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Set the welcome and fallback messages

Two messages bookend every conversation: the welcome before it starts, and the fallback when your docs run out.

2 min readUpdated 18 Oct 2026

Four steps

  1. Open Messages

    Choose Assistant in the sidebar and scroll to Messages.

  2. Write the welcome message

    The Welcome message is shown before the first question. Keep it to a sentence that says what customers can ask about.

  3. Write the fallback

    When the docs don't cover it is said instead of guessing, for example "I couldn't find that in our docs. Our support team can help."

    The question is saved in Insights as a content gap, so you can write the missing answer.

  4. Save

    Choose Save changes.

You're done when

Asking the playground something your docs don't cover returns your fallback, and the question appears under Content gaps on Insights.

If something's not right

The fallback doesn't offer a way to reach us

Add a hand-off button: see Hand off to your support team.

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