses anything else), block sensitive topics, and switch on Child-safe for younger users.

🧪 5 · Try it

Chat with your bot in the test panel on the right at any time. Change something, test again, repeat until it feels right.

🚀 6 · Publish & share

Pick Listed (may appear in the directory once an admin approves it) or Not listed (only people with the link). Click Publish. Then use the Share link button (next to the status) to copy a link to your bot — anyone who opens it can chat, and several people can even share one conversation. You can also download your project to back it up, or download a PHP version to host the bot yourself.

đź’ˇ Tips: start simple, test often, and be specific in the personality. The little ? next to each field explains what it does.

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🛠️ For admins

Admins register at the login page with the admin code, then open the admin console. There you can create bots, copy each bot's Run and Edit links, approve bots for the public home page (tick Listed — only published, listed bots are shown), turn on platform-wide child-safe mode, and issue one-time passwords to reset someone's login. Full reference: admin cheat-sheet.